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I just wanted to take a moment to wish my sister Erica a Happy Birthday. I do realize your birthday is Monday, but I had the time this morning to do it, so I thought I better go ahead and post it now in case I was too busy the night before your birthday. (school :-) I want you to know how very special you are to us and how very much we love you. (Of course, you already knew that) I am lucky to have you as my sister. I hope you have a wonderful 30th birthday old woman! hehe. I love you little sister. So does your niece!!! She loves her "Aunt Eka"! Love you bunches and bunches! Happy Birthday! UPDATE: Ok, so my sister calls me tonight, (Sunday), to tell me how sweet I was and to thank me for thinking of her. Then she says, "There's only only one problem, I'm not 30. I'm 31." I am such an airhead!! I can't remember anything! I can't get anyone's birthday right! I even called my mother to make sure I had it right and she was wrong too. Guess I co...

Tonight I was in the kitchen cleaning supper dishes and I heard Jason say, "Mom, come look at my new weight set." He and Olivia were playing and having lots of fun. Of course I had to grab my camera. She is such a daddy's girl! Ummm, I think daddy may be getting tired! Looks like Olivia is fixing to go face first into the carpet!

So, I had an incident that really touched my heart, as well as my husbands, and I wanted to share it. No one has ever mentioned this to me about their children, (so this came as a surprise to me), but I just had to mention it. Olivia has really gotten into movies. She loves to pop in a movie and watch it. One of her many favorites is Chicken Little. A couple of weeks ago, I was doing homework or something on the computer and Olivia was in the living room watching Chicken Little. All of a sudden, I hear her just start roaring with laughter and laughing out loud at the movie. Now, I know this sounds so dumb, but it just melted my heart. Hearing my child giggling with laughter and happiness, was the most wonderful thing my ears had ever heard. I am not sure why? I got up and watched her from down the hallway for a few minutes, then I went back to what I was doing and never mentioned it. Well, last night, she did it again and I saw Jason come around the corner smiling from ear to ear watch...

What a fun- but stressful day. We had lots of people to see in a short period of time, so the stress was on. There are a few people's house we didn't make it to, but we did the best we could. We are so sorry!! We were fussing about the whole situation last night, but then we started thinking about how badly we felt 2 years ago when we were sitting at home, handing out candy, and aching for a child... Then everything got better :-) Now we are happy for our very stressful night! I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!! Here she is... Our Beautiful Little Witch.... Olivia's cousin Hayden... (By the way, his hair is really snow white!!) Olivia and her cousins Rylan and Charlie... A witch, a pirate and an Indian!! The Scary Bunch!!! (Evan, Aaron, Sloan, and Sawyer) Olivia and her aunt Deana... Two witches!!! Eeekkk!!!! Our little witch was beat after a long night of trick-or-treating! Poor girl!! If we saw you last night and your picture is not on here, we are sorry!! We forgot t...

Saturday, Jason, Olivia and I got ready and went to the pumpkin patch. We had fun except for the fact that we froze to death (well Olivia and I did). Yes, I am a terrible mother sometimes. When we left, evidently I didn't feel the nice cool, (COLD!), breeze that was blowing and therefore we weren't dressed appropriately. We still had fun though. (Except when I got stung in the rear by a bee while we were eating lunch!) I know, it does sound like we had a terrible time, but we really did have fun. Olivia really liked the ducks and the petting zoo. She also let them paint butterflies on her hands, but she wouldn't let them near her face. She didn't want to leave. She kept shaking that little head saying " I, I not weady to go.."(he he).... So cute. I love her so much. They grow up so fast! Our two year old knows how to work a DVD player!! I was casually showing her one day how to do it, (while letting her do all the work), and she remembered EVERY step... She n...

So after our pumpkin patch adventure, we had to be at a surprise anniversary party for my grandparents (Bill and Lucille McBride). They have been married for 62 years!! Woo Hoo!!! They have 8 children, (1 has passed), 24 grandchildren, and 43 great grandchildren. Yes, that's right, I said 24 and 43.. In case you don't know me very well, I come from a huge family, and I love every minute of it. These are two of the most precious people you will ever meet.... I love and respect these people more than you will ever know. I can remember when I was little, my papa having bible lessons at his house for his grandchildren during the week making us learn the books of the bible and learning bible verses. I still remember those verses and the books of the bible to this very day. I never knew at the time, how valuable that stuff would be to me later in life. I know the Lord was, (and still is), looking down at my papa and granny, with a big huge smile on his face nodding his head. I don...