So, back in March, Lily and the boys were outside and my friend next door, Katie, came out and took some pics of our little girl. Lily was not in the mood, evening times are not great times for her mood, but Katie can make any picture, smiling or not, look great!
Such a happy girl! Even when she’s not in a good mood!
She had just learned how to make raspberry sounds with her lips…
Oh Mommy, you’re so silly!
OK, enough crazy faces, I’m DONE!
She wouldn’t keep her hands off her #5, I see this is going to get more difficult as she grows! haha
At the end of February, we took a trip to Charlotte to visit Dad, JoAnn, my sister Elizabeth and her family. We had a fabulous time and it, as always, was like no time had passed! Wish we lived closer!
Dad and JoAnn took us to a REALLY neat place called JAARS Headquarters which translates the Bible into many dialects/languages of extremely remote villages around the world. Sometimes taking decades to first learn the language, linguists then translate God’s Word so that they too can know the Truth. This charity is amazing…made me want to be a missionary! On the grounds were training airplane runways so that the pilots can land in the middle of jungles and an alphabet museum which had the boys utmost attention! It was GREAT! Thank you gma and gpa!
Engine room…
One of the jet engines used by JAARS.
The hanger…thanks to many gracious donors, some of these planes cost over $1million.
Although a majority of the tourists and guides were 6-7times the boys age, they were so interested! Everyone was so kind and intelligent, it helps that my Dad returns to his childhood whenever children are around.
Ryan couldn’t get enough…
Andrew stamping his name in hieroglyphics…
This was their favorite part…translating Chinese
Lily learning about the airplanes…trying to stay awake.
After a long but fun day, we picked up the cousins, William and Joshua, and had a super fun cookout/football game/lego extravaganza!
Grandpa’s so funny!
Joshua and Andrew
William and Ryan
Dad’s beautiful posing skills…haha
Aunt Lizzy and Uncle Eric with Lily…
I think William wants a little sister…haha!
Mommy and her baby!
Dad hasn’t aged a bit!
We had a long drive home for a baby, but we were all happy to have had a wonderful visit with our family! We love you all very much!
Good morning…back to the Ireland daily life, and what a blessed life it is!
Thank you Dad and JoAnn and Higginbothams for such a great visit! One day we’ll all live close together hopefully! Until then, we love our visits!
Maybe I am not of the right age yet, but I still look forward to my birthday and really have no fear of getting older, of course I don’t have to look at myself constantly as I start to wrinkle…haha! I love my birthday week though because it falls on V-day week and I tend to get lots of heartfelt goodies! One thing I look forward to are my flowers…this year was AWESOME with a couple roses and all sorts of Lilies…how appropriate! I want to grow one of each of these.
I also LOVE this week, because I know Matt and I will get to have a date and catch up on adult things and each other! Thank you Grammy!
We also took the kids to a hibachi restaurant…the verdict is out if we will return…the fire was a bit much for Andrew!
He warmed up quickly though!
Ryan was a natural!
Lily needed Daddy’s lap to feel safe! I feel that way too much of the time!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me!
Sure, sure, the only perfect human was Jesus Christ but Matty is in the running for second! I caught him doing chores and taking care of the baby the other day. He is awesome! I’d say that’s why I love him, but that would be a lie. I would love him if he did absolutely nothing but play golf and watch TV, that’s what love is. Loving someone the way they are, not the way you want them to be. It just so happens my hubby is both! Thank you God for my greatest gift EVER!
