A Few Pics From The New Year Until Now...

Time has been scarce since we got back from Mississippi with homeschool deadlines. So here are some pictures from January so far...

This is a lake across the main Hwy from us...You know I love sunsets:)

We went 4-wheelin one evening at dusk...it was so nice! We haven't been in a while.

This place was only 5 minutes from our house...we are used to driving much further than that!

This was the beautiful moon on the clear & crisp night we had!

Trail of pine trees...Roy had to go down one of these rows!!!

Love this time of year...I know I have said it before!!

This was an osprey we spotted after church when we took them to the park to play:)

Loving little sisters :)

Mia Mae!

Madi Moo!

What a sweet smile :)

Homes built by: Madi & Mia

This is such an awesome sight!!

Putting up the decorations...here's one little angel...

...and another little angel!!!

This is a very rare photo in Florida...it may only happen 2-3 days a year! So they enjoy gearing up when they can :)

Out our front window

This was our day on New Year's...the first day of 2008!

We decided to take it easy at home...no complaints from the girls!

Everyday is a great day to swing :)

Mississippi Mud Pies & Old Fashioned Milkshakes!

We had a wonderful trip considering the circumstances. We appreciate all your thoughts & prayers :)

Mom's favorite flower...Gerber Daisy

This was an adorable library in Waynesboro, Ms

Wish we could have had more time to spend in there!

It was the sweetest little room for children

Mia found the goldfish!

Our two little train engineers were so happy to find this:)

This is where Roy's Nanny lived in Ellisville, Ms...he went there a lot as a kid!

Here is another mural painted on the wall...how things used to look :)

This is the same old-fashioned fountain & pharmacy that Roy and his siblings went to as kids!!

I loved this gum machine!!

Aunt Angie told Mia this was her official flower...an Amelia Camellia!

The painting above Roy's head was painted by his mother...she was very talented!!

These were the scarves & earrings the girls picked out of Grammie's to take home and they transformed them into beautiful gowns & accessories...:)

Looking at old photos...seeing Daddy as a little boy :)

The girls making a Mississippi Mud Pie!

The finished product...A peanut butter topped Mud Pie!!!

This was so sweet...Madeline asleep in Grammie's robe & in her chair :)

This is a combination of all the things the girls picked out of Grammie's to take home...they turned it all into a bed for the bunny!!

Mia drew a picture of grammie on her Doodle Pro!

This was the view leaving the cemetary...it was a beautiful day!

This is Coco & Fox...Robert & Claire's indoor dogs.

Mary Claire took her cousins out to the trampoline for some fun!!

They miss her so much :)

Mary Claire is the youngest in her family

Uncle Ben & Roy

Uncle Ben & Aunt Lynn

Mary Claire working with Madeline!

It was a full day for Mia :)

Mia is loving the freedom to do all these crafts & goodies in her cousins room!!

The girls and their cousin Spencer...the three of them were inseparable!!

What is a campfire without smores?!!

I Love you Honey!!!

Joe, Ann, Roy & Madeline...we love this special couple!

Aunt Angie with the girls!!!

Spencer and his buddies :)

Gray with his cousins:)

Charlotte & Claire

Big Sister & Baby Brother

Charlotte's son Christopher and his wife Lauren

Angie & her boys- Spencer & Gray!!

Robert

Angie & I

Praise Report for Argie!!!

Good Morning Faithful Friends & Family,

Argie went to be with the Lord about 6:15 this morning...Hallelujah!

Up until December 31st…her vitals still remained strong. On paper, the past several weeks the doctors couldn’t understand why she was still on the ventilator. There was need to relocate her to a new facility for insurance reasons and she had to be off the ventilator in order to do this. On January 1st, they attempted this and thought she may have had a heart attack or stroke. However this wasn’t the case...they found out that her lungs were not able to exhaust (?) the CO2 that ours do. So the ventilator and tracheotomy stayed in place and she continued to communicate through writing on paper. On Tuesday she told my brother-in-law that she was ready to go and wanted the oxygen pulled. He talked with her about the Lord and got confirmation when she wrote that she is trusting in her Lord & Savior…Hallelujah…Glory to you God!!!! In the state of Mississippi even if you are of sound mind it is not legal to be taken off. From our understanding they had to treat her as a cancer patient and put her on morphine. They had found blood in her urine (not sure of the timeline on this) and felt her organs were in the process of shutting down. This went to every 2 hours as needed and then yesterday it went to every hour or as needed. They took the feeding tube out last night. At one point yesterday though she woke up (with a tracheotomy, ventilator and morphine) and asked for a Coke…:)…I love my mother-in-law, I will miss all the chuckles from moments like this…when her personality would shine through the circumstances!!

For most of last year during all the many miracles she received from the Lord…that is the one thing we were unsure of and have all been praying for above anything else…that she would surrender to the Lord and embrace Him and receive Him as her Lord & Savior. We are so very grateful to our God whose timing & plans are so perfect…for all the lives that have been touched and transformed by what the Lord did in & through her last year. The multiple prayer requests and praise reports that have strengthened not just the family but all those who prayed or were just around her to witness The Lord’s hand at work.

The family is so appreciative of your prayers over the past 10-11 months. You are all a huge blessing in our lives:)

We will be driving up there this afternoon…please stand in agreement with us for safe traveling mercies and favor along the way.

The Lord put this verse on my heart…Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

We love you all and appreciate all your love, support & prayers over this past year. God is Good and we give Him glory for all of this!!!

The picture above is the last time the girls saw Grammie in May 2006, they were not able to see her in the hospital the times we were there last year:)

With eyes fixed on Him,

Roy, Denise, Madeline & Mia