Aloha, Hello and Goodbye

~Well it's that time of the year again and we are getting ready to go the Hawaii with the Black family. We are really looking forward to this trip and getting to spend time with the kids and the whole family. The kids loved playing at the beach last year so it will be great to see them back there again. Rylynn is all ready to start boogie boarding again and Carter is planning on making lots of sand trains, not castles. Jesse is looking forward to golfing with his dad and the other boys and I'm going to be taking a lot of walks on the beach as I won't be boogie boarding or playing hard in the water. A pretty fair trade though, boogie boarding for baby. Good deal! As soon as we get back, we will post some new pictures. Love to you all and aloha!

The Joke's on You!

Well if any of you have spent any time with our children lately, you know that they LOVE to tell knock, knock jokes. (which never make any sense by the way) But whether or not they make sense they always find them funny, and I enjoy seeing them laugh and am thankful for the laughter that they bring me too. So, in honor of my two little comedians here are a couple jokes that hopefully will bring a smile to your face, a chuckle to your belly, and warmth to your heart.

Knock Knock.

Who’s there?

Lettuce.

Lettuce who?

Lettuce in and you'll find out!

Knock Knock.

Who’s there?

Ali.

Ali who?

Alittle old man who can't reach the doorbell!

Knock Knock.

Who’s there?

Madarn.

Madarn who?

Madarn foot is caught in the door!

Did you know that studies have indicated that diarrhea is actually a hereditary disease?Yep… It runs in the jeans!

*Had to put this one in since they like to talk about poop, sorry! =)

A New Year Has Come...

I can't believe, like most people that another year has come and gone. It always amazes me to look back and see how things have changed in a relatively short period of time. And not just in our own lives, in the country, church, world, families, friends...the list goes on of where change has taken place.

When I think about change, I like to start with in myself and think about how that change that has happened or the change I would like to see happen has/can effect everything around me. I constantly pray that the eyes of my heart would be opened so that God can use me for full glory and I look forward to working with Him to accomplish His desires. My prayer is that God will continually be revealing to me the true character of His heart/desire and that I would easily see the battle that is constantly going on trying to steal that truth away.

And now to the less deep stuff, I thought it would be fun to try and make a list of all the "eventful" things that happened in the last year in our family. 1. Annual trip to Hawaii 2. The loss of a dear friend Frank Starr and Jesse's Papa, Lynwood Black 3. Rylynn turned 5 and played 2 more seasons of soccer 4. Carter turned two and his obsession with trains grew 6. We went to Chickarooba with the Black family 7. Had 3 new nephews born in to the family Connor, Holden, and Deacon 8. Jesse and I turned 25, quarter of a century old! 9. I painted our house!!! 10. Jesse played some professional soccer with the Denver Dynamite 11. We found out we're having a baby!!! 12. I went to California to say hello to a friend 13. I said goodbye to a friend as she moved to FL for work 14. Rylynn lost two teeth 15. I was 7th in the nation for sales in Lemongrass and then went on to win a trip for Jesse and I to Cancun!

Things that we have on our calender for 2009:

1. Hawaii in Jan 2. Baby shower in Feb 3. Rylynn turns 6 in March and we have our 4th wedding anniversary 4. Carter turns 3 in April and Baby Easton will be arriving 5. Family reunion

6. Cancun....and who knows what else!

Blessings to you all. Hope last year was good and praying that this year will be even better.