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i love my life.

first trick or treat

last year for israel's first halloween, we were at church for trunk and treat. but, that didn't come together this year. that means it was our first ever official trick-or-treat!
emmaus just went along for the ride, but was the cutest pony you've ever seen.
it didn't take israel long to figure out what we were doing. of course, he was a little bit shy. the little turkey never did say 'trick-or-treat'. just grab the candy they offered. he was always, i'm proud to say, prompt to say 'thank you'. when he says it, though, it's very cute (what would you expect?) for it sound a lot like 'taco'. rhonda got weepy.
then we drove to nanny & papaw's house who gave him cash for trick-or-treat. he didn't like that quite as much as the fruit snacks and peanut butter crackers. someday he will.
these links go to the photo album on facebook so you can see our horse and chicken.
one side note, as everyone knows, our kids are beautiful. but, it melts your heart when the folks in the neighborhood call everyone in their house to the door to see them because they are so sweet and innocent. particularly, people were excited to see 'the chicken' for they had heard he was so cute. i'm not making this stuff up.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=65660&l=30f2b&id=641188297

israel's feeling better
rhonda's feeling better
i feel like crap now.

it continues

israel's cold seems to be better. i think he transferred it to rhonda who is home sick today.
oh the joys of not being a hermit.

well, it's official--and it's hit like a hurricane--israel has his first cold. i'm talking about the kind that makes nyquil a household name (no we haven't given him that yet. he's sleeping OK without it). sniffling, sneezing, stuffy-head, aching, fever, etc.
he's so pitiful to watch with his runny nose and runny eyes (the truest symptom of an old-fashioned cold). but, my heart melts when he runs to get a tissue (although somehow, he pronounces it with three syllables tis-see-yooo). he'll not be a church today because of it, which saddens me too.
but, it reminds my of the lyric to a song a wrote several years ago. i still pray this prayer.

'til the fever breaks rest here in my arms
'til the fever breaks stay here beside me
God give you strength to fight this disease
God give me strength to care for your needs
'til the fever breaks find comfort in this:
i'll not leave your side 'til the fever breaks.