tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13390125758017075072024-03-06T21:49:22.422-06:00Our LifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.comBlogger370125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-65601757199581075822015-09-09T13:47:00.002-06:002015-09-09T13:47:59.936-06:00Other March Fun
This sums up the rest of our March...indoor teepee playing,
Sonic milkshake drinkin,
We celebrated my mom's birthday with a family dinner.
Visiting Bretty in the hospital,
loving the park,
getting our flower beds ready,
treating ourselves to smores midmorning,
moving back a flower bed boarder for more grass room,
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-44636893165586573372015-09-09T13:45:00.003-06:002015-09-09T13:45:42.975-06:00Easter Egg Hunt
Our church hosted it's annual Easter Egg Hunt a little differently this year. Each community group held a neighborhood egg hunt in one of the member's neighborhoods. Our groups was held at our home, and I think we all loved how it turned out. We had so much fun hunting eggs, eating together, playing games, and visiting with the bunny-a live one and the EB!! I loved the new format and loved Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-91697782865196729782015-05-28T12:28:00.000-06:002015-05-28T13:34:22.934-06:00Strawberry Shortcake Party
Kate and I had a really good time planning her 6th Strawberry Shortcake Party!
Yummy sweets table!
As everyone was arriving, the girls painted flower pots and then planted seeds at the end of the party.
So happy her friends were arriving!
Kate asked for no gifts from her friends, but that they donate towards mosquito nets for children in Africa. We try Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-44743794723602986502015-05-27T20:13:00.001-06:002015-05-28T12:28:32.910-06:00March 2015
March was super packed and full of fun. We had a mommy-daughter date with all these girlies to see Cinderella.
Enjoying Mexican with our neighbors.
Pickle showing off his new ride to his girl.
Kate went to bed a 5 year old...
and woke up 6!! I have a whole 'nother post I will have to do on her bday!
Daddy had to work late the night before her bday, so he surprised her Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-55044521957306481542015-05-21T09:15:00.000-06:002015-05-28T12:28:58.004-06:00February 2015
February was a good month. I always love February because it is still cold and cozy, but the promise of spring is so close. It is also 28 days which makes for a perfectly symmetrical month. Why cant all months be 28 days?!
Kate and Luke went to the Daddy Daughter Dance at our local community center. They had a blast dancing the night away. The boys wanted pictures before hand with Daddy too.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-29143888373150881752015-05-20T15:10:00.004-06:002015-05-28T12:28:58.001-06:00January 2015
Just a little behind...but summer is here, so I thought I would catch up the last 5 months.
I got all three kid smiling at the camera at once...I should win a prize!
And here are their real personalities!
P loves his sister so very much.
and spaghetti. This boys loves it!
Daddy made us lockers for our back hallway. I perfect place to catch kids and all of our junk!
Blake Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-52682262641248801252015-02-19T13:16:00.002-06:002015-02-19T13:16:15.243-06:00LifeSong February
"When I graduated, I decided to donate a year to Plan Escalon in order to continue helping. And this experience [of giving back] has impacted my life a lot. " -- Nester, Honduras Graduate & Volunteer
Nester is just one of hundreds of students who have been given the opportunity to obtain an education at the Plan Escalon School in Honduras. An education that serves as a springboard, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-67453932467153146292015-02-06T08:23:00.002-06:002015-02-06T08:39:10.864-06:00Christmas Eve and Morning
On Christmas Eve, Luke had some studying to finish up, so I took the kids to see Santa. They looked absolutely adorable and loved Santa (except Sam, of course). Tootie and Booger gave the man in the red suit their last minute lists.
We enjoyed a Christmas Eve service at Megan and Brett's church, and then we headed to Nannie's. Luke was presented with the carving tool...he has finally made Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-71290202047800319702015-02-05T15:01:00.001-06:002015-02-05T15:01:36.848-06:00Festivities
More Christmas Fun! We love Breakfast with Santa with our friends at a local church!
Papa Q and Ninabelle came to see our Christmas decorations!
Kate had her Christmas ballet class where the parents get to watch! I love seeing what she is learning. Upon arriving at class, she was MORTIFIED that she had one shoe elastic and one ribbon (the elastic had broken the week Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-40162681699612960292015-02-01T16:13:00.001-06:002015-02-01T16:13:39.497-06:00Christmas is ComingDecember started off with our favorite annual event, the square Tree Lighting!! This was Luke's first time to ever get to meet us, and Sam was super happy about that!
Stefanie and I have pictures from every year starting with just two kids!
The first weekend, we had Megan and Brett's Gender Reveal Party! It was gingerbread themed, and I was just excited about when I found out aboutAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-64380094947459449252015-02-01T15:37:00.001-06:002015-02-01T16:13:44.016-06:00Thanksgiving and a wedding
We had a surprise of snow when we woke up one morning!
There is not much as fun as looking though the toy catalogs as they start coming in the mail!
The kids participated in a fashion show for an assisted living facility. We love doing this and getting to visit with the residents!
Sometimes Tooty's toddler face shows back through! haha!
We went to a family wedding and all of the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-89831219784495555552015-01-22T18:11:00.001-06:002015-01-22T18:12:00.815-06:00LifeSong January1 2015
This past Christmas season was extra special for a young man in Ukraine. A 19-year-old young man named Roman.
Unfortunately, at a very young age, Roman lost both of his parents. He was sent to an orphanage and later met local Christians who minister to children and young adults within the orphanage walls and after they age out.
Roman is a very curious kid by nature. He has asked many questionsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-43773598686013510162014-12-12T13:27:00.001-06:002014-12-12T13:27:41.038-06:00Halloween and the rest of October
We ended October with a bang!
Birthday fun at the park
Sweet brothers
I drove the kids out to our old house one night after school to get some pics with the beautiful cotton! We had awesome family portraits done this summer by a talented friend, but I needed a one year old pic of Sam for our wall!
We joined forces withAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-27912292195657988602014-12-11T10:51:00.003-06:002014-12-11T10:53:37.066-06:00Sam's 1st Birthday
First birthdays are probably my most favorite. They are so sweet and special and sentimental all wrapped into one party. I cannot believe our Pickle is one, just as everyone says. He is such a baby to me, and I plan to keep it that way as long as possible. He has 4 teeth, is crawling and pulling up and climbing on everything, and still wakes about 2-3 times a night to nurse. He eats just about Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-60083762195677316152014-12-08T14:58:00.004-06:002014-12-08T15:13:20.053-06:00Preston's Birthday
I put P to work getting ready for his TMNT Birthday party!!
S and E might be guilty for the above handprints!
P and his birthday buddy #arrangedmarriage
He went to bed three...
and woke up half grown.
Boy parties are so much fun!
This was supposed to be outside, but we had a huge threat of rain, so indoors we were! This is a ninja turtle sewer obstacle course.
The Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-64440239191358564602014-12-06T09:26:00.005-06:002014-12-08T15:14:09.220-06:00#dolife camping trip
October at our house is always extremely busy with three birthdays and Halloween! We spent the first weekend camping with our small group. We had an absolutely wonderful weekend! I was a little nervous just not knowing how it would go with all the kids (16 adults and 12 kids!). Three of the men have birthdays the 3, 4, and 5th so it was fun to celebrate them too! Luke and I have much different Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-12965558242618720102014-12-05T09:24:00.000-06:002014-12-05T09:25:19.972-06:00September
September was another fun filled month. We started off celebrating one of my oldest friends (not in terms of age...but in length of friendship :) She has loved me since I was six weeks old -heehee!) Lauren and Sara live in Chicago, and they came down to let us shower them with baby things and rub on Lauren's belly...she really loved that. They both take trapeze lessons (I wish memphis would get Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-69651830138202436312014-12-04T14:06:00.001-06:002014-12-04T14:06:30.816-06:00August
August...the end of summer and the beginning of our life as elementary school parents. I was dreading this month all year because I knew all too soon the school would dictate our schedule. Kate absolutely loves school and my mind is blown daily at how much she is learning.
In August we,
had a little boy turn 9 months old,
enjoyed loving on each other (with a side of wrestling here Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-82414624531593081362014-12-03T10:28:00.002-06:002014-12-03T10:28:58.085-06:00July
July flew by! I think it was a combination of dreading the start of school, unpacking the remaining things, painting rooms, and then the normal everyday stuff! We enjoyed...
celebrating the 4th,
celebrating at a princess and (dark) knights bday party,
spending time on the square,
enjoying our baby,
having friends over and playing on the slip n slide,
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-73030546334612784062014-11-19T16:40:00.003-06:002014-11-19T16:40:42.986-06:00June
We were still living at my parents the first part of June. During June, we
thought our big sister was the funnest person ever,
had fun at a Redbirds game (and just being with Daddy!),
matched for church,
went to visit our cousin, Audrie, in her new home,
had fun at the Splash Park,
had a dance recital,
showed Papa Q our new Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-33240747454532111942014-11-18T11:42:00.003-06:002014-11-19T07:48:31.621-06:00May 2014
May was spent
enjoying an afternoon at The Place,
enjoying the beach,
loving the penthouse view,
playing games,
taking awkward family photos,
loving these eyes,
getting to visit with friends and their baby on the way home,
living with KK and PawPaw for 6 weeks in between Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-40523863237064713892014-11-18T11:36:00.000-06:002014-11-18T11:43:43.537-06:00April
Well, it has been a while! I am going to try to get a few recaps of our year up before we hit 2015!
April was spent...
at the park with friends,
looking at our friends new chickens and their eggs,
learning to cook,
selling our house and celebrating at Mellow Mushroom!
(We sold our home to the first buyers the first day it was on the market...I had prayed over every square Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-71639893882579262232014-09-23T13:12:00.002-06:002014-09-23T13:12:40.818-06:00September Lifesong
Are you having trouble communicating why you have chosen to walk the adoption journey? Or maybe you have tried time and time again to get your church to start an adoption or orphan care ministry, and it just hasn't clicked yet. How do you start and kindly facilitate a conversation that shows God's heart for the orphan and our response as the church?
Host a Coffee Conversation.
Coffee Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-47281849017446194832014-08-04T23:09:00.000-06:002014-08-04T23:09:40.568-06:00The night before Kindergarten
How is this even possible? Im not even gonna lie...I am a hot mess tonight! How did my baby go from just that, a baby, to a school aged kid? I am putting off going to bed because I know when I wake up, I have to take her and drop her off for her to spend her days with someone else. Will she remember all our days spent at the zoo? Walking around our neighborhood pointing out Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506442827499091375noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339012575801707507.post-10728089266132215772014-06-10T22:50:00.000-06:002014-06-10T22:50:08.072-06:00June 10June 10 will forever be my "Thankful we survived the wreck" day. Seriously so grateful we all did!
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