Haiti Mission Trip

I would like to petition everyone for prayers as I will be (lord willing) going on a mission trip to Haiti, March 16-21. This will be to minister to the children in the orphanage and the community. My last mission trip was 2 years ago to New Orleans. It was when Hurricane Katrina had hit. It was a life changing experience. I am arranging for time off from school and work so that I may go. I would like to start applying for my passport next month so that I can be ready. God has blessed me with a husband who encourages me to go on these mission trips and is willing to be a parent by himself for a week. We are blessed that he is a teacher and it will be spring break for us. If you would like to look at the website it is http://haitichurchofchrist.org/ We will be organizing activities for the kids and visiting the hospital there. Please pray for the safety of all going and that everything that needs to be done will be done smoothly. Love, Mary

Check out my Slide Show!

I am trying to figure out how to use this slide show. I really like it, it is a lot of fun! These are pictures of Halloween. Then the others are just this weekend when we brought mom back home. Dad had gone hunting that morning and got a deer within a half hour. So my kids got to experience what it was like to slice up a deer! Oh, the memories. Alyssa didn't want to go outside so I only have one picture of her looking at the deer. It is cold in Nebraska! I think that Rebekah looks really scary for Halloween. We decorated our trunk of our car for Trunk or Treat at church. We had 30 cars there participating and over 300 kids showed up from the community. It was a lot of fun. Richard was very scary because he was in all black and would stand really still so people didn't know he was real until he moved. Have a wonderful day everyone! I hope that everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Sydney Evangeline

I am so happy that we have finally got to see Sydney. She is one precious little girl. Of course I needed to put this picture of Alyssa and Isabelle on here too. They are the best of friends. Every time the cousins see each other, it is like it has been years. So here are some pictures of us holding her. Enjoy!!

I would like to say that I went over to Leann and Ryan's house today and I still have not seen Sydney open her eyes. She is just very tired, either that or she is trying to ignore me!

October LiveWire

Ryan, Leann, Isabelle, and Gideon got to go with the kids and I to live wire. So I brought my camera and we had a great time. Rebekah and Isabelle were the only ones who had time to get their faces painted. Isabelle's is a ladybug and Rebekah has a heart. Aaron is in the background, I am not sure what he is doing.

Isabelle and Gideon were playing on the younger kids' moon bounce. My kids were scattered among the large moon bounces. This is a picture of the free pizza that we get there! Yahoo! Leann is in the back then Alyssa, Jacob, Rebekah, and Gideon. I know that Isabelle was in there somewhere, but I think she moved as I took the picture.

Here is Isabelle with her daddy. Isn't it so cute? I think that it is funny that Leann is in the background, ready for her picture to be taken! We have been trained well. Smile for the picture! Hope you all have had a terriffic weekend. The new baby arrives in two days. Pray for Leann's saftey and the Baby's. Love you all!

Famous Quote

Recently, I heard a quote that really impacted me. This quote was from Joan of Arc who said "I am not afraid... I was born to do this." This reminds me that as Christians, telling others about Jesus is what we were born to do. He gives us the strength and the ability when we feel we do not know how. After reading this quote, I came upon another quote from her: "One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying." What do we believe? How do we express that in our life?

The Zoo Again

This is Alyssa working on her costume. She is going to be a cowgirl, but her hat was grey and boring. We decided that it would be much more exciting if she would paint it. It also has glitter on it, but you can't tell. Friday I took all the kids (including Leann's) to the zoo. We had a lot of fun. We only stayed for a couple hours since we have a zoo pass (thank you mom and dad). It is nice to not have to see everything all at one time. We got to see the Lion, which Isabelle loved. She did not want to move on.

I had to take this last picture really fast because Isabelle was sliding off the back. I think this is a monkey. Rebekah watched Gideon the whole time and Alyssa watched Isabelle. It sure is nice to have older kids to watch the younger ones. Have a wonderful day.

Moving Day

It has finally happened. Leann and Ryan have moved down here. It was a very long weekend for them, but they are here. I am sure that Leann will blog about everything so I will not write about moving day. They did have lots of help from everyone so it didn't take too long for them to unload. I now get to babysit my neice and nephew for a few hours each week. I am glad that I get to see them a lot. Maybe mom and dad will eventually move down here! (Hint Hint Mom and Dad!).

These are my handsome boys. Jacob had water on his shirt right before church, but it is amazing that is the only thing that was on him!

This is outside of our house right before church on Sunday. Even Jasmine's head is in there. She is right by Jacob if you can't find her.

Our preacher took this picture for us at church. Pretty soon we will have to have another one since there will be a new baby in the family. Thanks again Mom and Dad for helping with the move. They have been spending an awful lot of time down here in Wichita. I guess it will be our turn to go to Nebraska.