Happy Birthday Briley Mitchell!!!

We love you lil' bug!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

If you have not met my dad, I have to say , you are missing out. He is one of the kindest, silliest, caring men I have ever known! He lives out his faith. It is so evident that Christ is the center of his life. Christ and Christ alone. During hard times, very hard times and fun/wonderful times he clings to that. My sweet little Briley carries on the name of 2 of the 3 most important men in my life. Unfortunately Mitch is not here to celebrate sharing his name with my little Briley Mitchell, but I am ever so grateful she gets to spend lots of time with her Poppa! Daddy, thank you for all that you do. I love and respect you so much! I hope you had a HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

I love you!

:-) L.A.

Peanuts and Raisins

L.A.: Mabry you need to finish eating your peanuts and raisins. (she can have trail mix, but she has to have a "mix" not just the chocolate chips, m&ms and peanut butter chips)


Mabry: But mommy, God does not want me to eat them



Oh Boy...love the little stinker :-)

PS - she just fed all the raisins to lil' sis....look mommy she wants them!

Still waiting for the peanuts to be consumed.

April 11, 2010

So I had a dream last night that I was in the Amazing Race. I was working on a challenge putting a puzzle together with food, I remember I was working with egg yolks...why are dreams so weird? I also remember my partner (girl, not sure who) wouldn't do the next challenge it was one of those roller coaster simulator things, anyway so we had to bake a cake. Then I ended up helping one of the brothers (thats on the show now) with his cake. RANDOM. THE BEST PART OF THE DREAM WAS THAT MITCH WAS IN IT!!!! When we were putting together the food puzzle, I turned around and saw Mitch dancing/playing in the line with Leah, Ricky and Theresa. He was wearing his Fox t-shirt and khaki shorts. I could see his face so clearly, I didn't want the dream to end.

I miss him so much. It is so painful still (6 years, almost 7) that he is not here. I want Mitch and Andy to hang out, the girlies to tackle and chase their Uncle Mitch, I want to call him when I am sad, and when things are just normal. I want to go visit him and check out the 7 boxes of cereal he has set out for me that morning, I want to drink coffee with him. I want to hear how much he loves the mtns. I want to meet his kids, my nieces and nephews. I want to pray for our families together. I want to run a marathon with him. I could go on forever. Selfishly I want all these things, but he is at peace. I TRULY believe that with all my heart. He would not want to come back to this broken world. I know without a doubt that he is with Jesus, and that gives me the peace I need to keep moving forward. He lived for Christ, it showed. I pray I would have faith like his. I think of Mitch when I read this verse: Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith." Hebrews 13:7

Revelation 21 (Mitch's new home)
1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." 5He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."
6He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

Mitch has overcome!

I love and miss you bubby!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDY!

Happy Birthday Andy!

We wish you were at home chillin and having breky with us right now! We love you so much and hope you have a wonderful day today!

Thank you for being an AMAZING husband, INCREDIBLE daddy and the best friend I could have ever dreamed of. I am so happy to be on this adventure with you!

I love you!



**These photos were taken for Andy's birthday in their Easter dresses this past week at St. George Island. Thank you Katie for the "fun" (ha!) photo shoot with the girlies!

teething

Sad for my lil' Briles. she has had a rough couple of nights and clingy days. her teeth next to her front 2 teeth are breaking through. she is getting bigger by the second, i can't stand it. she is doing great at the moment chowing on a waffle and banana. when she does feel good this child loves to eat! :-)

April 3, 2010

January, February and March will just have to wait. My camera is still MIA :-( so it will not be exciting to post without photos this month. I have my mom's camera right now so I have some photos to share.

The girls and I started off April on St. George Island. It was a fun and crazy time with lots of kiddos and their mommies! Thank you KT and eli for including us on this trip. I laughed as I signed the journal as I left....Spring Break 1995 (I think) compared to Spring Break 2010 - oh how the times have changed! I'm sure KT (the Carson family) or Jill (the Pope family) will have more details of the week. Their blogs are on my side bar.

Today our church (Wildwood) hosted a community egg hunt/bbq/pony rides/petting zoo/bouncies. It was a beautiful day, Andy's parents got in town last night, so it was so much fun to celebrate and run around with them. Mabry was a bit overwhelmed by all the action. We missed the 3year old egg hunt, so she went with the 4/5 group. She was very quiet today, but had lots of fun. I think petting the bunny, riding the pony and sliding down the giant slide with her daddy were her favorite!

We are so excited to spend some time with Grandma Janet and Papaw Doug! They are going to visit family in South FL tomorrow but will be back Tuesday night to enjoy the rest of the week with us.

I hope to be consistent documenting our adventures in April!

:-) L.A.

We got to make up gymnastics class on Friday with Kent and Eli :-)