This morning, we took the kids to the Heifer Mission Fair that the local Methodist Church hosted at the fairgrounds. They set up a large stall with tons of farm animals (goats, a furry cow, fancy chickens, rabbits, etc.). The kids were able to interact with the animals - at first they were hesitant but they soon warmed up to their new farm friends. They particularly liked the nubian goats (I've wanted one for a pet for some time, so maybe now is the time!). Afterwards, we took part in their "Story Time" and then bought a few Christmas gifts for family.



Yesterday, after a ridiculously long nap (Three hours! Unheard of!) we loaded up for Little Rock. Kendal dropped Car-Car and I off at the annual Holiday House for the best shopping of the year! We managed to talk the volunteers into loaning us a real shopping cart and we were off! We got almost every Christmas present taken care of and had a blast. Thank goodness she is my little shopper!! In the meantime, Kendal and Jackson Camper bought some liquid yeast at the "Fermentables" store and toured Gander Mountain where our boy had a field day with all the fishing and outdoor equipment. Our "shopper" and our "camper" are exactly on target :)

This afternoon, our wonderful friend Meghan took some photos of the family in the fall leaves. We are hoping they will turn out perfectly for our Christmas cards. Meghan is a fantastic photographer - check out her blog listed to the right!

Tonight, we watched our proud LSU Tigers lose a heartbreaker to Alabama. They played a strong game and almost pulled out the win (darn that Saban!). Tough season, but we still love 'em. The high point of the night was when both Carlisle and Jackson Camper successfully fed themselves with their spoons! There is more practice ahead but they were pretty good this first go around. Carlisle does like to pick up her food, put it in the spoon THEN feed herself, though :)



And - we haven't talked about this yet - but we do want to mention how excited we are about the recent and historic election of President Barack Obama (though Kendal still holds out for a Green Party candidate one of these days). We know the road ahead will be a long and bumpy one, but I really do believe he is exactly the person our country needs at such a time as this...