plans

while I was tucking Caleb in bed tonight...

"When I get big I'm going to marry you. You are going to wear a big white dress, and I am going to set up a platform, and you are going to stand on it. Then I am going to go to Walmart all by myself and buy you flowers that still have the paper on. After I buy the flowers I am going come to the wedding and cut off the paper and give them to you to hold."

(Mama)But I already married Papa, and I can only get married once. Now I'm going out to talk to Papa, because he is my husband.

"Mama! You are going to have two husbands after I marry you!"

What should I tell him? Any suggestions???

Let's eat!

Presentation is everything!

Lucy wasn't so sure at first. One minute it was a little pet crawling on the kitchen floor playing with her, the next minute it's on her dinner plate.
Caleb loved his lobster. He kept telling us that you don't eat the bones, only the meat.

the preparation

pretty funny looking little creatures, but they sure taste good!

Lucy thought they were fun to play with.
Karlene puts them in a huge pot of shallow boiling water, covers and steams them.

15 minutes later, they are very dead and very red.

Lawbstuh!

We spent the night with Daniel's Aunt Karlene and Uncle David in Kittery, ME. They treated us to their traditional Maine lobster dinner. First we drove down to the dock where the lobsters were in cages under water. David and Karlene's friend had just trapped them that day.

We picked our lobsters and threw them in the cooler.
and lowered the cage back into the water.

penobscot narrows

We visited a supporting church in Corinth, ME, and on the way back we stopped and toured the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, the site of the second largest US naval defeat, second only to Pearl Harbor. The more recent bridge has an observatory, the tallest of its kind in the US. The view out of the observation deck was really breathtaking. It was cute to see the kids oh and ah over the fall colors and the tiny car and buildings below.

looking out

each other

This was taken late one night after a missions conference in NC. Caleb and Lucy have been great little travelers, and they have been dealing remarkably well with all the late nights. Although life is always changing for them, one thing that is always constant is each other. I've noticed them becoming closer lately. Not that they never fight and scream, but there are more tender moments now.

We are in NH now, just few hundred feet from the Maine border. We traveled the first 800 miles of the trip up on Friday, almost to the CT border. The kids were so good, so we just kept driving until we were too tired. For once, they outdid us. We will be in NH, then Mass, then OH, LA, AL, IL, and finish up the trip in WI for Thanksgiving. This will be a two-month trip, Lord willing. Our longest yet, so please pray for us not to get too homesick! It was weird to leave home still in the warm weather, knowing that it would be time to decorate for Christmas when we get home again. The fall colors up here are beautiful, and we enjoyed spending time with Daniel's Aunt Karlene and Uncle David in Kittery on Saturday. Looking forward to a busy week helping with various ministries in the church. I'll try to post more often than I have been lately :-)