Spring Days

Little Man

Please ignore the trashcans in the background:)


Kiley riding her bike, I just noticed she forget her helmet, opps!

Spring is such a great time of year, not to cold not to hot.....the only thing I complain of, is the rain. Trying to remember, we need it to keep the flowers growing, but lately when it rains, it pours! Last week was great. We enjoyed lots of outdoor time. We have been going out in the afternoons, me and Lath hang out under the tree (with lots of bugs, huh Holly?) in the shade and the girls play on the sidewalk. Emma Grace no longer needs training wheels so now on the weekends Ryan takes all the kids on bike ride. He runs in the jogging stroller with Lath and Emma Grace and Kiley take their bikes. They have gotten it up to a mile and half without training wheels on either of the girls bikes and without Ryan stopping to catch his breath:)

Little Man is 9 months old!

I waited to do this post till after the Doctor so I could get accurate numbers......yeah and also the fact I have no time with school and kids and laundry and keeping the house up and appointments blah, blah, blah......but honestly, he did just go on Friday, only 5 days ago, so I'm not that far behind. And I LOVE being at home with my babies and know the days will go by oh so quickly.

Lathan weighs in at 21 lbs and a couple ounces he is 30 inches long, making him 75% for weight and 95% for height. He is the BEST baby in the world, I mean it. People tell me all the time how easy he is and believe me I know. I've had my share of hard babies. So what is Lathan doing:

-Crawling

-Pulling Up

-Waving

-Pointing at objects, when I ask where they are

-Saying Dada, not Momma!?!

-Giving kisses

-Giving big wet kisses

-And being very entertaining to us all, he's the funny boy of the house:)

Oh, and I only have my final project to turn in next week and I'm done with the class I'm taking. I had to design a website. I was given several options as to what my website would be about, and one of them was blogging, yippy yeah! Of course I chose blogging. I have a high A in the class, so I'm hoping, this final project will keep me at that A. Wish me luck:) Only 4 more classes and I will be able to start my freelancing as a web designer, from HOME:)

Better late than never....Easter Pics

My Grandparents famous "Holiday Cake"
My Little Man, Lathan and Doug (My Step Dad) Emma Grace, searching for eggs

Kiley, filling her basket

All my family kiddos hunting for eggs


We had such a wonderful Easter together as a family. We had a BIG dinner over my Aunt Alisa and Uncle Mark's house. The kids had such a great time with the egg hunt. Wonderful weather, family and food:)

My Birthday Girl

Enjoying the movie

After the girls dug into the cake

Before the girls dug into the cake



Everyone singing Happy Birthday to Kiley



Waiting for our Table

My Kiley Ann has turned 7! When did that happen!?!? So to celebrate she wanted to go eat dinner out with her friends and have a sleepover.

Her evening started with her 2 Best Friends, Emma and Kaylyn, and of course, Mommy, Grandma, sis Emma Grace and brother Lathan. We ventured out to, where else, but Chili's. We had a blast and the conversation was so hilarious, a bunch of 6 1/2 -7 year olds.....I haven't laughed that much in along time. We had dinner and desert. The wait staff sang Happy Birthday, Kiley was so proud to be the Birthday Girl! After dinner we headed back to our house where the sleepover began! They girls watched a little bit of HSM 3 but mostly played. The last one was out at 1ish (the last one was mine, Kiley) and I slept on the couch. The girls did great. I made chocolate chip pancakes, sausage and eggs in the early morning and then I took a well deserved nap after the girls were all picked up. It was a fun night and Kiley had a blast!

So Happy Birthday to our Big Girl. Mommy and Daddy are so very proud of you. You have a heart of gold. You are an amazing little girl and we are so happy God gave us the honor of being your parents. We love you!

PS: The picture came up backwards......

Just Some Pictures...

Mom's Lucky Charm

Last night before bath time I actually remembered to take Lathan's "St. Patrick's Day Picture". The girls had already showered, so I didn't get to do a family shot. His shirt says it all.

The Power of Prayer

So many of you have told me how you would pray for our family and it WORKED! I know I wasn't very informative about this whole situation, so here's the scoop.Ryan went for a physical in December and his blood work came back abnormal. We went to several different doctors and ended up at an Oncologist, to me Oncologist =Cancer=Death, because of my experience with it and my Dad. Well, they did a lot of studies on his blood and he has a very rare blood disorder, it's fine though, no treatment needed. We follow-up in 3 months, while they do more studies (they take 3 months), but the doctor said, it looks very good and he can lead a normal life.

The last couple weeks have been incredibly hard for me. I pictured life taking care of Ryan and slowly losing Ryan and then my life with out Ryan. I became especially close to God through this time. Since losing my Dad I kinda had a relationship with God that was up and down. I now realise God put situations in out lives to bring us closer to him. He does not want us to feel pain but to find strength in ourselves because we have Him. I will never be the same again. This small, yet VERY big situation, totally changed me, my relationship with God and my relationship with Ryan. Me and Ryan have always had very good marriage, but this really put God in our marriage. He now is and will forever be the Center of our marriage.

I really want to thank everyone for the prayers and concern. Me and Ryan have some Great friends and family.

Now, I need to go take care of Ryan, he went to the doctor yesterday and has been hit by this horrible flu! But after all we have been through, I can deal with anything. Bring it on flu!