her own personality

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Bell has developed quite the personality the past couple of months. Although, she loves to copy everything LE does, she has a certain way of doing things all her own. These are three of her signature quirks lately, can you guess what she is doing.

God Bless Our Troops

Thank you to all who made the ultimate sacrifice. We especially are so proud of our Uncle Ethan! We love you and miss you! He is our hero!

Memorial Day Fun

Ben surprised us with the day off and took us to Waco to the Cameron Park Zoo. It was such a pleasant day trip. It was not crowded at all and the animals were so much closer than in the SA Zoo. LE's fave animal was the giraffes. Bella loved the fish. My fave was coming face to face with a black bear and Daddy's fave was the giraffe. We had so much fun, will definitely make the trip again.

girls away, mommy play?

I met Ben's mom in Marble Falls this afternoon so the girls could have a weekend with the g-parents. I am already missing them and they have only been gone for like 7 hours. I think it is the Steven Curtis Chapman thing, can you imagine?? I have held back the tears tonight, but I have been keeping busy since I dropped them off, so we will see by the end of the blog if I am still tearless? Tonight, was 318. It was really good about I Peter - 3 John. A lot of info packed into two hours, but good stuff. I missed class last week and it was my favorite book in the bible - James. I am going to the gym tomorrow, volunteer at church, get my haircut cleaned up a tad, baby shower tomorrow night for Celeste ( I have been to 3 baby showers in 3 weeks), card class - Saturday a.m. date night Saturday night, Pastor Lori's usher Sunday a.m. so not much play time, but I do not have to pay a babysitter or drag my kids all over town. I miss you already, so Mimi or Gigi whoever reads this and is holding my girls, hug them, kiss them, squeeze them, tell them I love them and do not let them out of your sight!!

picnic in the park

One of our new fave things to do is meet Daddy for lunch in the park.

Mother's Day part 2

update

Thanks for all of your e-mails and calls last week. We, or I am OK. We went home this past weekend and some rest makes most things better. Please continue to keep my friend, Jeanette and her two daughters, Sarah and Tess in your prayers, there is a long road ahead of them. Ben & I are fine, it is all resolved. We are having to prioritize our time and make time for us in the middle of all our scheduling. I am finished with teaching, so there will be one added day to our week now. I will be finished with my school next month, so that will be another chunk off my plate. I did not mean to worry anyone, like I said I was just venting!! Thanks for thinking of me!

a week

I know most people would like me to not write, but just post pics of my cute adorable kids on my blog, but I am having a week and I need to vent! This week (or more like today it seems) has included the death of a friend's husband, the end of a job, fighting with a spouse, lots of tears, a funnel cloud, and abuse of trust, just to name a few. And all of it has driven me to being overstressed and not coping! I say all of this not for sympathy, but to let it out, so my husband and children do not have to hear it or poor people who happen to call at that moment (thanks Anna for listening about one issue and poor Brooke another). I know all of this stress could have been prevented, I know, I know, I know. I also know I put the Lord's time on the back burner this week and have not laid it at his feet, but tried to cope with it all by myself. Why do we do that? Why does it take a daily sacrifice of laying it down? None of this happened b/c I did not read my Bible or spend an "x" amount of time praying, but I do know I could have coped with it alot better had my tank been full on the Lord and turned to him for strength. That's all just needed to talk it out. Thanks for listening.

she said...

Tonight at dinner, LE was eating a bean burrito, but became distracted when she saw my day planner. Ben reminded her to eat and she told him, "Landry's got to do, what Landry's go to do." Where does she hear this stuff?

My Mother's Day

Mother's Day for me came in three parts. We went to two different parks and ate out for b-fast, lunch and dinner and attended a great service at church. This is the creative play park in Georgetown. This was part three. We went to Applebee's in G'town and then we went to this park after dinner. This was an awesome park and the girls did not want to leave!!