Relay For Life

Hello Everyone,

Brian and I have decided to participate in a relay in honor of all those children who have fought the battle the battle of cancer and those that are still fighting it. We have a very close friend whose daughter lost the cancer battle last year. Her name was Katrina. She was known as Katie. Katie was diagnosed with cancer at 20 months of age. She fought that vicious battle for 3 years and it finally took over her when she was 3 1/2. Unfortunately, we never met her personally, but her love and memories still linger here. While Katie was in the hospital, she became very close friends with a girl named Samantha. They were diagnosed with the same type of cancer, they received the same treatments, saw the same doctors and stayed in the same room. They became very close friends. After hearing the experiences that both of these families have gone through, we have decided to relay in their behalf. Cancer is such a horrible thing and we do not wish it upon anyone. We ask for your help in fighting against cancer. Please make a donation to me or join our team. You have the power to fight back against a disease that affects millions. It took you 2 minutes to read this blog, in that time 3 more people were diagnosed with cancer. I believe that the life of each individual is priceless. Today we show we care by remembering. Today we fight back by donating. Today we celebrate each life affected by cancer. Today we make a difference. You can go directly to my website to make a donation or join my team at http://main.acsevents.org/goto/srust. Every little bit counts.
Thanks so much for your thoughts and contributions.

Our Pride

So...the past few weeks, in our spare time, we have been painting our guest bathroom on the main floor. I am so proud of what we have done. Sometimes I just want to sit in there and stare because I love it soo much. Others might think I'm crazy but....Brian wanted an Americana theme and I wanted a Texas theme. I put Our Pride as the title because Brian is proud to be an American and I am proud to be a Texan. So.. to show our pride from both we painted our bathroom red, white and blue. Then the hand towels represent Texas, along with the rug on the floor that is shaped like a star. (You can't see it in the pictures though.) That's as close as I could get it to look somewhat like Texas without adding burnt orange in there and we all know that wouldn't fly so well. Anyhow, here are some before and after pictures for ya. Feel free to take our idea, I took it from my dear friend, Sara. The only difference is that her colors were pink and brown. Thanks Sara, for the great idea! We love it!

Look at those smiles!

Okay, so I hope y'all don't get sick of just hearing about my children but they are all I am around and I am so amazed by them and proud of them that I just have to show them off all of the time. They are seriously my pride and joy (other than Texas.)

Brian worked a concert last Sunday, so he had the work camera which is a beautiful camera and takes such good pictures. Much better than what we can get on our dinky digital camera. So here's a few pictures of our beautiful baby boy and our drama queen KennaDee.

LAUGHTER BRINGS JOY TO THE SOUL!!

Especially when it comes from the children.

I was singing the song, "Families Can Be Together Forever" to Jackson the other day and his eyes just lit up. If you look close enough it's like you can almost see Heaven in their eyes.

What precious gems our children are.