catch up...again!

ok, so i haven't posted in forever, AGAIN! i have had finals and i still have one more before graduation next friday! agh!!! it's so close! so here are some quick picture updates...enjoy.

parker's 2nd birthday party...seriously, the cutest little boy EVER.
courtney did a fireman theme party at her dad's station. everything was so cute.

parker with his daddy...daniel and courtney did a great job with his party!

we got him a bubble blower mower...hope he likes it!

last weekend, carlie, cindi and logan's littel girl, had her 1st birthday party. it was out at tranquility ranch in magnolia, where logan's parents live. they live on a ton of acres with ponds, trees, horses, an awesome house, and probably lots more. the weather was perfect and it was so good to see the ingrams!

pretty picture of the ranch

cindi helping carlie with her presents

she started out timid with cake...she wasn't feeling very well :(

but then she got into it...literally! hahaha!

one weekend josh and i went downtown to see megan and jeff and we went to a jimmy lafave concert. it was a rainy night, but the concert was amazing and it was so great to hang out with them.

the fuse girls ministry had an 80's self defense night. the girls did a great job dressing up. harvey taught them some neat self defense tricks and they got to practice them on each other. it was hilarious to watch. don't worry, no one was injured!

tammy, renee, and donna

abby and shelby pretending to fight...nerds!

welp, that's it. sorry, kinda boring. i will post again soon, i hope!

oh yeah, pray for shelby, in the picture above. her aunt had open heart surgery on monday and really needs miraculous healing right now. pray for the family too as they deal with this and try to be the strength behind her in this weak time. thanks so much!

please pray

hey everyone,

please be praying for my brother, travis. if you read this very often, you know that he just graduated from the fire academy about a month ago. well, this past saturday he and his station were called as a rescue team to a fire, and when they got there they had to go in and pull two firefighters out that had passed away while fighting the fire. my brother pulled one guy out, and it ended up being one of the rookies that he had just graduated with. he spent this last year in the academy with him and knew him pretty well. he was very shaken up about all of this, and all week has been crazy for them. he had to go through debriefings, ceremonies, and now the memorial service is tomorrow. please pray for the families of this rookie, and the captain that passed away along with him. pray for peace and strength and understanding in this time that could easily bring anger and bitterness. pray that my brother will be able to fight fires without fear and for healing as he deals with this tragedy. also pray for rebecca, his wife, because i think this reality his really shown them the fact that travis will be facing danger regularly, and will need God's protection every day!

thanks for your prayers!

easter saturday

this is possibly my favorite day of the year...i seriously love my family's easter celebration. we get together the saturday before every easter and we play games, eat lots of food, hang out, and just have a great time! check out some great pictures...

my adorable garrett...

after the kids' egg hunt, we let them hide some eggs for us,
and josh won with 9 eggs!

many generations...my beautiful grandma with her great granddaughter and her great great granddaughter...isn't autumn gorgeous in this picture?!

my pappaw...pray for him, his chemo is making him very sick right now :(

me and my sis...a rare but sweet picture!

christy came in second to josh with 8 eggs

this year we had way less kids hunting eggs than usual, but they enjoyed having all the eggs to themselves! and then there's my silly husband...

my mommy...the one i hear daily that i look like! :)

brandi and brittany...i love these girls

me and my daddy

what a fun day! can't wait til next easter...even though we will celebrate like 10 other holidays together between now and then! i love you all!

ruidoso spring break trip

if i wait until i have time to tell about the trip...i'll never get to it. so here is a picture update. enjoy!

we played cards a lot

where the guys were most nights
the three amigos...josh, sarah, colden

john and sarah

colden and danlee

the whole hang

the cabin where we stayed...it was danlee's family's...so nice

sarah just "hanging" out

the guys were able to play golf 2 days in a row!

beautiful mountains

after day 2 of skiing...nice outfit danlee! :)

i love this dude

can't go without a close-up

ski day number 1

after skiing his first tough slope...he was awesome, i might add

congrats bro!

my brother finally graduated from the houston fire academy last week. we are so proud of him, and it was really fun to watch him be all serious in his uniform. it was downtown at the wortham center...very pretty. there were some...interesting...folks in his class, but they provided entertainment for the evening. anyways, i am extremely proud of my big brother, and i can't wait to hear all of his crazy stories from work. i just pray that the Lord keeps him safe and that he and rebecca are able to stay strong in thir marriage through all of the difficulties that come with being married to a firefighter. i know they'll be great!

they are such a cute couple!

when she was pinning his badge on him, the captain asked if she wanted a stool! so funny!

andy boyd graduated with my brother as well. jackie pinned his badge on. they get married this summer...so exciting!

kaylei's 3!!!

many of you already know this...but our precious niece, kaylei, was born on my birthday, march 9, 3 years ago! it is insane that it has been three years...i seriously can't believe it. she is more and more beautiful every time we see her, and she is such a joy to be around. she is a lot like me in that she has a very strong personality...i think that is another reason i love her so much. she knows what she wants (and usually gets it ), she is so loving and sweet, super smart, and just down right great! last weekend we went up to dallas to see kaylei and her mommies and go to her birthday party at boomerangs...it's kind of like pump it up or one of those places...it's just jam packed with bouncy things for thekids to exhaust themselves on. all of our other cousins came too, so we got to see josh's aunt vicki and uncle jeff. polly and jason and their clan were there and micah and ramon and their kiddos. we didn't get to see the dobbs, which was sad, but know that you were missed! :) here are some pics from the day...

kaylei and campbell sharing icecream at dinner after the party

strawberry shortcake...yes, she's still around!

ellie hanging out in jumpy pool...isn't she so cute?

guess who?

josh and liam...these boys seriously love josh!

kaylei was all smiles all day

josh wrestling with liam and aidan

kaylei and campbell again

weeeee!

cool kaylei

it was such a fun day! thanks for the memories.

oh yeah, everyone pray for ellie! she is only 21 months old and she has had some medical issues. they just found out that her spleen is about 4 times the correct size, so they have some decisions to make. pray that everything goes smoothly. thanks!

transformed

i have a ton to post about, of course, but a couple of weeks ago we had disciple now at our church, and i never posted about it. it was a great weekend! i taught 11th and 12th grade girls...although technically no 11th graders came. we stayed at the bruce's house, same as last year, and it was so much fun. although i was a little disappointed at first, because only 5 girls signed up to come, and only 3 showed up, it ended up being perfect. we were able to discuss some things in small group and some decisions were made that i know would not have been if it were the typical 10 or so girls there. the weekend was about transforming our lives to represent Christ and the theme was transformers. it was a cool idea. we had many students commit to leadership, tons give up sin in their life or commit to work on getting rid of it, and the speaker taught to kids easy ways to stay in His word. it was a great weekend. josh had 11th and 12th grade boys, and he had 13 dudes at his house! dang! it was so crazy he even accidentally left one of them at the house during the day on saturday...hahaha! here are some pics from the weekend...

me and julie!

julie and jenna...probably related to the stupid dart game! :)

shelby and abby...2 of my beautiful 7th grade girls!

michael...cool hair

marissa playing the hula hoop game

one more thing before i go to bed...i turned 25 today! i can't believe i am half way to 50...it's ridiculous. seriously! but we had a great weekend. we went to dallas for kaylei's birthday party (will post more on this tomorrow) and then came home for church sunday. today my family took me out to lunch...mom, dad, heather, the kiddos, trav, rebecca, and niki. it was great! tonight after work josh took me to eat sushi. yummy! it was a great birthday! here is the present i picked out myself and got 2 weeks ago! :) it's a corner shelf in the dining room for all my willow tree!


oh yeah...and here is the finished product of our fence. we get grass planted tomorrow!


ok goodnight!