Award

Thank you, Rachel, for this award. 

Rachel Smith has kindly given me this award. She has a wonderful, Godly spirit; and she currently serves the Lord with her pastor husband in lower Alabama at Crossroads Baptist.  We met at college where she was my very first room-leader. She was a Godly example then; and she has continued to be thus as we have become reacquainted through blogging.

The rules of receiving this award are:

1. Accept the gift and post it on your blog with a link to the person that awarded it to you.

2. Pass the award along to other blogs that you enjoy and find to be lovely.

I pass this LOVELY BLOG award on to old and new friends that I have enjoyed reading since I entered the blogging world (some of them have not updated recently - but I have enjoyed them in the past).

April

Heidi

Kristy

Jennie @

MySpot

I probably would have awarded to a few more... but Rachel beat me to it :) and I so many of the blogs I follow have not been updated recently - I know that people are busy... So I leave it at these 4.

Thank you again, Rachel! I enjoy keep up with your family and your projects! 

Stand UP!

YEAH!!!

I got the phone!!

Look at me, Mom!

some of my flowers...

these actually look deep purple... 

until you see the sunlight through them-

very interesting :)

from my hanging baskets

one of my day-lilies 

I have several... but not all have bloomed yet

my light pink gladiolus 

more of my "purple"

gladiolus

Yes, Mikalah is pulling up and is quite anxious to be off and running!! :) She does not know how to sit back down yet, so she gets upset after a few minutes of standing - she is SOOO funny. 

I am in the process of making a dress for Kyria. She is going to be the flower girl in a wedding this fall. I have the main body finished and will post pics when it is done ;) 

John's dad will be coming to the states next week to stay for a while for some medical tests and check-ups. Please pray that he will have safety traveling from Japan. Sandy will be staying there; so please pray for her as well.

Last week we had many blessings fall upon our family... to name a few: John got me a new stove/oven (isn't he a nice man?-THANK YOU, Sweetheart!), the Lord provided a new dining table for us (John just had to pick it up), and I got shelves (very NICE shelves) above my washer/dryer (Thank you, Daddy!!). WOW - it was an overwhelming week; but in a good way! :)

After such a cool spring, we are now into the HOT weather... though not as bad as some places.... it is PLENTY too hot for me! :)

Pray you all have a great weekend!

just pics

Well, just a couple pics from the park... 

not time to write much...

I see you...

oh... this is a big one!

like my hair??

not really sure about this...

I am a BIG girl!

Anya doesn't move quite as quickly as Kyria :) I had a few more pictures of her, but they all looked funny ... :) we had a great week... a great anniversary... and I'll try to update more info a little later...