Congratulations Class of 2008!

Pre-School that is!

Yesterday was Luke's Mother's Day celebration and Pre-School Graduation. It is hard to believe that he is ready for Kindergarten! I listened as Mrs. Jerry talked about the importance of their scripture memorization.. it wasn't just so they could learn different letters of the alphabet. They did it so that they would always have God's word hidden in their hearts. You don't think about your little one facing spiritual warfare but they will come under the enemy's fire. They will have these verses burned in their hearts to help them face their struggles. Even in kindergarten.

Luke sang a duet and recited one of the scripture verses. He had the letter "B". Believeth on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. Acts 16:31.


Getting ready to sing with Andrew..

Saying our Bible verse..

Walking down the aisle...


Congratulations Graduate! Luke and his teacher Mrs. Helen

Luke,
I want you to know how proud I am of you. I know that it God has special plans in store for you and I can't wait to see him use you in mighty way. You are so precious to me and I pray that next year when you go to Kindergarten that you will have a smooth transition and that you will keep your love for learning. You have been given a fabulous foundation and I know you will be ready. I am just worried that I won't! You probably don't remember but you and I have been going to school together since you were 18 months old! I don't know what I will do with out you! Everyday you amaze me with the things you say and do. I can't believe that you are reading! I want to leave you with this verse. This was the verse that I choose for you at your baby dedication.

Phillipians 1:9-11
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

I love you Luke!
love, shuggie

Emma is 3! Yippee!!

Waiting for the fun to begin!

Here I come!!

I bet I can beat you!

Super Daddy! Look how much fun he is having!


Even Grandpa got it on the fun!

Emma and all her friends!

The cake..

The room..

Singing Happy Birthday.

Emma had a fabulous day! So much fun!

The Craziness Continues!

Life is certainly not dull around our house. It has been awhile since I made a post because things have just been crazy! Last week was a week to remember. I was sad because my precious baby Emma was turning 3 on the 19th and I was registering Luke for Kindergarten. It was almost too much for me because my babies weren't really babies any more.

I guess Luke didn't think that was enough for me to be anxious, sad, worried, etc. about. During his baseball game last Tuesday, he and another little boy were running in from the field and got tangled up together. Luke fell face first into the corner of the metal bench and split his cheek open. A four hour ER visit later, he had 11 stitches under his left eye. I will just say that my boy is brave. Words can not express how proud I was of him. I should note that this isn't his first round of stitches. A little over 2 years ago, he was the proud owner of 12 stitches in his forehead. At least we are going down in number! ( I have to find some humor or I will cry).

Emma of course was struggling with all the attention her brother was getting because this afterall was her week. The precious girl turned 3 on Saturday and wanted the focus to be all on her! Friday was her party day and did we celebrate. Who can resist a trip to Pump It Up! We all had a ball. On Saturday we celebrated with our family and had such a great time. It was so nice to see my family!

Luke had his follow-up appointment today with the plastic surgeon who did his stitches and I found out how much God blessed us in this whole situation. I knew that God was protecting Luke when he fell. I told everybody that I didn't want that to happen but we were so blessed that it wasn't an inch higher because that would have been his eye. I knew that God was watching over him at the hospital because the ER doctor offered a plastic surgeon before we even asked but warned that they aren't always available and they don't always come. Well, the plastic surgeon was available and he did come. The doctor wasn't one that we knew of and was assigned by the hospital. Well, today at the appointment I was reading about him and he specializes in facial reconstruction. All of his surgeries deal with the face. He is a specialy within the specialty and has been featured in magazines and on Good Morning Texas here in Dallas. God provided the most perfect doctor for Luke.

Luke and Emma at Pump it Up. 3 days after stitches.

Friends

Today is a sad day for me. My friend Kim Harlow passed away after a 3.5 year battle with breast cancer. She leaves behind a 5 year old daughter and husband. Please keep them in your prayers during this difficult time. Kim was an avid lover of the Longhorns and helped inspire Luke's love of them. She was a blessing in my life and I will miss her dearly. We will always be connected because according to Luke he is marrying Madeline. :)

I encourage everybody to support the Susan G. Komen foundation. They do amazing work and Kim was active in the foundation. Last year we were able to do the Race for the Cure together. This year a large group of our friends will be doing the race in memory of her.


While I am sad here on Earth, I know that she is rejoicing in Heaven with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I can hear her laughing up there now.

Please remember Bryan and Madeline in your prayers.

Luke, Me, Madeline and Kim at the Mother's Day Luncheon at Pre-School last year.

Happy Easter!

What a wonderful day yesterday was! Our morning started with church. It was fabulous. We opened the service singing He's Alive. My favorite part of the song is when we sing "Worthy is the Lamb, Worthy of our Praise, Worthy is the one who is overcome the grave". AMEN!! I could sing that song a hundred times. It was great! After church we met Brian's cousin Molly and her family for lunch at Texas Land and Cattle.We had so much fun and all the kids were really good.

After lunch we headed back to our house for an Easter Egg hunt. The weather held out. It didn't rain but it was a little on the cool side. It seems to be that way every Easter! It is always warm the day before but then the next day it is cool.


Luke (age 5), Lili (age 3), Emma (age 2), Bella (age 2) - Before the big Hunt!




Luke, Bella and Molly getting eggs.


Emma is making sure she gets her fair share of the eggs! Run Emma Run!


Lili on the hunt for some eggs.


Luke and Lili enjoying their spoils! Look at all the eggs!


It was a wonderful Easter. I hope that everybody had a blessed one also.

Spring Break!!

We had spring break this week and I had grand plans for us! Due to the crazy weather we had we didn't get everything done that we wanted but we had a great time!!

Day #1 - Monday
I thought it was going to rain. It was cloudy all day but it didn't start to rain until later on that night. The kids and I went to Lifetime. They love that place! It was packed because everybody is on spring break but they still had fun. I wish working out upstairs was as much fun as the kid area downstairs!!

Day #2 - Tuesday
Let the rain begin! It rained and rained! At about 10:00 a.m. we lost electricity and the Internet went out. Perfect timing! Brian was able to leave work for a little bit and we went to go see Horton Hears a Who! Very cute!

Day #3 - Wednesday
The weather was absolutely beautiful but everything was still soggy from the 5 inches of rain we got on Tuesday. We went to Lifetime again and then came home and dyed Easter eggs with Grandma. We had such a good time!!


Watching the shrink wrap work on the eggs finally


How cool are these eggs!! - our very own Luke Skywalker!

Let's not forget Hello Kitty! - She is so proud!

Day #4 - Thursday - Zoo day!

Another fabulous day in the Metroplex! We packed the kids up in the car and headed to the Dallas Zoo! Everybody had the same idea! It was crazy! We checked out the Sting Ray Bay exhibit, rode the monorail through the Wilds of Africa, saw the giraffe get fed fresh bamboo and ended the day with a ride on the merry-go-round! Such a fun day!

Waiting in line for the monorail..


Emma and Mommy.. she's my girl!

Luke and Mommy - my shuggie!

Hey buddy.. what are you looking at?!

Our favorite thing of the day! Watching the giraffe eat fresh bamboo!

She loves her daddy!

Day #5 - Friday - our last day of Spring Break

Our week wouldn't be complete without a trip to see the Easter Bunny. Emma has been wanting to go for the last 2 weeks. We finally made it! Along with the other 30 or so people in line. We saw 3 sets of twins! It was crazy!

So excited to be standing in the 45 minute line to see the "Easter Beagle" as Emma kept calling him.

Really happy to be next!

The moment finally arrived! It doesn't look like a beagle to me but she was happy anyway!

I hope that everybody has a Happy and Blessed Easter!

Toothless Bandit

What a crazy month this has been. Snow one day, 70 degree weather the next and then snow again! For the last month or so Luke's bottom teeth have been wiggly! Last Wednesday he said it was really wiggly and he needed to eat an apple because that would make his tooth fall out. Well, he at the apple but the tooth stayed in. He was so bummed. I was sitting at my laptop and he was wiggling it with his tongue. It totally grossed me out. I told him I could pull it for him but he didn't want anything to do with that. I told him that PaPa use to pull my teeth for me. Once he heard that he was ready to go! I tried to tie the dental floss around the tooth but I was having a hard time. All the fidgeting with it, loosened it more and I was able to just "floss" it right out. We were both surprised and excited!

Not to be out down, Emma tried to pull her tooth also. Thankfully she wasn't successful! I did get some funny pictures of her with dental floss hanging out of her mouth.




The tooth fairy made a visit and Luke was excited that you actually got money for losing a tooth. He wanted to call Santa Claus and tell him the good news. (In the Santa Claus 2, the tooth fairy helps Santa out)

I can't believe how big my babies are! What sweet gifts they are! Look at those sweet smiles!