Sunday, April 19, 2009


Riley is so excited, after 3 years the braces have come off!!! He seems so grown up lately. Other than being picked on all the time. We power raked the lawn this weekend and Riley let us know that we were not going to make him work on his weekend. Kids say the funniest things. He help put the swing and the trampoline together. He likes to see his sisters have a good time even if he doesn't admit it.

Friday, April 3, 2009



Little miss Baylee Rae. Baylee has been struggling with her walking. Now she is at a point where we have to go with afos that are higher on her legs for more support. We also are ordering a walker, at first this was suppose to be for occasional support, and now for her safety she will have to use it on a regular basis. She has worn the knees out on a lot of her pants from crawling, and you can tell her confidence in walking is not there. Baylee seems to adjust fine, but for some reason it has been harder on me. When we struggle with things in our life it makes us stronger, but to see our kids struggle breaks my heart. I worry about the things to come with her lose of walking. I am amazed at the faith this little child must have to be willing to come to this earth and face these challenges. I am proud to be her mother. I love my kids.

This is Gracee pretending to sleep on the dash. We had an eventful weekend. We were headed to Idaho to a funeral, and because of the bad storm the road closed and we were stuck in Lima. After 18hrs, a bag of puffed Cheetos , milk duds, licorice, and a few luchables the road opened. It was a long night to say the least. We drove 109mph and made it to the funeral 20 min late. I would go through this all over again to support our family. I think this is something we will never forget. Thank you to all those who kept us in your prayers. 18hrs in the van with Jas the kids and I we needed all the prayers we could get.