Sissy Sue.....

Emily Klair...EK

beautiful, sweet, 2nd grader, gymnastics gal, great reader, softball player, soccer player, sister, daughter, friend, content with any situation, living and handling a seizure disorder, toothless, swimmer, four wheel rider, loves to climb anything...a true monkey, fearless, very tough chic....and much much more...

I love my sissy sue...and I am very thankful for the wonderful gift of Emily Klair!!!!! There really is no one like you....

Little man.....

Tyler Neil....

Sports playing, kind hearted, adorable, 4th grader, smart, president of student council, brother, friend, speech maker, Bible reader, song leader, silly, video game playing, person living with spina bifda occulta, MIRACLE and much much more.....

Today I am thankful for my little man... I love you Tyler.....you will always be my little man....

"I DO....."

Today I am thankful for those two little words "I Do"... My husband and I met when we were 15 yrs old, at church camp. We became fast friends and had a blast that whole week. After we got back from camp he was baptized and I called to congratulate him, that phone call lasted for over 2 hrs.... That was the beginning of some really great memories. Warren and I have been through alot, we got married at 19 yrs old, he was a sophomore at Harding University in Arkansas, and I was in beauty school in the same college town. We were broke, at that time he went to school and worked part time at a small department store,while I also went to school but I worked full time as a waitress during the week and at a popular ice cream parlor on weekends. It was a mad house, we hardly ever saw each other but when we did it was great....I loved that first year!! I was wore out but I loved it, most people say your first year is your hardest of marriage but for us it was one of the best. We have always been the best of friends, now don't get me wrong even best friends fight, get on each others nerves and overall just don't get along sometimes, and we have had our fair share of fights and such. But you see here is where our relationship vary from some...we are in it for the long haul...we understand that there will be rough patches, highs and lows, we know that a good marriage is one that is worked on consistently, and we really do work on it...we are not perfect, we are not pretending to be something we are not. I love my husband and today that is what I am thankful for....two little words that make me his and him mine...."I DO".....

Give-away day..

well it's just around the corner..and I have to say that I love this day because it is a fun family day for us....Tyler helps, EK helps, Warren and I help, and we have a great time being with our church family. This time of year always makes me think of how blessed we truly are, how much we really have and how much we take for granted. I am thankful for many things...and many people are using their Facebook status to say something they are thankful for everyday for the whole month of November...so instead of FB I am going to do a post (ok try to do a post everyday lets be honest here....)everyday saying what I am thankful for. This weekend was my annual retreat with the teens at church to Guntersville...and our theme was "Identity" and we had some really great lessons...so here is what I am thankful for today: I am thankful for Jesus who died on the cross for me and my sins...I am thankful that I can now change my name to "forgiven".

The happenings of a very busy family....

I have not posted in a while and there really are no excuses...although we have been one busy family! I started my volleyball season the 2nd week in July, and have just finished it. We had a great season finishing as District Champs again this year and 3rd overall in Regions! I am very proud of all my girls and will miss our 7 seniors greatly next year!! Tyler took a break this fall from soccer..gasp, I know right?..to play football and he really liked it. He was the... wait for it wait for it...KICKER! and he did a wonderful job! He also got some time in as tail back, and tight end, and running back I believe..I know he kicked the ball, ran the ball and did some great blocking!!! He learned alot and had a great time with it. His team just won the Championship this Saturday 33-6!!! He is on the jump rope team again this year at school and is loving that also. He is a busy guy right now he was just voted president of the student council at his school, he is on the safety patrol, and has already started his song leading, and Bible reading lessons at church. He is a great little boy and he amazes me everyday... Emily Klair is loving gymnastics, she is learning to do cartwheels, hand stands, and has started work on front hand springs. She loves the balance beam (makes me a nervous wreck) and is making progress on the bars..she is quite the little monkey!! She did volleyball camp with me this summer and she did rather well for a 7 year old. She loves to read and has her nose in a book all the time!! She is still quite the drama queen (again still not sure where she gets that from)and is actually very funny...she is going to be doing puppets this year at lads to leaders. Her seizures are under control right now, she has been on two different medicines for the last few months and it seems to be the right meds for her. WE are very thankful everyday that goes by that she has not had a seizure!!! She is beautiful and kind and the most loving little girl I have ever met... Warren has been busy at work, but he is still the best dad in the whole world. I am thankful to have a great husband like him. I am looking forward to this time of year because for us it is the time we slow down and do not have soo much going on. I hope we can take some time for ourselves and go out on some dates...sometimes I miss having him all to myself!

Picture updates!!

These last few weeks have been a whirlwind...from church camp, to the birth of my new precious nephew, to just getting into a new summer routine.

I have really enjoyed getting to spend some fun time with my nieces during these past two weeks...

They are both sweethearts and cute as all get out!! here are some of the pictures I took of us playing and having a great time in the sun at Granny's house in her pool....

Prayers...

My family is no stranger to the power of prayer. From the first time I really realized how prayer works when I was 13 and my lil brother was so sick and needed a surgery that had never been performed before to the birth of my son and then with EK and her seizures, to the birth of my beautiful nieces...to this last year and the journey we all went on with my dad. Prayer works and right now I am praying hard that this surgery goes well with my sweet nephew today. I am praying that God gives Jamie and Andrea peace that only he can. I am praying for the girls who are doing great but who do miss their mommy and daddy. I am praying for all of us to give them the love and support so that they don't even realize how long it has been since they have been at home and on some sort of routine.Yesterday was a fun day for the girls we went swimming and had a fun day in the sun...they are both sweethearts and I love them like crazy!! Today I would like for all that read this to join me in prayers on behalf of the Spears family...esp for Baby Anderson and his surgery today!! I have some great pictures to post of yesterday....so fingers crossed I can get them up and on here sometime today!