ANNIVERSARY
For our 5 yr anniversary we went back to a cabin we went to on our 1 yr anniversay! This time we stayed a week and had lots of fun! I'm usually the one that wants to 'stay in', but this time it was Cale! We went canoeing for the first time and it was a lot of work b/c it was calm water...which I was thankful for. The weather was beautiful the whole time! Glad we got to go! Love you honey!

~NEW PIX~
Here are some new pix! When we picked Jax up for church on Sunday he said we all looked like we were going to take a family picture. I thought it sounded like a good idea so here are some...Jax looks silly in the 1st one b/c I had the camera where it would take 2 pix and I'd run to get in. Well Sophie was doing the same so we were laughing and that's why Jax face looks so funny! LOL!


My Crew ;-)


Me & My Sweetheart

Cale stepped in front of the camera right before it went off, while I was say, "oh! it's taking another one...so he posed! Silly man!

Daddy & Jax...we stopped half way up the mt and took this...Jax was a lil nervous!

Jax & I on the Mt...we couldn't stay long b/c it started raining :-(

OOPS!
I forgot all about my bday pix! I put them on facebook, but I'll post a few on here too! I forget to put stuff on here b/c I have facebook...I'll do better Jen!

See Sophie on the side? Isn't that the prettiest cake you ever saw?! I loved to watch the Wizard Of Oz when I was little so here's my cake!


Cale & I


Luke, Lauren, Me, & Mom


Me, Dad, Lauren, & Nicole

Cale's Bday
For Cale's bday we went to a Hibachi Japanese Steakhouse where they cook in front of you! I had been there right before we married in '05 and thought it was the neatest thing! Cale had never been so we went with my sis and BIL and had a great time!


Then we had 'the family' party at a local Chinese restaurant. Here we are in our family photo!

Cale plays games on his phone and so I had my aunt make his cake a blackberry curve with Texas Hold 'Em on the screen...he had no idea what it would be!


His mommy & Duane got him an Oregon Ducks hat which he had been wanting..(wonder who told them that's what he wanted?!)

He had a great bday party and I want to thank you all for making it so special! Love you honey!

~New Addition~

We got a new dog named Miley! She's a yellow Lab and VERY playful! We thought it would keep our Abbie home, but so far she is still wondering around! And of course I couldn't leave our Sophie out, so here's a pic of her on V-day! What can I say...we love our dogs!

Miley Faith

Abbie Joy

Abbie Joy & Miley Faith

Sophie Grace

HATS
This Christmas I had some hats made for some of the kids in our family! I started out just searching for my neice and ended up have several made! Cale even got me two for my bday! The girl that made them is super nice and you all should go look at her website! She does an awesome job! THANKS JYL! Love ya girl! Here's the website...www.jylholidaycreations.com

Nicole

Brooklyn

The girls love their hats

Cale got me a hat too!

And another one...

~Christmas Parade~

We had a float in our parade this year and it won 3rd place out of like 200 cars/floats (that's how many we heard were in it this year anyways)! Here's some pix from then!

Sophie-1st Christmas do!

Isn't she cute! I thought the lady did soooo good!

Front view

Side view (the bandana has candy canes and peppermints on it)

Thank God and the Angels
Well tonight I am extra thankful for God and his angles! My g-ma's b-day is today so we went to her house for cake and ice cream. I got off late so I told Cale to bring Sophie to play with my g-ma's dog Brittney. Sophie gets extra excited when she has a playmate, or when we go anywhere really! My aunt has a 3 month old baby and so all night I'm making sure that she stays away from the baby and basically just keeping up with her like a kid, except it's a little more difficult b/c she's a small dog and goes everywhere FAST! So we have a great time at the party and then it's time to depart! My aunt and uncle are getting their stuff together and head out. About that time my sis says, "Oh we are parked behind them" and opens the door for a few seconds. I think nothing of the people going in and out b/c she knows not to go out the door...at home...Sophie darts out the door!!! They say "oh no Sophie just went outside!" I hear it, but it doesn't register for a few seconds and I say "OH CALE" and we dart out the door! My g-ma lives in town and it's not a very busy road, but it's DARK! I see her just dart around the un-fenced yard and then across the road she goes! I am still in shock at this point and am just like "what's going on here?" We go across the road and we hear other dogs barking and it's kind of a small field then the next block over has yards, with other dogs! Cale says "you better start praying" and heads behind a shed....again, I'm still just in shock trying to figure out what exactly happened, but say, "God bring her back" and kind of just stand there helpless! About 30 seconds goes by and here comes Cale with Sophie in his arms! Whew, what a relief! I said, "Sophie you bout made mommy's heart jump into her throat" while I hugged my sweet lil Soph! Now, I know what you're thinking, "mommy?" but really she's like my other kid! Even though she's a dog, she's my friend! She's always here when I need a sweet lil doggie hug! I was sooooooooo happy God brought her back to me, in the dark, around other big dogs! I send my angels out everyday to help me and they were 'shooing' her back to me! PRAISE GOD! He knows she's important to me and loves me so much that he took care of it!

Fun New Pix

This weekend we took some fun new pix! I don't know if these are going to be used for Christmas Photos or not, but I can always use some new pix!

I just got my cd and I love it! I just love that she's my age! That gives me hope to one day do what she's doing with my sister!

Love Songs for the King is the debut worship project from Sarah Hart Pearsons. If you are a worshipper and if you love to be in the presence of God, you’ve got to get ahold of this. There are 12 original songs, written by Sarah. This new music CD will ignite the heart of worship that’s within you.

About the Artist
Sarah Hart Pearsons is a worshipper, singer-songwriter, and teacher of God’s Word. She and her husband, Jeremy, minister out of their desire to see people from all walks of life come to know the life changing power of Jesus Christ – the Living Word of God. They minister to congregations in their hometown of Fort Worth, Texas and around the world. Sarah and Jeremy teach believers of all ages to hold fast to the same spirit of faith as those who have gone before and to reach behind to those who will follow.

BRANSON TRIP

Aug 20, 2009

This has got to be one of my favorite vacations I've ever been on....it was probably the company! We stayed at the Radisson Hotel & Suites and we were right on the strip where everything is happening! We didn't have alot to spend so we just went to Ripley's Believe it or Not and went to Keith Moore's church! It was awesome! Cale had seen our Pastor on TV at Keith Moore's church and he was like on the 2nd row. Cale had told me he wanted to sit where Pastor did. I told him, I'd rather not so he didn't say anything else. So we get there about 15 mins before church started and they are the friendliest people I've ever met! There's like usher every few steps greeting you! We get to the door and an usher asks us if we've ever been there before and we say no so he escorts me and Cale down, down, down the row and ends up on the first row, I am just standing there in shock, thinking to myself...I didn't even dress up, this ministry is on TV, I can't even go to the bathroom if I need to....not only the first row, but front and center! Cale is smiling from ear to ear and I just grin at him and say..."is this close enough for you?" It was an excellent service and just goes to show that God does have a sense of humor! ;-) I will defiantly be going back there! We also got to stay with the Joneses and they keep our lil Sophie! She had so much fun with Kinley! They played non stop! Thanks for letting us stay and feeding us that yummy lunch! Love ya'll!