A Happy Happy Birthday

It was a great day. Beautiful Florida weather and loads of fun. She went to sleep saying she wanted to do it again tomorrow....so we did, had the bouncy house for 2 days :)


Cupcakes for her school friends.


Getting special treatment at school.


Ready to race!


Big girls racin...


My medal is bigger than yours!


OK, it's a tie...


Partners...


Now for the three legged race.


Kids gone bad...


Time to open presents.


Ava had to leave early for the Father/Daughter Dance.


Sophie and Daddy too pooped...


At CJ's Christmas Musical. She is very proud of him.

Love to all and thanks for checking in...

Three years ago TODAY ! ! !

Sophie joined our family December 3, 2007,
And truly is a gift from heaven.
Yep, three years ago today...we met our baby girl,
She is a little princess who loves to twirl.
On December 4th she'll be turning four!!
We’ll never forget the moment she came through that door.
She’s changed a lot these last three years,
I’m so thankful, my eyes fill with tears.
Take a look at the few pictures below,
Before I know it she'll be a teenager, oh NO NO NO!


This was the first picture that we received!


This was our last day in China...


Listening to the wind blowing through rocks...


Loving the sand, tickling her toes!


Taken this summer, visiting family at the beach...

BUSY summer!

Last night was just...one of those nights I never want to forget. When we were getting ready for bed she decided she wanted to brush my hair. Ahhh...it felt so good. I told Barry, "this, right now, is one of the thousands of reasons I wanted a daughter". Then after our prayers and all tucked in, "Mom, I gotta tell you sumpin"...guess she had to get these out before she could sleep...

- Mom, did you ever have chips in a cup? No, I said. She went on to tell me her Campin Nana gave her chips in a cup on the golfcart (she had her first sleepover with Campin Nana a few weeks ago) and that we need to do that sometime. Ok, let's go to sleep, I said.

- Mom, I can't believe Ava lost a tooth! I'm gonna lose a tooth one day when I get bigger. Did Jack lose a tooth? Yes. Did Logan lose a tooth? How 'bout Cruz? Yes, yes. What about CJ? Not yet, but he will about the time you do..Ok, let's go to sleep, I said.

- Mom, you member I wanna be in the Cinderella show, right? Yes, I said...she's told me that before. Cuz I would help Cinderella do her laundry and cleaning so she can go to the ball. Amazing that they can say something so incredibly sweet after having such a "sassy" moment earlier in the day...Oh, and you know the deal - Ok, let's go to sleep, I say...

- Mom, it sure is nice to be together, I want to be together forever. Now, I just can't stand it...maybe I will just lay down and sleep with her...my sweet little angel. I start to rub her head - she liked that when she was so small. Then SHE says, "Mom, you can stop that, let's go to sleep". So I let her fall asleep and I sneak away....

Here's some of my favorite pictures from spring and summer.







































































Thanks so much for checking in...Love to all!!!

Someone likes to paint...

What a cool kid! She's from China..Daddy's from Georgia, and Momma is from Tennessee! We're all from somewhere...all gifts from God.

Love to all...

More prayers answered

We were playing with play do, on March 22, and decided to make a birthday cake - candle and all. What a sweet heart.

Well...Papa got his new liver on Mother's Day! What a gift...surgery went great and he's improving every day. He will probably be home by the the 20th!

Love to all..