Day at the Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin patch in Temecula today. The kids got to pet some farm animals at the petting zoo. Grace and JP did not like feeding the animals out of their hands. We thought it would be a nice autumn day, but it felt more like summer with 96 degree weather. Overall, we had a great time finding pumpkins.

oki blessings

last week some of our oki friends blessed us with a visit. they are missionaries in okinawa for those who don't know. ms. joanna came out for a pastor's wives' conference and it was at the calvary chapel bible college that her son, zach, goes to. the rest of the familia didn't make it out, but maybe we'll see them this winter...

they not only blessed us with a visit, but with "goma" salad dressing. goma means "liquid gold" in japanese or least that what it means in my house because it's that precious. we discovered this dressing in japan and always asked our friends to mail or bring some when they come back to the states.

the ruiz family family has always been a blessing to us and not because they bring the liquid gold. here's a link to their blog, so you can see what God is doing in oki through them:

http://calvarychapele3missions.blogspot.com/

so this is the pic of the "liquid gold". the one on the left, which came from oki, was actually cheaper than the one on the right, which came from hawaii courtesy of my brother. we love the dressing so much that we have been searching high and low for it and asking everybody. the only places we found it was hawaii and okinawa. so if anybody in so cal knows where to get the "goma" please drop us a line.

17th week ultrasound

here's op3's arm and foot.the next two are sample "4-d" ultrasounds. it was pretty cool, but kind of scary looking.
now remember we don't want to know the gender until birth...

umbilical cord or ???