toothless child

Julian finally lost his two upper front teeth
and his two bottom eye teeth!!
What a site he is!! It is the cutest thing this side of heaven, lol. At least I think so...
*SWEET*

Losing a TOOTH!!

Great SMILE Julian!!

Julian has been so excited about entering the 2nd grade he has been so beside himself  THEN he goes and loses his front tooth *SWEETness* We have been waiting for this to happen for quite a few days now... If you look closely at the pictures you will see that the other front tooth is about to come out too, hehe what a site he will be... O' but soooo cute!!!

I made sure and let him get a shower in before we took this picture so you would not be alarmed at his condition ;) after playing all day in the heat of the day, with all the sweat and dirt mixed together....

 He couldn't wait for me to post this up on 'His website' as he now calls it, lol.

So here we are friends... enjoy this wonderful 7yr old toothless smile who is sooo excited about growing up to be going into the 2nd grade, come September 7th, Tues of next week!!

*AWESOME Uj Uj*

❤A new Bike

A BRAND NEW BIKE

Counting out $10.00 JNL loot

Julian, The Highest Bidder!!!


Today at our church was the end of our Sunday School Promotion.


For the last few Sundays the Children have been earning monies every time they came to church (they earned $1.) and every time they brought a visitor (they earned $3.). It was our way to promote our S.S. Program and to bring up our attendance, of course it was fake monies... It has been exciting and lots of fun for the children. These toys, candies, bikes, dolls, etc.... were set out every Sunday for the children see every time they received their monies.... and they knew that the more money they had the better chance they had at getting the thing they wanted because 'being the HIGHEST bidder' was what gave you your hearts desire :D

Julian was crazy with excitement to be the highest bidder for that shiny new bike on the stage today, he had been eyeing it week after week after week after week!! It was so neat today to see all these children beside themselves with reckless abandon screaming out their bids to win their prize... Julian was going to put ALL HIS MONEY on this bike as soon as Pastor brought up the boys bike, (I whispered loudly) "NO Julian, bid $10.00!" The church went wild with laughter ;D))
Of course Pastor had to play the part and draw it out.. "who'll give me $11. who'll give me $11.??!"
there was no one else...

there was such a buzz in the air, so much commotion it was hard to hear the children's bids!! There was such a wild frenzy the thrill was almost a feeling of hysteria!! Oh but it was such a great show of passion it was almost intoxicating!!!

"$10. dollars once, $10. dollars twice..."
"And JULIAN gets the bike for $10.00 (fake) loot dollars!!!!"

The church whoops it up with screams and roars!!!

He was the HIGHEST bidder and it was...

Julian's greatest day of his little life!!!

♡The Gentle Giant

When Julian first came to CFS he was instantly named the
'Gentle Giant'
It was interesting to me to hear this... later I found out that he was good friends with Garret, one of our 'speacial needs' children in our school. Garret is autistic and a very sweet child, but Julian loves him to death and plays with him well. He helps Garret to make good choices and plays with him for longs periods of time when anyone else would lose interest in a short time.
Julian also played and was good with Elizabeth another 'special needs' (down syndrome) child in our school. I'm glad he has a good heart for kids of this nature and I pray he doesn't lose it... and He can also be taught to be a lover of souls... I pray to God, He helps me teach Julian to be a love of people and lead them to Christ. Christ has already given Ju the heart♥

♡ Donner Pass, Truckee, CA

Donner Pass
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-donnerparty.html
this really is a great historical place to visit, very sad and  tragic story, but great history.  We brought the kids up here many times when they were younger, as we home-schooled them... but again, it's been awhile ;)
This was Julian's first time, lol... We didn't realize that he'd never been up here before... how sad... hehe, not really, but he thought it was... so now he can say he saw the movie (the little video they show in the museum) and walked the trail :D we are so happy for him!

Julian loved this weather rock... he thought it was great and said we needed to get one for our home :)

We thought it was pretty funny ourselves :D

Donner Pass is just a couples hours North/East from where we live in Truckee, CA... It was beautiful weather and just an all around great day for a drive... Cynthia was at work and Sean was visiting a buddy and so here we were just the three of us... We stopped at 'WangDoodles' for some lunch and headed here to Donner Pass. I'm glad we walked the trail because I felt I needed to burn off everything I eat at 'WangDoodles' :D

Julian couldn't understand how the snow got as high as the statue and how the Donner family happen to lose themselves in the snow... it bothered him that they all got separated from the other parties/families that where also traveling with them and that the lil girl who wrote the diary lost her doll... There were many questions that came from this lil trip of ours and I'm glad they did... It tells me that Ju pays attention and somewhat was trying to feel what these people were going thru during their struggle thru the Sierras...

I do have to point out that there were many other people visiting this point of interest on this particular day, but not to many children... and Ju was excited to see all the artifacts that were displayed on the walls, asking many questions and being a bit loud... he also stood up a bit sooner before the movie actually ended being anxious to go out and see the museum and all the wax figures...

He wasn't obnoxious in any way or overly carried away, just happy Ju on one of his adventures (love journeys) wanted to know and see everything around him.... An adult told him to settle down and stop what he was doing, just before I was getting ready to tell him "Julian you might want to settle down just a bit because some people might want you to be quieter" lol... I was a bit put back... I was happy Julian had an interest in where and what he was seeing and witnessing... why squelch it... I don't understand... we love history and thank God our children (all three, mind you) love it as well!!

It's better then other mindless things they can be so attached too...

and shouldn't we all learn to love our history,

things that are real and true and what really matter in life?

What gives us hope and dreams and inspire us to make a different in our future as an individual??

 Ya you can say I was a lil bent,

but just a lil ;)

Over all it was a GREAT day!!!

♡ Meteor Crater

The most well known, best preserved meteorite cretor on Earth!!
 http://www.meteorcrater.com/

While we were checking out the Grand Canyon, we took a small detour and headed down the road to The Meteor Crater. Now this place was AWESOME!! Julian absolutely loved this place!!

He thought it was so cool that a piece of 'dust from space' made it thru our force field (atmosphere) ;) and landed in Arizona, the place where his momma lived and grew up in... SWEEET!!!

This hole in the ground is so AMAZING to see, it is hard to describe in words!

But I'm so glad we took the detour and brought him this way :D it was HOT but well worth the one hour tour half way around the crator. The last time we were here, it was just Danny, me, Cynthia, and Sean. Julian being only two at the time didn't come on our long travel towards Arkansas (which is where we were headed at the time, to see some ole' friends that moved out that way). So AGAIN he was quite EXCITED to say the least that he was experiencing yet another thing his older bro and sis did when they were younger. But he did say that this place one not nearly as beautiful as the Grand Canyon and I have to agree with my youngest charge... "Yes, Julian, the Grand Canyon is one of God beautiful creations beyond what man could ever try to explain. It's amazing and magnificent beauty is beyond our understanding, that only our God can do... AMAZING!"

Of course this was Sean's second time around

(as I say that in a singy songy voice, lol)

We on the other hand could not wait to get home because we were very tired of driving and being in the car for such a long, long, time.... ;) but really it was worth the trip because it was keeping our minds off all the things that were happening at home (my husband losing his job) and keeping our thoughts focused on each other and Julian's enthusiasm at all the sites made everything worth while... Even tho he was driving his big brother nuts... hehe!!

BUT THEN, WHAT ARE LITTLE BROTHERS FOR??

♡ Grand Canyon

http://www.grandcanyonskywalk.com/index.html

On one of our summer trips, we took Julian to the Grand Canyon. We would talk about the time we all went when we headed back east to visit some friends, Julian was two at the time and we didn't think a two year old could make the long trip. It made him extremely upset that he never had the opportunity to go to the Grand Canyon like his brother and sister, lol...

Sure, Ju!! We'll just pack up, grab some money, put gas in the car and head over to the Grand Canyon!! NO PROBLEM!! Well the funny thing is... it almost happened just like that ;D *Only our Lord makes things happen just like that* or *Julian has a way about him that things just happen for him like that... humm*

So here we go... we pack up, get a rental, pull money out of the bank, I take two weeks off work and we head to AZ... Sadly one special element was missing out of our adventure,

Cynthia :( she had to work.

It was the first week of July and it was HOT!! We were hitting 118 degree weather and the boys were loving it... UGH.. I on the other hand was barely tolerating it, lol... but I was being very nice ;)..

Julian kept telling Sean to NOT THROW HIM OVER THE EDGE because that wouldn't be very nice... well, Julian, I agree. It wouldn't be very nice at all...

I would be very upset if your brother threw you over the edge of the Canyon!

I know that these two can fight as only brothers can do but I don't think Sean would think twice about throwing Ju over... well, maybe once but not twice ;)...

After walking for a couple hours and seeing the same Canyon (hole) from different spots Julian ask when it would be all over. And if we could be done with it all and it was enough to see and that it was VERY BEAUTIFUL. Hahaha, beautiful?? Yes, he said beautiful... "Mommy, the Grand Canyon is very beautiful (pause) can we go back to the cabin now??"

*SHWEEEETness*

Ju, got what he wanted, saw what his bother and sister seen many years ago, experienced it for himself, walked some of the grounds and seen the IMAX movie. He was done and ready to go...

He Learned: How many Wild Things lived in the Canyon, how it became a National Park, how big the Grand Canyon is, and that the Colorado River runs thru the Canyon and why there are rapids in the river 

In his own way he had fun EXPLORING the Grand Canyon National Park.

and I'm so glad we took him to it with Sean and I'm so glad Sean didn't think TWICE about throwing him over the edge. 

*Thank the Lord for small miracles*