The boys were back in town

Michael's brothers (minus Jordan, who we greatly missed) came in town last weekend to go bow hunting with him and although  they didn't come home with a trophy buck the trip was a success in terms of quality brother time spent together.  We loved having them here and Mario and the Princess certainly loved the extra attention.  :)

 The Princess and all of the boys 

 Brothers

 We had some extra time with Uncle Matthew before Jono got here and someone was pretty excited about that if you can't tell. :) 

A Legacy

Grandmommy was one special lady to so many people and will be greatly missed by our whole family.   She loved the Lord and her family and was the best story teller, cook, and so much more.  It was such a treat to be with her and learn from her sweet wisdom.    As I said in my last post, I am so grateful the Lord allowed us one last visit with her before she went to be with Him and trusting she is worshiping the King today. 

Surprise Visit

Two weeks ago the kids and I headed down for a quick surprise visit to Texas for Aunt Val's 30th Birthday and to surprise Nana with a visit too!...And I finally got to meet my sweet nephew, Noah!  

Surprise, Aunt Val!  Happy Birthday!

 The pretty birthday girl

 We got to spend time with lots of Aunts and Uncles and cousins too!  Bonus!

 We played a lot of Mario Kart and I'm not kidding, Luke beat almost everyone. 

It was so fun to see Lisa as a mommy!  She's definitely a natural.  

Luke loved riding next to "baby Noah."

I will be forever grateful for one last visit with Grandmommy.  She went to be with Jesus this week and I am so thankful we got to see her. (more on Grandmommy in the next post)

We swam with Billy and the dogs. :) 

We got to give Nana and Papa some loving too. 

Cousins.  Precious.

Aunties. :)  I tried not to be a baby hog, but I guess Langley made that pretty easy since she was not so fond of a baby being in my arms.  Oh sister, you've got another thing coming.  :)

A fun day

We had a super fun Halloween yesterday so here's a plethora of pictures to document:

We didn't actually carve yesterday but that's part of Halloween

 Michael's idea was to carve our two favorite states

 We continued our tradition of pumpkin donuts on Halloween morning

 Is there something on my face?

 What can I say, the ladybug likes her food (or candy)

 Luke woke up and first thing out of his mouth was "I can't 'beliebe' it's trick or treat day."

 You can't see my crown but I was Princess Peach with my two Marios and our little ladybug  

We had some of our friends over for pizza before heading out for trick or treating

The moms and all of the ladybugs (not planned)

My super handsome Marios

 Luke's best buddy, Cash

 They were a lot faster at the trick or treating this year.  Good thing, it was chilly.

 The budding romance. :)  

We love our Nana..

and we're SO happy she is home and feeling better.   For a little bit of background, Kellie has been in and out of the hospital for the past 6 weeks or so after an initial collapsed lung (aka. pneumo thorax) and then discovering she has a rare lung disease.  She is a fighter and has battled a lot of pain, a couple surgeries, and mustered a lot of patience while waiting for her lung to heal and stay up without suction.  Her faith in Jesus is something to aspire to, for I am certain she would not have the joy she contains through this trial without His love in her.  She was able to go home last week with a chest tube still in place, and has since gone back to have it clamped to see if she could have it out but her lung was not quite ready.  

Please continue to pray for her healing and specifically that the tube would not get infected and hopefully be able to come out soon.  She is something else and we just love her to pieces.

Happy fall

We made our annual trip out to Klackles Orchard last weekend with a group from our residency program.  It was a great time and got us even more in the fall spirit around here.  I do love this time of year but wish it lasted a little longer since winter will be here before we know it.  Hope y'all are having a happy fall.  

Spilling the beans

That's right. Baby #3 is on it's way!  We are all thrilled and can't wait to meet this little one in April.  Thankfully I am past the 12 week mark and hoping that means I will enter the land of the living again. We are praising God for this sweet blessing.