Our super busy, but fun weekend!

We had a great weekend. Friday night, Daniel and I enjoyed a night out while the kids went to play with "Big" Drew and Bryce. We went out to dinner and then we went and picked Daniel out golf clubs for his birthday. We had a wonderful time. Thanks Brandy and Scott for keeping our children for us!:-)

On Saturday, I took Grace Anne to a Cinderella brunch. One of the local ballet companies is putting on the show, and they had a brunch to help promote the ballet. One of Grace Anne's friends(Ansley) is in it, she is going to be a firefly. We had a great time. Grace Anne really enjoyed herself. She loves all that girly stuff, so this was right up her alley. I have posted pictures below of Grace Anne and her friends that we went with.

Saturday night, we had a family outing. We went out to dinner and then to Toys R Us. Drew had some Birthday money to spend, so we went and let him pick out some toys. He has gotten into Spiderman, so he spent some of his money on super heroes. He also got a bike for his birthday from PopPop and Nana. He is showing off his new bike in the picture above.

For the rest of this week, it is BUSY! We have a lot going on. I will try to post as soon as I can. Hope you have a great week. :-)

Grace Anne with the fairy's and the fairy godmother
Grace Anne and her sweet friends!
The fairy's making their entrance :-)
Making crowns! Grace Anne, Maggie, Ansley, and Kelsey

Grace Anne and Maggie, they are BIG buddies!
The girls with Cinderella and the Prince

Best Buddies:-)

Drew's party at school and pictures of the kids playing

Drew finally had his birthday party at school today(wed. 3/5)!!!! He had a great time celebrating with his friends. We hope you had a wonderful 2nd Birthday Drew, we love you!!!

We are slowly getting well at our house. The flu hit our family HARD! Everyone got it except Grace Anne, she did get sick, but not with the flu. The kids and I are doing much better, but Daniel is still not feeling all that great. We are praying that we will ALL be healthy again soon!!! I have posted some pictures from yesterday(Tues. 3/4). Grace Anne and Drew always have the best time playing together, they have the biggest imaginations. I love to just set back and watch them play. They are best buds and love each other so much. They play so good with each other(well, for the most part).:-) We are so blessed to have such sweet kids!!!!




I had to post these two pictures. Last night, Drew did the cutest thing. I heard him yelling POP POP!!! When I went to find him, he was sitting in the hall with a picture of his Nana and Pop Pop(my parents). It was just too cute. The next picture is of him talking to "Uncle Possum"(my brother) on the phone. It has become a daily thing for Drew to bring the phone to me and say "possum, talk to possum". I guess you can tell that it does not matter how many miles Drew is away from his family, he is going to find a way to talk to them!:-) We love our family and miss you all soo much!!!

In these pictures, they were pretending they were going to school and then to wal-mart:-)

Grace Anne was reading Drew a Bible story
Drew and Grace Anne love playing games together, we have the best kids ever, they are so sweet and loving to each other.

Our Soccer Star!

Here are some pictures from Grace Anne's first game(it is hard to see the pictures, but if you click on the picture, it will make it bigger). She did great and can't wait until her next game. She is already asking to play again next season.:-)

Please keep us in your prayers. We are STILL sick. Drew has a cough/cold and is fussy and I have the FLU:-(. We are praying that Daniel and Grace Anne stay well, and we will all be back to good health SOON!

Today is Daniel's birthday, with all of the sickness we were not able to celebrate his special day today:-(. We will make it up to him as soon as we all get well. Happy Birthday Daniel, we love you!!!!

Happy Birthday Drew!!!

Andrew Paul, Feb. 27, 2006

1st Birthday!!! Feb. 27,2007

Our Drew Boo!!! 2nd Birthday Feb. 27, 2008

Our sweet boy, it's hard to believe he is already 2! I have posted some pictures of his birth, 1st birthday and pictures of today so you can see how much he has grown. As I look at these pictures, I am reminded of God's love. We are so blessed! Drew is such a sweet little boy, and full of personality. He is always making us laugh, he is such a little clown:-). I am amazed at how much and how FAST he has grown. He is talking in sentences and LOVES to sing and dance. Some of his favorite things are trucks, footballs, trains, airplanes and playing with his big sister. We thank God for our little angel. Happy Birthday Drew, we love you!!!!
Having his Birthday donut:-)

Now, to our Day, as I mentioned in the last post, both of the kids are sick. Last night around 10:30, Drew woke up with a fever and was throwing up, this continued ALL night. So, we did not rest much. However, even though he was sick, we did try our best to celebrate his birthday!

I always go a little crazy when it comes to my kids birthday. We start off each birthday with a donuts for breakfast. This is very exciting to the kids since we hardly ever have donuts for breakfast! Drew did not have an appetite, but he did enjoy us singing to him and blowing out the candles! He was so cute, he sang Happy Birthday with us!!! He then opened up his presents from Daddy, Mommy and Grace Anne. Since both of the kids were sick, we stayed home from school today. We will have to reschedule Drew's birthday party at school. We played some today, but for the most part we sat on the couch and watched movies again.

Daniel came home for dinner and he had stopped by the store and surprised Drew with a cake and ice cream. Drew again sang Happy Birthday with us:-). Then Daddy had to head back to church. Drew started running a fever again right before bed tonight, and Grace Anne is doing better, but still not back to her normal self. Please keep our family in your prayers, we are all ready to be well again. Well, that's all for now, hope you have a great weekend!!!! Grace Anne has her first soccer game on Saturday, so check back later for pictures!

Opening and playing with his presents


Cake Time!!!!!

Mommy gave me a sucker to try to make me smile for the camera. It did not work but I did enjoy my sucker!!!:-)

Our Tuesday!!!

We started the day off at the doctors office. Grace Anne has been having a fever and complaining of a headache every night since last Wed., this morning she woke us up crying. She said that her throat and chest was hurting. So, we went to the doctor and he said that it is something viral and to let it run its course. She seems to be feeling a little better, but Drew started running a temperature this afternoon and has been fussy! They are both coughing and have a lot of congestion. So, the kids and I spent most of our day on the couch under a blanket watching movies.

Tonight Daniel had outreach at church so the kids and I had pizza night. They had Mickey Mouse shaped pizza for dinner. I have posted some pictures of the kids with their pizzas.

Please keep our family in you prayers as we try to overcome the sickness. Drew's Birthday is tomorrow and he was suppose to have a party at school, but since he has a fever and is not feeling well, we will have to postpone his party. We will be celebrating his BIG day at home, and do our best to get to feeling better! Check back tomorrow for pictures of the Birthday Boy!!!!

The Circus!!!

We had a great time at the circus. Drew's birthday is next week(Feb. 27), so we decided to start celebrating it a little early by taking him to the Circus! Scott, Brandy and their boys "Big" Drew and Bryce joined us for the night of fun.
Before we headed to the Circus, we stopped and ate dinner at Wendy's. The kids also enjoyed some cupcakes that Grace Anne and I got at the bakery today! After all, we were celebrating Drew's Birthday, so you have to have cake!!!:-)
The Circus was a lot of fun. We got there a little early, so the kids got to go down to the ring side and watch some neat tricks! I have posted a lot of pictures, and you can tell by them that we had a blast. We always enjoy hanging out with Scott, Brandy and the boys. Thanks for a great night, and for helping us celebrate "Baby" Drew's Birthday!!!

Grace Anne, "Baby" Drew, "Big" Drew and Bryce enjoying the cupcakes! :-)
Daniel and Scott being the clowns that they are!
Daddy and the Birthday Boy!

I love this picture! I could not get them to all look at the camera, so this will have to do:-)

Drew and Bryce taking it all in!

Grace Anne and "Big" Drew, How cute are they!
Not a great picture, but it does have everyone in it that went with us to the circus(minus Daniel, he's taking the picture) :-)

Our family, we are so blessed and thank God for our sweet babies!!!!

Grace Anne fell a sleep before we got out of the parking lot!
Drew was still going!!!:-)