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!!!

At the request of Lauren, Julie and Aunt Kelly!!!

"Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth serve the Lord with gladness, come before Him with joyful singing...enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise" Psalm 100

We are definitely thankful for a healthy baby and are looking forward to meeting him or her!

All Dressed Up...

Abbey is pretending to be Lucy...with her bow and arrow! This is often played around our house!

Finished Product

I let them put it on completely by themselves as you can see....

Makeover

A friend in the apt. requested that she practice her spill for Mary Kay on us and the girls were delighted as you can see...they were cracking me up!