Happy Birthday Mama!

Happy Birthday to Ivey's sweet Yaya! We all love you very much and look forward to spending this weekend with you as a family!

Thanks for being such a wonderful mother and loving friend. You mean more to me than you will ever know. I look up to you and respect you and the examples you continue to set for me.

See you Friday! We love you, mama!

Special

When you can't be with the one you love and adore on Valentine's Day, God always places a special someone in your life to brighten your day!

(David is away on work)

I'm in the Washington DC area right now visiting my oh so sweet South African friend, Jo. I am enjoying every bit of spending time with her and her wonderful in-laws! She is truly blessed with such great, Christian in-laws and they have been just as wonderful to me during my visit this week. Jo and I met at Fort Rucker and she is now pregnant with their first child. She and her military hubby will be moving to Colorado next week so I decided to take advantage of being close and enjoy my time with her. It has, however, been 2 years since I've seen her!!

Thanks to Jo's special inlaws for being my 'angel'!! My flowers are beautiful!

*more on angels to come later*

IA's Crayon Party!

I can't believe this sweet girl is 2!!

Ivey's very creative mom out did herself again!

I made this cute crayon wreath after spotting it on pinterest! I thought it turned out adorable!

Miss Ivey could not have been any cuter in her colorful tutu!

The proud parents of this ever so sweet little girl!

It was a team effort! : )

Presents! That is what Ivey kept saying! She was so excited!

Silly girl opening up all her gifts!

Cheesin' it up!

Ivey and her YaYa! Sometimes, ya know, she is just too busy to pose!

Aunt Whitney and Matt with the birthday girl!

2 beautiful girls!

Ivey showing her Poppie Tink how to make a noodle necklace! She keeps renaming him, but this one seems to be sticking!

Giving YaYa some lovin'!

Aunt Brookie sure does love you, Ivey Ann!

My gift couldn't be wrapped so we had Ivey hide her eyes so I could bring out her special present!

She's such a good girl! She didn't undercover her eyes until we told her too....

Surprise! Your very own Betta Fish, Ivey!

All the kids were drawn to Mr. Fish

I think she liked it! Don't you?!

I later learned the next day that Ivey named her fish, Tutu! I guess she will always remember she it on her 2nd birthday when she wore her 'tutu'!! : )

A time....

To everything there is a season,
a time for every purpose under the sun.
A time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill and a time to heal ...
a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance ...
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to lose and a time to seek;
a time to rend and a time to sew;
a time to keep silent and a time to speak;
a time to love and a time to hate;
a time for war and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Ivey Ann

A sneak peak at the sweet little girl I spent all weekend with!

She definitely knows how to brighten up my day!

I loved every second I spent with you, Ivey Ann!

more pics to come......

South Dakota

Check out this awesome video made by my hubby!

http://youtu.be/_O5ykAeuhB8

It is a video of the beautiful Black Hills via helicopter. Flown by none other than my hubby!!
One day just he and I flew and we were able to go slow and enjoy the scenery while videoing what he got to see multiple times a day. He surprised me around Christmas by putting this short video clip together! I love the song he chose and I love how thoughtful he is!!

It is definitely a time in our life we will never forget!

Enjoy!

2012 NY's weekend

The best part of the entire weekend was waking up to this beautiful snow!

David and I had planned on staying in town to watch Ohio State in the Gator Bowl, but the weather changed our plans. David decided to get on the roads earlier just to be on the safe side!

We were glad we did because the closer we got to Columbus the roads were worse!

It took us an hour longer to get home so we stopped at Grandpa's Cheesebarn to break up our drive and stretch a little bit.

David also took me to the Sweetie's barn where I found some yummy dark chocolate covered caramels! My fav!

Happy 2012 everyone!

Twenty Twelve New Year!

New Years Weekend we headed up to Cleveland to spend the weekend with David's family again. On Friday evening we had a nice family dinner followed by a LONG game of 'Ulcers'!

Saturday was a nice and relaxing for David and I both. That evening we headed over to Dan's house for a New Years gathering!

We had a great time hanging out with Dan and Kathy and some of their family and friends! We played games and even got in on some dance action!

D getting ready to 'Just Dance'!

David and Dan getting ready for their dance off!! ha!

David and I gladly welcomed 2012 in! We did so with a giant kiss!! : )

We stayed the night over at Dan and Kathy's. Sunday morning and afternoon we hung out with them before heading to Buffalo Wild Wings for the Denver & Cleveland games. I got to wear my new pink Tebow jersey!

Christmas in Dayton

Playing catch up once again....

This Christmas since we lived just an hour & a half from David's sister and family, we spent the Christmas weekend with his family.

We met them for lunch on Christmas Eve at a yummy Thai restaurant. Brad is a Christmas baby and they always celebrate on Christmas Eve.

After lunch we went back to their house and just hung out until dinner time. Brad requested my chicken tortilla soup and cheese sandwiches for his birthday, so I headed to the kitchen to cook up some yummy soup!

We celebrate with a yummy cookie cake and just hanging out. David and I headed back to Columbus for the night.

We returned the next at lunch for family time and presents!

Braden got a cool Uke just like his uncle Dave's!

Sweet Kayla Reese modeling her new clothes!

I love my sweetie even though he looks like a cave man! : ) he!

A little excited!?

Very excited! David got me a #15 Tebow jersey!! I love it!!

More Tebow stuff from my hubby! He sure knows me!

Singing Christmas songs!

: )

David and I enjoyed Christmas in Dayton!

What I enjoyed even more were the weeks leading up 'til Christmas. David learned several Christmas songs on the guitar and would play them every night while I sang! He loves to play the guitar and loves to hear me sing. I'm not sure why because I don't have a pretty voice, but who cares, David loves it! It was awesome to spend quality time together while singing and worshiping our Savior! After all, HE is the real reason for Christmas!