One year pictures!!!

This is a sneak peek! More coming soon!!!

Flashback Friday

In honor of Traes birthday I found some flashback photos that are memorable from the past several years.

40 has never looked better!

Happy 40th Birthday darling! May your next 40 years......be your hearts desire. It is my hearts desire to be by your side for the next 40 years. May the Lord remind you often of his great love for you. Thank you for being our hero, my man, our blessing and for all the big and little things you do each and every day. You knock my socks off!!! I will forever be grateful for the man you are. Love you always!

Hey dad.....guess what???

Tomorrow you are turning 40! Happy Birthday dad you are the best!

February

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossinans 3:14

I love February. The pretty shaped hearts, focus on love, sweet little valentines and chocolate! This year we are hoping to attend a marriage conference that our church is hosting. We haven't attended one in a couple years and always find it to be something that the Lord uses in our lives. We have attended Family life Marriage Conference, Love and Respect and this one will be with Jimmy and Karen Evans of Marriage Today. All different but one heart in mind for oneness in your marriage. We often look at one another and say thank God we listen to Him, listened to our hearts and got married! We know that our lives together and the love we share is one of the greatest blessings the Lord has given us. We are so very grateful!

Connecting...

Much of Sams life he has shown that he loves to connect with people, make eye contact and be apart of things. We have joked that with Trae and I as parents he wouldn't really have a choice! We are both people that love to connect, value quality time and connecting at a heart level. This picture of Sam with his Aunt Paige and Uncle Troy is priceless and confirms how even at the young age of 12 months he is wanting that connection.

They grow up so fast!

Jacob is 12 and he will remind you often that is nearly 13 (not until July!) and his favorite things to do our skateboard, play football, basketball, be outside, sleep, eat, play with Sam and use his cell phone. His dad got him one for Christmas and lets just say he loves it! We still have a few etiquette skills we are working on but he is enjoying it. He is playing Upward basketball right now, homeschools part-time (yes there is such a thing and we LOVE it) and can't wait to go to Pine Cove this summer. We go for a week to family camp but we allow Jacob to go one week by himself in June too. His favorite color is black and recently when I showed him the new tear he had in his jeans he tilted his head, grinned and told me how cool he though it looked. :) Teens gotta love em!