Happy Birthday Pa! (my dad)

I want to wish my dad, PA (as my kids call him) a very Happy Birthday. He has lots of patience with all the grands and I just love him so much!!

This is our crew when we went out to eat last year to celebrate.

We are going tonight also!! Can't wait!

Daddy with his brothers and sister.

(James, sitting, Arles (left), Pauline and my dad, Billy)

(two of his brothers are no longer with us, Ray & Joe)
Luke wanted a piece of the action

Ma & Pa

Pa & Luke watching Emy play soccer last year!!

TIME FLIES. I will post pictures from tonight's birthday bash later on....

Hope you enjoy!!

Later taters.

Easter, wheelies, and Annie

Luke popping wheelies

Emy Easter morning
Luke Easter morning

My Easter sweeties

Darrell's Aunt Annie with the kids--she camer over for supper one night!!

Hope she can come again soon!!

Happy Gotcha Day JOSH!

My nephew has been home with us for 12 years!! I cannot believe how much he has grown. It seems like yesterday that they walked off the plane. He was 5 months old and his eyes were the biggest thing on him!!

Josh, I am so happy you are my nephew. I love you so much. You are such a good cousin to Luke & Emy and you are a pretty great big brother to Cristian. I thank you for all you do. I am so proud to be your favorite aunt!!

We love you JOSH!!

Luke

So, I've been posting alot about Emy lately. Here is a Luke update for all you Luke lovers!!

Luke has been home for 14 months!! Already, he looks to God for answers and healing that Mama and Daddy can't give him!

Sunday, in church, during the invitation, Luke said to me "Poppy pray Luke". He calls the preacher Poppy because he stays at their house every day. They are Poppy and Nanny. So I said, "Do you want Poppy to pray for your eyes or for your legs". We have taken him up several times for prayer, mostly for his legs.

So, Luke tells me "eyes". So, Darrell and I took him up and Darrell told Poppy that Luke wanted prayer for healing in his eyes (I was busy crying, unable to speak). Luke doesn't even realize that we are having to decide right now whether to have surgery to straighten his eyes up! Amazing! We have to set the date to have the surgery done. We are probably going to schedule early June.

So, there is my update--Luke has more faith than I gave him credit for. I love my little man, to the moon and back.

And to the stars!

Emy Playing Soccer--SCORES!!!

Please watch the ENTIRE video to see Emy score--She scores at the OTHER end of the field. Then you will hear proud mama noises too! Sorry bout that... :o)

(not really sorry, ya know)

Luke likes to sleep RIGHT NEXT TO or practically ON TOP OF Emy.

LOL

See? We have to move him every night. It looks smothering to me--but also VERY sweet.

Soccer QUEEN

Love these faces she makes!

Great KICK

Knee kicks

Kind of

Head--gotta hold your mouth right!

This kid LOVES soccer so much!

And, yes, that is her PINK ball!

Psalm 34:14

"Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace and pursue it."

Emy's verse for Sunday School.

Zoo, soccer, cheerleading, derby cars

My van was FULL on the way BACK home from the ZOO..

Josh and Emy
OMGosh--POLAR bear???!!!
Oh MY!

The four yahoos.

Again.

Emy & Cristian

Emy had a seat on Josh

Josh and his OLD derby car from a few years back.

Cristian won 2nd place and a trophy for his SHARK derby car--for uniqueness!!

Soccer time again!! We LOVE soccer. She scored 2 goals at this game and 3 today. Will post some video from today later this week...

Emy & her friend Alex (they won cheer medals a couple of weeks ago)

Well, Spring has Sprung--ALMOST. It is raining cats and dogs outside. Emy played soccer this morning in the mud and wet grass--FUN!

Later guys!

Hope you enjoy the pics.

Pictures that I promised...

Smoochie!

Hugs or vise grip!!
The BOYZ

Luke doing LIMBO

Emy & Luke LIMBO

Got kissed?

By Emy & Lena--look at those LIPS

Giggles

Dress up

Emy picking Luke up--he weighs a whole 8 pounds less than her!!

Father-Daughter Dance!!

Makeup

Corsage, too!

Daddy did good!

Siblings

These are the shoes Emy learned to walk in.

I am going to try to have them bronzed.

My happy boy

And my sweetie pie girl

Luke helps with laundry!

Hope you guys enjoyed looking at these as much as I did!! Have a GREAT weekend.

I have had the CRUD

and I don't like it one bit! I want to feel better. This time around, my asthma kicked in--BAD!!! I am feeling a little bit better, coughing a little less. Now, my right ear hurts really bad when I swallow, yawn, make any movement at all with my mouth---no smart remarks, please--yes, maybe I've been a "little" quieter around the house :o)

I will try to post some pics soon. Emy's final cheering day is this Saturday and she started soccer last Saturday. Luke is doing well in his therapy classes. Alot is going on, will post more soon, I promise.

Later taters.

Please pray for Abby

Little Miss Abby Riggs is in the hospital again and she is in quite a bit of pain. Please, please pray for this beautiful child. She needs our prayers to make it through this round of chemo. Please visit her blog. See button to the right of this post...she is the beautiful Guatemalan. There is an awesome video on their blog of a teenager (boy) who sent her video to make her smile. Please go and watch--it's amazing!