The Faith of a 92 Year-Old Woman

I got this video in an email and thought I would share it. It is pretty amazing! I want to have faith like this!

Can You Sing This Too?

I totally can!!! Can you????

Happy 1st Birthday Katie!

Look at my big girl!  We had so much fun celebrating Katie's big day!  All in all we had three birthday parties, three birthday cakes, and lots of family fun!  Saturday night we had a combo birthday party for Katie, Grandma, and cousin Josh at the Newquist home.  Daddy came down with the flu and sadly couldn't come.  Because of this, we held off on the birthday cake until Tuesday so he wouldn't miss it.  My Aunt Kathy and Uncle Chris were in town for the week and it was a special treat to have them join in on the birthday fun.  Tuesday was her birthday and is also swim lesson day.  So my parents, Jason, Uncle Timmy, Aunt Kathy, and Uncle Chris all met Sarah, myself, and the three girls at the swim school.  It was certainly a little crowd there to cheer on our adorable swimmers!  Afterwards we all went out to NYPD for some pizza and Katie's first cake!  Mmmmmm, lots of chocolate!  Let's just say, she is a girl after my own heart!  Then it was home for some quick naps so that we would be rested for more birthday fun at Gramps, Gram, Uncle John and Aunt Jessica's home!  Our kids love their cousins, so they had a blast running around being crazy!  Then it was time for some more cake!  Gotta love first birthday cake craziness!  Oh sooo cute!  We love you so much Katie and can't wait to see all that God has for you in toddlerhood!  Happy Birthday!



Katie's room is filled with butterflies and so I thought I would continue that them in her first birthday cake.  This was my first attempt at making a fun decorative cake like this.  And I had to make two because we had two family parties.  They were sooo easy and turned out pretty cute!

This is a picture of the girls with their great Aunt Kathy.  We can't wait to see you and Uncle Chris again sometime soon!

March is a very busy birthday month! Katie got to share her birthday party with Grandma and her cousin Josh. Happy Birthday to you both!

I just had to post some of my favorite pictures from Katie's first year of life!  She is so precious!  












Happy 1st Birthday Katie!  

Love, 

Mom, Dad, and Abby

Melt My Heart!

We always pray for Abby before we put her to bed.  She sits in our laps, facing towards us with her head resting on our shoulders.  Tonight as I was praying for her, I felt her gently lift her head, lean over, and softly kiss me on my cheek.  Melt my heart!  

Quote for the Day

Today I came out of the restroom and there was Abby who, with a big smile, said, "Yeah Mommy, I'm so proud of you!"

Now Presenting...Abigail Faith!

I had to share this! Abby memorized John 3:16 and it is downright adorable! 

Random Post #2

Since my random post from yesterday was cut short by a squealing kid, I will finish the rest today. Jason's family has lived here now for about 5 months and we really haven't seen them as much as we would like. It has been a fairly sick winter and it seems like we have been spending more time keeping the kids apart, much to all of our displeasure! So after about 2 months of separation, crazy I know, Jessica and I took all the girls to the zoo. Poor Justin caught another cold and stayed home with Gram. We had a great time and the kids loved being together.
Someone here loves the giraffes! Can you tell which one?


This was Katie most of the time. She wasn't too happy about missing her morning nap! Although, she did get the flu that night! Maybe she wasn't feeling too hot.

Jessica the teacher! She does a great job on the educational side of these trips!

This is my favorite exhibit at the zoo! I just love this little orangutan family. Isn't baby Kasih so cute!

Keeping with the random thing...
I just love the funny things kids do! I snapped this shot the other day when Abby walked out in my tennis shoes and her Mr. Potato head glasses!

I was shocked the other day when Abby could put this little 25 piece puzzle together! She loves to sit at the kitchen table and put her Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh puzzles together. She rarely has to ask for help. I may be slightly biased, but way to go my little smart pants!

Katie seems to be learning something new everyday! I need to post a video of all of her little tricks. Her clap, her dance, her kisses, her peek-a-boo, they're all so cute! She loves to play with Abby. Even though she pulls Abby's hair and pulls on her shirt to stand-up, and constantly steals whatever it is Abby is playing with, Abby surely loves her little sister. She loves to make her laugh, loves to bring her toys and pick up things that she drops. She loves to give her kisses and hugs and tell her that she loves her. She is even quick to point out evidences of grace in her sister's life! If I forget to praise Katie for obeying something that I have said, Abby is super quick to say, "Mommy, Katie obeyed!" To which we then doubly congratulate her! Another cute sister moment happened the other day when Katie was pulling at my leg and I told her that I could not play with her right then. As I was walking away, I heard Abby say, "Katie, you can play with me!" They're so precious!


And so goes more everyday happenings in my beautiful little family!