Sunday, February 28, 2010

Sledding

After church today, we went to my mom n dad's for lunch and to celebrate my dad's birthday.
My brother brought his artic cat out for a bit of sledding afterwards!

Ummm... I think you're supposed to be on the sled Jacen.  Not trying to catch up to it!


Ever the rebel, Jacen decided to sled on the shovel!


He actually did pretty darn good considering Jory was driving!


Jory and Jia had fun riding in the back of the CAT.


Jory's turn!  Hang on!


Doing good down the driveway.


Look Mom... NO HANDS!


Grandpa and Grandma were pushing Jia down the short hill on her sled.


But she'd rather pull the sled herself.


This stance really shows 'some' of her attitude!


Jia wanted to ride behind the CAT too, so Jacen put her on his lap.


She decided she could do better without him!


She LOVES the snow and sledding!


So much so that she was pretty ticked when it was time for her to get off the sled!


But alas, she was all smiles at the end of the day!


Thanks for bringing the CAT out to play Rob!  We sure had a lot of fun and came home pooped!
Happy Birthday Dad!

Jia's Photo's Take 4

Jia in her Mei Mei shirt she got for Christmas!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

REMINDER TO SELF...

GOD IS...


MITTENS


AND GLOVES....


KITTENS


AND DOVES...


SMITTEN AND IN LOVE...


WITH ME!!!!

His thoughts towards me are more than can be counted.
Psalm 139:17-19
 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
     How vast is the sum of them!
 Were I to count them,
      they would outnumber the grains of sand.
     When I awake,
     I am still with you.
 If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
     Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

     He is enthralled with my beauty.
Psalm 45:11
The king is enthralled by your beauty;
honor him, for he is your lord.

I am a WISE WOMAN of God.
Proverbs 14:1
The wise woman builds her house,
but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.

I am His Princess.

Ephesians 1:5
In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ,
in accordance with his pleasure and will—
 
 
He is my Shield and Comfort.
Genesis 15:1
After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision:
"Do not be afraid. I am your shield, your very great reward.
 
Psalm 3:3
But you are a shield around me, O LORD;
 you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.

Psalm 5:12
For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

Psalm 7:10
My shield is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.

Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.
He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalm 18:30
As for God, his way is perfect;
the word of the LORD is flawless.
He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.

Psalm 18:35
You give me your shield of victory,
and your right hand sustains me;
 you stoop down to make me great.

Psalm 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy and
I will give thanks to him in song.

Psalm 33:20
We wait in hope for the LORD;
he is our help and our shield.

Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

Psalm 144:2
He is my loving God and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples under me.

Proverbs 2:7
He holds victory in store for the upright,
 he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,

Proverbs 30:5
"Every word of God is flawless;
 he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Isaiah 51:12
"I, even I, am he who comforts you.
Who are you that you fear mortal men,
the sons of men, who are but grass,

2 Corinthians 1:7
And our hope for you is firm,
because we know that just as you share in our sufferings,
so also you share in our comfort.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Jia's Photo's Take 3

We sent this book to Jia while we were waiting to travel. 
The orphanage staff gave it back to us on Gotcha Day. 

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Summer's Just Around the Corner...

Summer's almost here...
We can see the deer movin' around.

Yep.  Won't be long now.







I think we all need a little spring today! 
Click HERE. You will get a black page.
Click your mouse anywhere (& everywhere) on the page & see what happens!
Better yet, click (hold down) & drag your mouse over the black page...
Enjoy!!

Monday, February 15, 2010

Don't Throw Away Those Old T Shirts!!!!

Saturday the boys went to MONSTER JAM so Jia and I had the day to ourselves to do girly things! 
My friend Renea moved in for the day... (if you had see all the stuff she brought over, you'd have thought she was moving in).  Renea and her daughter Taylor come over for a day of sewing!  We made these adorable little dresses out of old T shirts.  I had a Texas T and a T from our visit to the Bridges of Madison County that I wanted to make Jia dresses from and they turned out oh so adorable.

Now a few things about the pictures...
1. They were taken with my phone, so excuse the quality!
2.  Look at the model and the dresses, not the mess in the background!
3. Don't dwell on the models bed hair - she just got up from her nap.

Here is lil' Miss Jia sportin' a halter tank top made from one of Jacen's T shirts!
And the Bridges of Madison County T shirt recycled into a little halter dress.  It says "This kind of certainty comes but once in a lifetime"  How appropriate!


The Stars at Night are Big and Bright, Deep in the Heart of Texas!
I love this one!  And look at that cute little back!  This is the first one I made and it took me a couple of trys to get it right.  Hopefully Jack won't notice a couple of his blue T's missing!  It was for a good cause!


These are sew easy to make and sew much fun! 
If you have any Tshirts you're no longer wearing, send them my way.

Thanks Renea for sharing your toys!  I had a great day and can't wait to do it again!