Breakfast with the Giraffes

This morning Alyssa and I went to the zoo and had breakfast with the giraffes. We met our friends Holly and Brandon there.

First we ate breakfast and did some fun 'giraffe' crafts, like making a giraffe magnet by using your fingertips pressed in ink to color a picture of a giraffe. Alyssa and Brandon really enjoyed using their fingers!

They also got to lift 'food' up in a basket to feed giraffe stuffed animals...they thought that was really fun.

Some other things they had set up were stamping, feeling what giraffe spit feels like (YUCK!),
dressing up like a giraffe (Alyssa really didn't appreciate me encouraging her to do this one!),
and standing next to a life-size picture of a baby giraffe to see how you measured up.

Afterwards we headed to the barn where the giraffes stay at night. When you enter you need to be really quiet (you can only whisper inside) because they get scared very easily. Alyssa did such a great job at this! ...and she even fed them without being afraid. I was so proud of her! :)
It was so awesome to have them come right up to us and eat right out of our hands...even though the tongue is a little gross to me. ;) After the giraffe events we enjoyed a carousel ride.
I always love spending one on one time with the girls. Alyssa and I had a great morning!

WHAT A GAME!!!

Wow, last nights Cardinals game was awesome...well at least the end result was! ;) The Cardinals all in all did not play very well (bad defense, lots of penalties, etc.), but I was able to go and be a part of it which was SOOOO FUN! Kenny had two extra tickets so Amy and I went. We tried to make Kenny proud by cheering, boo-ing when necessary, and giving the 49-er's fans a hard time, very loudly! :) It was a fun and stressful game wondering if we would be able to pull it off. I can't believe we did and that we are 6-3!!!

GO CARDS!

To see more pics go to... http://kattw.blogspot.com/2008/11/cardinals-win-cardinals-win-cardinals.html

Thanks again Williams family, I had so much fun!!!

Family Pics

This past weekend my friend Renee took family pictures for us...just wanted to share a few with you all. :)

Okay, so that's probably enough family pics for right now! ;)

Thank you Renee for taking such great pictures! We had a lot of fun!!!

The Heavenly Man

I just finished The Heavenly Man and WOW! This man's life is unbelievable, amazing... I don't know how to explain his life or him other than... he IS a Heavenly Man! If you want to know what is going on in China RIGHT NOW in relation to Christianity and/or you want to be challenged in your walk with God and how you share His Word with others, this is a must read.

Halloween Pics

I saw on someone else's blog that they posted some pics of all the kids halloween's so far and thought it was really cute so I thought I'd copy them...so here goes. :)

Halloween 2005 - Alyssa 1 month

2006 Alyssa - 1 year

2007 Alyssa - 2 year Emily - 4 months

Halloween 2008!!! Alyssa - 3 years Emily - 16 months

Cinderella...what a beautiful princess!

My little Minnie Mouse.

Papa and Grandma stopped by to see girls...

Yup, it looks like the candy was a hit! ;)

The girls had a great time trick-or-treating! After we headed back home and handed out candy. Alyssa loved handing out candy to all the kids, while Emily was busy taking all the candy out of her own bag and passing it around to us. It was pretty cute! :)