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Where do I begin.. we are pregnant again!

These past eight months have gone so quickly. Nate is such a joy it is unbelievable to think he has only been a part of our family for 8 months...it seems like forever. I will do my best to catch up but for the meantime here is a pic for some laughs!

Enjoying our little GIFT!

Obviously the wrong date!

Our Sweet Baby Boy...Nathanael (God has given) Wesley

40 Things We Love About Daddy

Daddy...
1.takes us ice skating
2.plays board games with us
3.takes us hunting
4.takes us to HEB
5.takes us Christmas shopping
6.reads stories to us
7.reads us the Bible
8.decorates the Christmas tree with us
9.puts out lights for us
10.takes us to the drive-in movie theater
11.takes care of our house
12.fixes everything
13.is a good protector
14.goes hunting for us
15.loves to be outdoors
16. plays with us
17.helps us in time of need
18.goes to the store when we get sick
19. bought us a new computer
20.makes fun movie nights
21. is a hard worker
22. loves Jesus
23. loves mommy
24.takes care of us
25.made the baby!!!!
26.built our bunk beds
27.has a good attitude when he is not happy
28.does funny tricks with us
29.makes me laugh when he laughs
30.likes to laugh with us
31.takes us to church
32.takes us to Rao's and buys us kolaches
33.teaches us about the Jesse tree and the Perfect Light
34.teaches us about God
35. swims with us
36.serves God
37.is brave and strong
38.is loving and kind
39.has self-control
40. has all of the fruit in him!!!

Happy 40th Birthday Daddy

Love Mia and Abbey!

Happy 30th Birthday Steph!!!!

We sure love your family and are so excited to be a part of your day!

Thank You Daddy for 0ur Spa Day

The girls loved their beds!!!

Refreshed and Renewed!

My Favorite Time of Year

Christmas is just around the corner and I have more than one thing to be excited about! I actually have several... I LOVE Christmas. I love love love it...there is something about the way Christmas trees smell, Christmas songs and I mean CHRISTmas songs playing, cooler weather, fireplaces, my girls singing We Three Kings and soon a new little one. The gift God gave us is overwhelming and I am so in awe of His Grace!!! So the Christmas music is a little early but worshipping Our Father is all year anyway!!!

Mia's 9th Birthday

The girls with Bammie!

Minnow Relay!

Cocoa Puffs and Shaving Cream!!

Horse cake the girls helped decorate!

The girls with Sadie!

Losing Teeth

and riding horses are some of

Abbey's favorite things!!!

Bow Hunting with Daddy...or not!

Daddy had to set up a tent because he could not hunt out of his tree stand with the girls! It looks like they are having fun, but no deer!

Celebrating being with Daddy on a fun adventure!


The girls helped retrieve the dove that Daddy shot and they said they enjoyed getting to hold them!!

Thank you Swaims

I cannot believe we did not get more pics of the girls and Caden together. This photo was taken by Abbey, the first one was just feet! Thank you Blair, Ging and Caden and of course mom and dad for housing us for a whole week. We had a lot of fun spending time with you guys and are so thankful for your hospitality Ging! We already miss you!

Aunt Ginia

Abbey with Cotton's hat on!

The girls could not get enough of Anna



Cotton, Abbey and Uncle Joe
Aunt Ginia and Aunt Nell were two sweet widow sisters who took care of each other. Sweet Godly women who touched everyone they knew and always served others. They were Wes' great aunts and they both went Home within weeks of each other. We were so thankful to get to rejoice and mourn with family! It was good to see everyone!!

"IKES"

So many trees were completey uprooted!


Bambi was okay!

This was just a small tree!

We drove over a few powerlines on our first trip home1

We have so many things to be grateful for... God's provision for us was sweet. We evacuted Thursday morning and came to Tyler. It is hard to know when to evacuate but we were so thankful we did!! We drove down yesterday (Monday) because we heard we had power again and our water was back on, however it was chaos. There were only a few gas stations up and those that were had 50-100 cars lined up at them! We only saw two grocery stores open and they were way picked over with their cold section roped off. So we took some extra gas to friends (The Shiflets) who still had no power and told them to stay at our place. We grabbed some more clothes and headed back to Tyler. The devastation was sad but made us so thankful for God's gracious provision for many! ON the way to Tyler (in Crockett) we passed the National Guard going towards Houston (I guess to help reinforce the curfew)? We are so thankful but will continue to pray for those who are still without power and water and damage to their homes!!!