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.  

Our UNtraditional Christmas

We had a very different Christmas this year.  We stayed in Texas and just enjoyed having our little family together.  Last night I suprised Nick with an overnight trip to the Gaylord Texan.  We had fun ordering room service and going to see the Ice exhibit (freezing!)

Christmas Morning, Blake's hair is crazy...

 Our time at the Gaylord..

Playing in the room

Having room service

Seeing the sights..

At ICE.  that's one COLD baby.

Early Christmas

 Christmas with Nana and PaPaw.

We LOVE this kitchen, thanks Nick for puting it together and thanks Nana and Papaw for an awesome Christmas present!!

and here's a video of blake being entertained...

Sorry for the slack on pictures lately, but it's really hard to get a good picture of Blake because she is ON THE MOVE!! The kid doesn't sit still, and she's wanted to be held a lot lately.  There's this Darius Rucker (remember HOOTIE from the Blowfish??) song called "It won't be like this for long"....It is such a sweet song.  It helps me remember to cherish this time.  I found it on youtube, so take a listen..

On a funny note (which Emily pointed out it was funny to me today, it's very Blake)  We bought her these pink fuzzy croc shoes the other day, and she REFUSES to wear them because she wants to carry them around with her, so we end up putting a different pair on her feet and let her carry the crocs wherever we are going :)   Like out to eat lastnight and to preschool today. What a silly girl. 

Like I said, pic's are slim pickins...but here are a few for our poor family that won't see Blake Christmas.

woooo pig soiiiiiee!!