Wrappin' Up Spring and Startin' Some Summer!...

Last week was Lilee's last day of school.  She was sad to leave all her friends but excited to start some summer fun!  Also...it was the last week for soccer.  Lilee got a trophy with her name on it (which, to her, was like being handed a million dollars!).  

Last day of school

Lilee with all her buddies

Soccer girl!

We had to celebrate Memorial Day on Saturday.  So...Gramee and Papa's pool is official opened!  With all the family together...we sat outside and watched the kids swim for hours...and it actually felt like summer.

Cutie Hunter...I think he thinks he's too big for pictures

Lots to look forward to!  Lots of swimming and playing outside, grilling out and pigging out, spending time with one another.  Oh!...and my favorite time of the year is coming up...BEACH TIME!! (...sigh...)  Only 5 more weeks...can't wait!  So...until then...we'll be grillin' and chillin' at Gram and Papa's!  Bring on the hot dogs, hamburgers, pool water, and sun-parched skin!!!!

Update On Baby...

     We had our anatomy ultrasound yesterday and got to see our beautiful baby boy. He's measuring about 10 days BIGGER than the average...so either he's in the middle of a growth spurt, or he's probably gonna be a BIG boy. Everything else checked out great. Hunter and Lilee were very excited to see him moving and kicking, and Mommy and Daddy were just relieved to hear that everything is still looking good. (...Whew!)

 

Mothers Day Wrap Up...

Is there anything any better?

4 months...

Our baby boy is really growing!

What a BLESSED mothers day!  

How Did You Do It All, Mom?...

How did you do it all, Mom...

most of the time all by yourself? 

How did you find the energy...

for all three of us girls?

Was it strength, determination, faith...

you've said all of our lives "it was God".

Still, sometimes I wonder how you possibly raised us all...

alone, but without lacking anything.

The things you did...

I will never forget.

To us...

you were a teacher, nurse, counselor, cook, chauffeur, and friend.

Now that we each have our own...
we see maybe of glimpse of the love you've always had for us.

It was your inexhaustible love that I remember the most.And for that...I love you, Mom.








This is my favorite picture of you.  You were 19 or 20 (it think)...before you became a Mom.

Now, look at what you've brought into the world.  

Three girls, now with babies of their own...and more on the way.

You should be proud of the Mom you've always been...

the Mom you are now...

and the Gramee you are to our kids.

~Happy Mothers Day~

Thanks for being you, Mom.

We love you like crazy!

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Katie, Lilee, and Baby Boo

 Aimee and Easton

 Emilee and Baby Charlee.

Battlefield Of The Mind...

Things have been great lately.  By the way..."Baby Boo" is doing great.  Ultrasounds have been showing a very healthy little boy.  I definitely have lots to be thankful for.  So why can't I stop worrying?  Why can't I seem to get a grip on this fear. It starts as soon as I close my eyes...waking me up several times throughout the night, into the very early morning...only to remind me of that horrible night a few weeks ago.  I dread each time I have to get up to go to the bathroom, for fear that I'll look down and feel my heart drop again. My mom gave me a book months ago written by Joyce Meyer.  I recently stumbled upon it and began reading.      "He begins by bombarding our mind with a cleverly devised pattern of little nagging thoughts, suspicions, doubts, fears, wonderings, reasoning and theories.  He moves slowly and cautiously (after all, well-laid plans take time).  Remember, he has a strategy for his warfare.  He has studied us for a long time.       He knows what we like and what we don't like.  He knows our insecurities, our weaknesses and our fears.  He knows what bothers us most.  He is willing to invest any amount of time it takes to defeat us.  One of the devil's strong points is patience.      The devil argues with us; he offers us theories and reasoning's.  All of this activity goes on in the mind.      The mind is the battlefield."  As I read, and read, and read...I can't believe that I've been so susceptible to such deceit.  So now I'm mad...really mad.  I can't stand being manipulated and lied to.  That's one of the quickest ways to get me to loose my temper. So, I'm writing this to wage a little old fashion butt kickin'. I will no longer allow my fears to overwhelm my mind or heart.  Regardless of the numerous attempts, I will not allow him to control my thoughts by way of deceit.  Now, I know what he's doing...I know it's a lie...and it really ticks me off.      "Our past may explain why we're suffering, but we must not use it as an excuse to stay in bondage."  Thanks mom, for acting on that little "nudge" to give me this book.  Who would have thought that months down the road...it would be so enlightening.  I guess that even at 30 years old...you still know just what to do or say...or what to give...to make things better.