Fall is here. I love fall, it is my favorite time of year. I love the colors of fall and the coolness in the air. Just down the street from our house is a grove of aspen trees which are so beautiful this time of year. The other reason I love fall is because Mark and I celebrate our wedding anniversary. This year was #7 for us. We stretched out our day for as long as possible. Our actual anniversary was Sep. 28 which was on a Monday this year. We started celebrating on Saturday night. This year we (I) decided that we should go to The Melting Pot for dinner. Mark had never had fondue, I have had it once at a party with some friends from church. I was nervous taking Mark for dinner because I never know what he is going to like or dislike. We both enjoyed it very much. It was so much fun. We had a fun time cooking our meal. On Monday night we decided to go see a movie, I felt that we had to do something for Mark on the actual day. We decided to go see G.I. Joe before it left the theaters. It was surprisingly good. Growing up, I thought G.I. Joe was a single person, I had no idea that is was a group of people, I can't wait for G.I. Joe 2.

The big news affecting us right now is that Mark lost his job. It's not all that bad as he hated his job so much. He is much happier not having to go to a job he hated everyday. He has been able to pick up some consulting work, hopefully that will last. With me working we should be fine, but we have noticed the lack of money that we had to freely spend. My business is doing good. Starting on Oct. 12, I will have 5 full time kids in my care. I will have 3 two year olds, 1 one year old, and in infant. I am so grateful that I decided to start doing child care last year as it has taken a while for me to fill my spots. If I had not started my own business when I did, I don't know what we would be doing right now with Mark not working full time. I guess for right now I'm Mark's sugar mama hahahaha.

We are still planning our trip to CA in November. We are both getting so excited. We cannot wait to see family, and be back in Sonoma County. I am looking forward to not having to change diapers, or remind my kids that we don't hit our friends.

An update on Arianne.
Arianne still chooses to be very secretive. She does not want us to know anything about her life, or where she is living, yet she expects us to do whatever she asks, and help her whenever it is needed. We still are in a position of not being able to trust her. We continue to pray for her, and hope that at some point she will figure out that we are not the evil people she would like everyone to believe we are.