Learning spanish

So in all our spare time at home, WesleyGrant is learning spanish...check it out!

Another Birthday Party!

Grantland Rice turned 3 this last week and we got to celebrate with water fun and back to his house for cupcakes and animal pics. It was a great morning with friends!

Family Time

Of course, their favorite part was with Uncle Kevin!!

At my mother's parents....kiddos with great grandparents...Mom and Dad

Kids with Memaw (great grandmother) HAPPY BIRTHDAY memaw!!
Sally and Pepaw (great grandfather) pulling weeds out of garden


We got to go and visit grandparents and great grandparents this past week and the kids loved being outside. The trip anticipated some sorrow as my mother died 2 yrs ago on the day we were there, but actually, as we went through her things and spent time with family out around the things my mother loved most, we celebrated her life...and we accepted this new season we have been living out since she died. The legacy she has given to me from those before her is being passed on to my children and so many more....it was so good to be with family....we love you all! Thank you pa and all for how you loved on us! we love you!

First Swim party!!

It was Ellie Peck's birthday party!! The Pecks always know how to do the best birthdays! We had so much fun....thank you peck family! happy birthday sweet ellie!

Girls, Boys and Swimming Parties

Sally is all girl and gets girlier as each day comes. She always has someones shoes on, a bracelet or necklace and a purse...or bag...or bug box as her bag...

WesleyGrant has gotten into superheros and building towers....

We are starting to slow down and begin preparing for little Karis to arrive....our friend Jackie moved in and Christel will come next! yeah! we love having them in our home!...and now the only thing before Karis' birth that remains are Swim parties!! and lots of them!!...so the kids got new swim suits today and wore them all day and outside...they were perfect for when the ice cream man came by and we got to eat strawberry ice cream bars in the heat...or at least they melted all over us. Good times....

Happy Spring and a Great Easter!

We enjoyed an easter egg hunt last saturday downtown at our old favorite park...Zilker! And this year WesleyGrant really got into the "Jesus is risen" thing. Though i couldn't find my "tomb recipe", so we had to use playdough. This Easter morning was truly filled with a sense of praise that our King was alive! It has set us in to spring here in Austin! Easter day was full of fun times with neighbors, friends and family over for Easter dinner...GREEK food! so fun!

Lice and other stuff

So, at the end of our fabulous week, we discovered lice!! YIKES!! But, you know, as my neighbor said, "They are just another human condition" So, wesleygrant and I were the winners who were so privileged to have the little critters and got to experience it personally.

But I have to tell you that oddly enough, so much joy came for that day we discovered them. I called my mentor and friend, Cherie...whose family had gone through lice and she came to my aid. She bought me supplies to start the ridding process and she and her daughter came over and walked us through what to do, vacuumed all the bedrooms, sprayed down all the upholstery, and took care of sally while i soaped and combed through wesleygrant's hair...and most importantly gave us a hug and said, "it is going to be okay!"....it doesn't stop there...then college students decided they would take all our laundry to a laundry mat and do it all for me at once! crazy college students! and another experienced one, came over to comb through my hair and make sure it was all gone...still continues...my doorbell rings and some kids want to mow our lawn to serve us. They are from a local church in our neighborhood and were out mowing neighbors lawns...i mean, come on! who gets their lawn mowed while getting rid of lice! By the time stew came to "rescue" me...I told him, "The lawn is mowed, laundry going, house clean, kids resting and my lice almost gone!" Then broke down crying as i realized all the Lord had provided that day! Thank you LORD!!

Well, we ended up shaving wesleygrant's hair off just to make sure it was gone....i cried as stew shaved it....and well, as you can see, i looked like the bride of Frankenstein for a while as i got rid of the little critters myself! So far we are lice free...

Oh, and Sally's room (or should I say, the girls room! we are having another girl! Karis Elizabeth) is almost done...we just have to paint the ceiling white. It is a girly pink room and she is proud of her new little girl bed!! She is growing up too fast these past few months! Her brother and her do everything together!! My little kiddos...I couldn't imagine life without them!!

That's all for now....big week...a few entries and pics...hope you enjoy!!

A Joyous Night

On February 28th, I had the privilege of serving 16 women from our church in my home. I have a relationship with them in some way or another and I wanted to use the gifts that God gave me to love on them. The first half was serving them a delicious meal along with some talented chef's and servers (Laney and Lauren!) and then the last half of the evening, I called each one up beside me to call out one characteristic I have seen in them...i.e..."Wisdom, compassion, servant, warrior...ect." and I was able to use my gift of encouragement to call out how I saw God using them. I was also able to tell them what others had said about them and thank them for being the beautiful women they were in our body at The Austin Stone. It was AMAZING for all of us!! In the end, we had some unexpected entertainment by our very own WesleyGrant...check out the video for a small preview! This went on for an hour if you can believe it! He loved the ladies!!! HA! Love you ladies and i'm so privileged to know and serve with you!