I have no idea what I wanted to label this post as. All I know is, that I am so thankful to be so blessed. I was reading a blog off of my friends blog. The trials that this family has to face makes me so sad for them. But I feed off their strength. They are amazing people. To be faced with the death of a child, makes my heart ache terribly. As a mother, its my worst nightmare. Makes me want to hold my children so tight and never let go. To have a protecting hand on their every move. So I was sitting here with tears streaming down my face thinking about this family. And realized that my Heavenly Father feels for me how I feel for my children. I mean, I have always known and felt my Heavenly Father's love, but the way you view that love changes when you become a parent. And I sit here this morning, with an overwhelming warmth of love and peace. I am so thankful for that feeling. No matter how alone I might feel here on earth at times, I always have a loving Father in Heaven no more than a prayer away. And to know that He loves me as much as I love my children is very comforting. To know that I (we) have someone rooting for us, cheering us on, holding out His hand every moment of every day is awesome. Something I am so very thankful to know. And so thankful that He has His hand reached out to my children as well. Makes me realize how blessed I am.

June

Savanna's Birthday / Baptism and Memphis's Blessing

Savanna's birthday party. Sorry its a dark picture!

Savanna before her date with daddy at prime rib.

Savanna and Brandon going on a date!

Memphis Treyne blessing day



So much has happened! We had Savanna turn 8 years old on June 10th! I can't believe she is already that age! She had a fun birthday party. She had Malainey, Jordan, and Aaron come over. And we painted little glass things, and then had a treasure hunt outside. And sheesh, next time I will have to make like 50 clues. I did 11 clues thinking it would take them at least 20 minutes to do the hunt. OH NO!~ I was dripping in sweat cause I had to RUN to get the treasure hid before they found it. So I literally had 4 minutes...NOT ENOUGH TIME! Then we had her Rapunzel cake. Which didn't turn out too bad for me doing it! But the pictures I took were really dark, so we will see if you can see them or not! Oh and Daddy took her on a daddy daughter date to Prime Rib. She LOVED it and those of us left at home were all jealous we didn't get to go and have STEAK! But she got to have steak (which she usually WONT eat at home..) And they brought her a HUGE ice cream sundea with a candle on it. She thought she was cream of the crop for sure! Then we all went to see Judy Moody at the movie theater a couple days later. Which was really cute. And even better that there was only 3 other people in the whole theater besides us. So OakLeigh got to run around and didn't disturb anyone and I was able to rock Memphis and still enjoy the movie! All in all she had a great birthday! Then comes her Baptism. We did it June 25th. All my brothers were here. And my parents. It made it really special because all my family hasn't been able to be together for something special like that in a LONG time. I will post a picture of her cute program and the outline. Kyle and Ryan did a great job on their talks and Brandon and his Dad and Pres. Jones did great on the song. It was a wonderful day! The next day, the 26th, we were able to bless Memphis. That was also so SPECIAL because again, all my brothers and dad and Brandon's dad were able to stand in. That meant SO MUCH to me!

Memphis

May

So much has happened in the past month! Memphis is a month old! I will post a picture of him. He weighs 11 pounds too. He likes to eat eat eat! He is getting such a sweet personality going too. He is a pretty happy baby. His fussy time is 600pm-900pm. I still haven't braved him out to church yet though. It seems like everyone in the branch is sick, so we are waiting. Weylon finished preschool. I am so proud of him for sticking it out for the year. His teacher, Mrs. Reynolds sent home a picture she took of him the first day of school. I will try to scan it, so you can see the before and after. Poor little guy in the pic, his little eyes are swollen and bright red. His cheeks are bright red. You can tell it was hard on him and that he had been crying for a while. But throughout the year he did better and better. He actually got to where he enjoyed himself! AND HE CAN'T WAIT FOR KINDERGARTEN! WOOHOO! It will be so weird having him gone all day, but he is soo READY. He gets so bored with mom in the day. I hope it finally turns summer so he can get his energy out OUTSIDE!

KIDS!

Here is Weylon or AKA Urkel...He got a Sheriff Kit at Kmart. He had to show off all the things it came with.

Here is Sheriff Weylon (Urkel) again.

OakLeigh is so proud of her baby brother Memphis.

Memphis already a poser!

Such a good baby he is!

Savanna is such a great helper!

Happy Mothers Day!

This is a wonderful message. It made me cry but puts what we as Mother's are doing into such a wonderful perspective. I am so thankful for each of my children. They are my whole world. They are the reason I get up each day and push through all the hard trials in life. With them, my wonderful husband, and my testimony of Jesus Christ, and KNOWING my Heavenly Father is with me, makes everything worth while. My days may get challenging, but I do rely on my Father in Heaven. He gets me through it all.