More Pics

Well, thanks to blogger and it's issues with posting pictures, I had to do another posting and without captions, but enjoy the pics anyway :)

Finally...

Halloween! We did go out candy collecting this year. The family we were supposed to go with had sick kids so we weren't out very long. We did stop by to see friends at one of the WI houses where they had games and treats.





So we are finally moved and mostly settled!
It is great to have so much room and a BACKYARD!! The Lord blessed us with a lot of helpers (and 4 willing souls to watch kids) on the big moving day and we were done with the big stuff before noon. The kids love it here as much as we do. Even the cats have settled in!

Deja vu

Webster's definition of the word deja vu:

1.a-the illusions of remembering scenes and events when experienced for the first time

b-a feeling that one has seen or heard something before

2. something overly or unpleasantly familiar

SO... we are having a case of deja vu because we are moving yet again. Webster's definition will be all too true by the time this is over. We are excited to have a larger place again and extremely excited to have a fenced backyard, something Andrew has never experienced! Below are a couple of pictures. We will be sending out an email with the new address info.

God is faithful! And we are so thankful! He has been working in amazing ways these past couple of weeks. We are also very thankful for your prayers.

Funny Kid

Because we do not live close to any family, especially grandparents, they miss out on a lot of the funny things the kids do... so I thought I'd post a funny conversation that took place yesterday. If you are not one of our grandparents you may still get a laugh.

So, at dinner during conversation (I don't recall exactly what) I was caught off guard by something Davis was saying to Sydni about wearing 2 pairs of underwear.

I said, "What are you talking about? Why did you wear 2 pairs of underwear today?"

Without missing a beat, he responded, "So when Dad spanks me I won't feel it as much".

As Miles and I were holding back laughter Miles then asked Davis, "Did it work?"

With a little giggle, he answered quietly, "No."

Little Family Update

Last week concluded our missionary process with World Impact.

Although the outcome was not what we had originally hoped for, we are pleased that the Lord is directing us. For different reasons from us and them, the decision was "no". Miles will continue to be employed by World Impact, but we will be looking for a place to rent. Thank you for your prayers regarding this process and we still covet your prayers regarding what the Lord has in store for us. We are praying for patience and clarity.

After the time and emotion spent on this process we decided to get out of town for a couple days to refocus. Our wonderful friends in Guthrie, OK offered to watch all the kids for an entire night!

So Mommy and Daddy got to go on an overnight date in Oklahoma City... what a blessing!

We went to the Oklahoma City National Memorial for the first time. In the picture above you would be looking at the street and the front of the federal building.

The picture below is one of two gates that face each other with a reflection pool in the middle (where the street used to be). One either gate is a time engraved... one reads 9:01 and the other reads 9:03... the bombing happened at 9:02. What a wonderful memorial!

The chairs represent people who died in the building and they sit in the spot where the building used to stand. There are 9 rows, representing the 9 story building. Whichever floor a person worked on or was visiting is where their chair sits. And sadly, there are small chairs representing the children. Also another 5 chairs represent those who were just outside the building.
It was a great experience, such a wonderful memorial. If you have never been, we highly recommend taking the time to visit it next time you are in the area.

On a much... much lighter note
If you know Miles' past with U-haul then you understand why we took this picture!

Yes, that is a U-haul truck ON TOP of a very large building near downtown, now THAT is advertising!

We have been enjoying the lovely Fall days!

We are lacking pictures of the older kids because of being in school, which they are both enjoying and doing well in... look for more pics in the next post.
And finally, the biggest news of the house...

Yes! Lincoln is trying VERY hard to walk. He pulls himself up and walks along the furniture or whatever is close by. This walking toy won't last long!

Surprises #2

We had a family surprise party for my cousin Corianne at her own house... this is her walking in.


Grandma was holding Lincoln (while Salyna hid around the corner). This is Cori trying to figure out whose baby it is.

Surprise!

All of the family hangin out.
Cori and her amazing husband, Marc, who pulled off several surprises over the weekend!
My cousins David & Gen who are expecting their 1st baby in a couple months... she will be the first girl in the family in 7 yrs!

Good thing Grandma still had some baby toys!

What a fun time we had!!!

A Weekend of Surprises

This past weekend Salyna and Lincoln flew to California. To make a long story short... Salyna's cousin Jenni (who lives in TX) was flying to California to surprise her sister for her 30th birthday. So Salyna decided to go too and take Lincoln so the family could meet him. Jenni was the only one who knew Salyna was going, so there were several surpirses throughout the weekend. Salyna, Lincoln, and Jenni met up at the Houston airport and sat together on the flight to California.

Lincoln's 1st airplane ride! He did really well on all the flights. (especially since he had an ear infection in both ears!)

Sitting next to Auntie Jenni was a HUGE blessing!

Grandma's reaction as Lincoln and Salyna walked in... Jenni was already there.

Grandma and Aunt Darlene being told that we were all on the same flight and had this planned for weeks... we pulled off a great surprise!!

Lincoln loved the sand, he kept kicking his feet in it... so cute! His 1st time at the beach!

We also saw Aunt Karen, Uncle Greg, Jacquie & Collin... and their dogs! There was mutual love between the dogs and Lincoln!

And then Great Aunt Liz got to meet Lincoln too! Thanks Grandma Molly for driving her!

**I am very frustrated with blogger and posting these pics, so there will be a 2nd post.

Fun and Fellowship... our Favorite!

We went to a great airshow a couple weekends back and here is the one pic we took, I just now noticed that even Lincoln was watching.
On Sydni's actual birthday we met with friends for pizza.

Over Labor Day we went to Oklahoma to vist with our friends, the Coons.


Seeing the babies together again was great! With being so close in age, it was fun to watch them both try to crawl or at least their versions of crawling. Caleb's army-crawl is too cute!!
We tried a little photo session of them...

Caleb was tired.

Lincoln was not.

Caleb - 6mo 2wks, Lincoln- 6mo 3wks

Grace used to babysit Andrew when he was this age and she was still single!!

We had the opportunity to meet, teach, survey, and just hang out with their youth group from Abell Community Church. We had a lot of fun and really enjoyed it. It has been over 2 yrs since we were part of a youth group and we miss it a lot.

It was so amazing to see how the Spirit is working in Sam & Grace's lives. What a blessing they are to us! Only a few years ago we knew Sam & Grace as single school mates. We watched them court each other and become one before God when they married. Now we are able to share in parenthood with them... and to have babies a week apart has been really fun.

We love you guys!