Congratulations!!

Steph and Bryan!!!!

How cool is it that BOTH of my sisters are pregnant??!!  I am so happy for you Steph, and I know God had great plans for you, Bryan, and the little one..hold on tight and  get ready for the adventure of your life!!

Love,

Sarah, Nick, and LB

The Big Dive

Our Swing set is now put together!!!!

Blake has so much fun  playing on it.  She can climb the ladder and even slide all by herself (with us right there of course.)  

"Wow, it's sure high up here"

"This is my thinking face."

"That slide sure looks fun"

"Gettin closer."

"I'm brave, I'm brave!"

Bubba was waiting on her....

1, 2, 3, 

WEEEEEEEEEE!  We promise she was safe and she loved it!

She loves the swingset, thank you Nick for all your hard work! And to our friend Trevor and our neighbor Vern for helping!

Blake and Uncle D

We had a quick visit from my brother Derek last week. 

For my AAR friends

I love the All American Rejects, EMO or not, I love them...

This cracked me up.

just TRY not to laugh!!

A friend showed me this and it's too good not to pass along.  It made me laugh and I hope you do to!

My New Game

Well it's not really a game, just something kinda corny I've wanted to do for a while.  So every now and then I'll post a song Lyric and I want to know if any of you knows the song or artist.  Different lyrics always stick with me, so I wonder if these have also stuck with you.  

I don't have any cool prizes, just knowing that I think you are cool and have good music taste will have to be enough :)

So here's my first.  It's old, and  my favorite song of all time.

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One for sorrow

Two for joy

Three for girls

and four for boys

Five for silver

Six for gold

Seven for a secret never to be told

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That's it! No googling!!  

Update on Blake

Many of you know Blake has been sick the past several days.  We spent Saturday at the urgent care clinic because she had a high fever (104.4 at the highest)...it was a traumatic day for her (and Nick and I) but we made it through.   They swabbed her for the flu and that was negative.  Her pediatrician today said he thinks what she has is viral, but we are still waiting to see if the urine/blood cultures show any growth.If it does then they will treat her with more antibiotics.  Being on the other side of the health care system makes me realize how helpless family members must feel when they are in these situations...it also confirms that I do NOT have what it would take to work in pediatrics... She has continued to have fever but atleast today she took some milk and actually wanted a few bites of dinner.  She has slept most of the last few days, either asleep or half asleep laying on Mommy or Daddy.  We know she will be back to herself before long.  Thanks for you prayers.

Love,

Sarah

Blake the Builder and Cousins

Here are a few pics of Blake and Nick working on the swing set, I dare say it is in the final stages of production!!  

My parents came and brought my neice and nephew for a visit last week, here are the kids at the park.

I bet Blake is thinking "Oh no you don't!!! No more pictures!!"

Happy Anniversary...

TO US!!  I can't believe it's been 8 years already.  It seems like just yesterday we were packing up our stuff and making the move from Arkansas to Texasto start our married life.  My life has changed so much these 8 years.  I've grown up, grown deeper, grown more in love with Nick.  

When we moved to Texas 8 years ago we didn't know a soul here.  It was just us and we really had to lean on each other.  God blessed Nick with jobs that could provide for us and allowed me to go to nursing school.  He answered prayer by giving us a church we could grow and believe in.  He gave us friends that would stand by us and be our stand in family.  I was scared to death to move away from home and now, even tho it makes me a little sad to say, Texas is home.  

Nick and I met when I was 15 years old.  I had an instant crush on him :)  He came to my church with a friend of his and sat right behind my pew.  I remember seeing him and thinkging "I could never date someone like him."  He had a cool car, was gorgeous tall and had a great sense of humor.  We became semi-friends, I still had a huge crush on him and occassionally he would call me or hang out with our group.  I still didn't really believe I had a chance. About a year later, I had a 10 page note on my car...it was from Nick, saying so many things I couldn't even process.  I thought the letter was a joke.  Nick had spent a summer in a tent in New York working at a kids camp and had a lot of time alone with God.  Nick believed that God had showed him that I was the ONE for him.  I thought it was a joke, and not a very nice one...this boy I had had a crush on for a year was messing with me.  But he wasn't.  We began dating.  We rock climbed, rode four wheelers, watched movies, played cards (ERS till our hands hurt), spent time with our each others families, went to church, spent vacations together, and fell in love. I still don't see how I could have fell so young, but I did.  We were engaged by the end of my senior year in high school.  Looking back I know my parents had to be mortified!  We were just kids...but we knew. And I still know.  God gave us to each other.  It is all because of God we have this life together.  There have been ups and downs, but I've never doubted that this is IT.  We will always be a family and there is no greater happiness for me than that.   

Happy 8 years, Monk.