Here’s our back-to-school crew, all ready to roll this morning. :)
Jenna, Evan, Luke, and Kara
And Mary & Ryan, too. :)
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And a special treat…
going out for lunch on the first day of school with some of our cousins!
Jenna, Kate. Kara, Moriah (and Luke ;)
Levi, Luke, Ryan & Tyler
Jesse, Michelle, Mary & Evan
(Sweet baby Joelle was there too, but I didn’t get a picture of her!)
Green Acres was the place to be!
This week we celebrated our anniversary…
15 years! (How can that be?! ;)
Paul surprised me with an overnight getaway to the same hotel we stayed in on our wedding night. Not only was it the same hotel, but we also stayed in the same room!
This was 15 years ago…
This time, Mary got to come along. :)
Champagne, chocolate-covered strawberries, & roses in our room.
(Yes, my hubby spoils me. That hasn’t changed in 15 years. ;)
When we got to the hotel on our wedding night, Paul was hungry, so he ordered pizza…
This time, we went to Kayhill’s. :)
The morning after our wedding, we woke up to a flat tire…
Thankfully, we didn’t have any trouble like that this time around! :)
Beautiful view of the sunset from our room…
So long, Marina Inn… maybe we’ll be back again someday. :)
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The Lord has blessed us abundantly over the past 15 years.
It is our prayer that with His gracious help, we will continue to place our trust in Him, knowing that He will direct our paths.
~ Proverbs 3:5,6 ~
Jenna turned 13 years old on Sunday!
Yes, we have our first teenager… yikes! : )
We celebrated with Reese’s Peanut Butter dessert at her request,
and it was delicious!
Jenna has grown into a sweet, pretty, and hard-working young lady.
She has been blessed with the ability to play beautiful music on the piano and violin.
She’s a big help with Mary and around the house.
We love you very much, Jenna Grace!
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We celebrated another milestone in our house this week….
Miss Mary is rolling over! : )
We celebrated Kara’s 7th birthday last week.
She had a tea party with friends, a pool party with cousins,
and TWO birthday cakes… what fun! :)
Tea party with Grandma’s antique tea set
Jenaya, Kara, & Jenessa
Moriah & Kara
Kara Brielle
Happy Birthday! :)
It was a great night for a DQ ice cream cake!
She had a beautiful Barbie cake, too!
(made by Aunt Laura)
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Happy 7th Birthday to our smiley, spunky, chatterbox, Kara Brielle!
We love you very much & are blessed to be your parents!
