New Best Friends???

 Lucy helped Payne clean up from dinner tonight.  Payne loved it. He always reaches for dogs.

 He petted her.

 She kissed him.

And a kiss goodnight!

Little Angel

Little Richie went to be with the Lord yesterday. He was a perfect 3 lb 5 oz. 

There will be a service tomorrow at 2.

Please let me know if you would like details.

This family needs all the love and support from friends!

Heavy Heart

Today, my heart is breaking for the Rich and Renee Morris and their family and friends. They found out yesterday that their unborn baby went to be with Jesus. As of now, they could really use lots of prayers. Their families are here to grieve with them and comfort them. 

We are still waiting on more details and will let others know what they can do to help.

Please remember them today, tonight, and in the coming weeks in your prayers.

A message from Renee this morning:

We are so thankful for our amazing friends and family that have lifted us up during this time. We have found so much strength in our Father above and from all of you, thank you so much. We are going in to the hospital this morning and look forward to meeting our sweet angel and letting him fly to Jesus.

Snow Day #3 and Bored!

Well, I have now been home for three days and I don't even want to think about tomorrow! Yesterday the boys went to work and Ally and I hung out all day. After everyone got off work they came over to eat dinner. By the end of the night we had run out of things to do, which lead to photo shoots! 

The girls piled on the couch to watch tv and look at wedding pictures. We never really got a good picture from laughing at Ryan taking our picture. 

Ally told Dalton that he didn't need new ski gear since he would wear it about as much as she would wear her wedding dress. Which in return lead to this....

Then they started to reenact some wedding photos.  

 Are you laughing yet!! We laughed so hard!!!! It was so fun! It made me want to put my dress on too!

Maybe, just maybe I will get to go work tomorrow. For now I am at home by myself today. I have cleaned Payne's closet out and now I am getting ready to host a baby shower on Sunday. 

Stay warm!!!

SNOW DAYS!

We have now been out of school for 2 days. Since December 17 I have now only worked 17 days! So, that pretty much means I will have no summer!! We are on our 5th snow day in January and it isn't looking very good for us going tomorrow. Heather, Adam, Ally, and Dalton came over to hang out with us. We played Nertz and just hung out and talked. We always enjoy getting to sit around with our friends for hours! 

 Payne had a great time playing with everyone!

 We all sat around on the computers all day.

 Wrestled a little bit.

 The dogs didn't really like the snow very much, they all went to the bathroom on the deck!

 Payne had green beans the past two nights.  He like them as long as they are mixed in with rice cereal.

 Heather and Max had matching coats!!

All the boys and Heather had to work today, so Ally and I ran errands and cooked all day! Ok, really she cooked and I talked to her!

Prayers are needed

Please pray for our friend, Sarah Fries. 

You can read more about her condition here, at her sister-in-law's blog.

http://www.angslaughter.com/

Thanks ahead of time! 

Baby its cold.......

 We laid low this weekend. My sister came over and kept Payne and I went Wal-Mart and Ryan played golf. The weather was beautiful on Saturday! Saturday afternoon I made some baby food.Over all it was really simple.

 

I would say the worst part was the big mess I made! I made carrots, peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, and apples. 

Ryan and Payne hung out and took naps!

 Payne is growing so big! He is so much fun to play with and I love to hear him laugh!

 

And...Now this is what I have to look forward to!! Ugh! I am going to be going to school until July with the way this winter is going!!!! 

                                             Hope you and your family stay warm this week!

They grow up fast!!!

He is getting big! I can't believe next month he will be 6 months!! That is just crazy to me!!

 

 I am so happy that we decided to invest the money into taking Payne's picture each month!! I always love how they turn out and it allows us to take pictures as a family as well. After he turns a year we plan on doing it every year, ok who am I kidding every half year. I can't decided. I am also a freak and we get a cd of all the pictures each month and they are all in the safety deposit box! 

5 Month Pictures

These are some of my favorite pictures yet!!

Thanks Meredith!!!

We are still here!

Wow, have we been busy.

I thought I would update you all on what we are doing.

We had two snow days last week! I enjoyed the break, but trying to get caught up this week was crazy! Ally was off on Thursday, so she came over and hung out all day.  She practiced her icing skills!

We let the dogs play outside for a little bit, so we could get a break from them.  Max really like it, until he got really cold and wanted back in.  Isn't he so cute???

Last Saturday I got to go the Benfield Shoot Your Kids class! It was a lot of fun! I need to practice on my new skills!!

Cross Church Fayetteville is going extremely well! We couldn't be happier with the opporunity God gave us.

I was asked last weekend to be the coordinator under our Preschool Director for the 10:55 service. This is has kept me busy all week, but I am loving it!! If you are wanting to help service please let us know!

Payne is still teething A LOT! He chews on everything!  Is sleeves are always soaking wet.  He pretty much has his passy with him at all times so he can chew on some part of it. Any suggestions on how to make this easier for him are welcome.!!! He started eating rice cereal with apple juice in it. He likes this a lot better. His favorite time of day is still bath time. He splashes the entire time he is in there. I can't wait for him to be able to sit up and actually play with some toys! 

Ally, Heather, and I have also started running (ok, so maybe its jogging). I can't believe that we have actually kept up with our schedule! It is WAY more fun to run with your friends rather than by yourself! They also encourage me! Thanks girls!

I am going to be crazy busy the next few weeks with school. My co-teacher will be gone for the next week and half and then we both a have some random days off and then we are head to Colorado.  Therefore planning the next three weeks is going to be crazy with trying get everything done! On top of that we have grades that go home Friday and that means I have to write 34 of them!! Eekkk!