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Flower Girl

Well, we are back from Oklahoma. It was a very beautiful wedding for 2 sweet Christian people. It is funny we knew Will a little bit from his friendship with Cody's sister (and he is from Monahans - my Uncle & his family live there) and we know Pam because Cody used to work with her. They are so sweet and so perfect for each other. Anyway, we got to Weatherford OK on Friday afternoon, tried on and picked up Elizabeth's dress, checked into the hotel then went to Cordell for the rehersal and dinner. All was well, Elizabeth did a great job. She kept saying "when is my wedding". It was cute. We did not get to the hotel until around 10 and Cody had promised E she could go swimming. Thomas did not want to go so I gave him a bath and put him to bed. Elizabeth came back around 11 (when the pool closed) and was so excited because she had walked down all but one step by herself. Anway I gave her a bath and put her to bed. At around twelve I hearded the dreaded "umph", that is right, Elizabeth had thrown up all over the bed so we rushed to the bathroom where she continued to throw up (chunks of food - sorry!!!). Needless to say from 12 - 6 she had thrown up 3 times. When she woke up at about 8 she was in a great mood and wanted to go swimming. So we went and ate breakfast, went to Rocky OK to get Elizabeth's hair fixed for the wedding and went to Cordell to the church to change and wait for the wedding. It went off without a hitch and everyone thought Elizabeth did great - praise God! She threw her flowers before the bride and after the bride - she just knew she was supposed to throw her flowers when she walked down the aisle - again everyone thought it was precious. So we went to the reception and wished them well then started on our way back home. 3 miles outside Amarillo Elizabeth began to throw up again 2 x. We stopped at Home Plate Diner to eat and get her out of her carseat and she threw up 2 more times. We decided we did not want to risk the rest of the drive home and thought she needed to rest. She slept great and did not throw up again. Yesterday she was still not her self and so me and the kids missed the first night of VBS and it looks like we will tonight too. She woke up and threw up 2 x within 15 min. She is asleep now and we have a dr appt at 2:20.
Life is never dull. Here are some pics of Elizabeth in her dress and our family. Have a great week and God bless!

Busy, Busy, Busy

I thought I would blog now, since I don't know when I will get a chance in the next 3 wks. Tomorrow (6/23) we leave for OK, Elizabeth is going to be a flower girl in a wedding. She is very excited. I have to say I am too. I am curious to see how she is going to react to having to walk down the aisle with lots of people staring at her. We get back Sunday (6/25) and that night starts VBS, which we are helping with. Then Thursday night (6/29) we drive to Dallas with our friends, the Flemings so we can shop and go to a Ranger game. We did this last year and it was so much fun. With our busy lives we don't always get to visit with them and so this is something we really enjoy. It may become an annual thing. When we get back Saturday (7/1) we will catch up with the last half of the annual Dye family reunion. That is always fun. Everyone visits and plays games, especially 42. I have yet to master that game but sometimes I play and I get help from either my father-in-law or AJ (his brother). And the kids love it too, they get lots of attention. Then probably on 7/4 we will go to my mother's for holiday and pool time. The kids LOVE the pool! Then Friday (7/7) we leave for our annual Dye family vacation. This year it is just going to be Chet & Shirley, our family and the Freemans (Cody's sister Erica, her husband Rian and their 2 kids -Reid who is 2 1/2 and Holt who is 5 mos), to San Rayburn. I have never been there and only know it is HOT!!! We usually go to Ruidoso, so this should be interesting - I don't really like hot.
So it may be awhile till I blog. But I wanted to say I hope you all have a safe and happy summer. God bless you all.

Father's Day

What a wonderful day to celebrate. Sometimes I think father's get jipped when it comes to holidays. Such as Valentines, it always somehow becomes the women's day. I never understoond that. I find it joyful to celebrate my love for my husband, not just his love for me.
We should give special thought tomorrow on the father's in our lives be it your father, grandfather and your husband. Celebrate their love and support.
I just thought of this too. We have another Father that we need to celebrate His love for us. So why not just send a little prayer of thanks out to God tomorrow and let Him know how much He means to us.

LET'S GIVE THANKS

I am in a reflective mood this morning. I get up early every morning to read my devotional of the day and then read a couple of chapters of my Bible and meditate on them. I try to give myself or rather the Lord at least that hour every day. As I do this, I realize that that is still not enough. I do, through out the day, read books about the Word and living in the Word also, especially the one I am reading right now, To Know Him. It puts in perspective how we evaluate the time in our lives. Now we are all busy people with work and children, etc. But how much time do we give extra activities - entertainment such as TV, movies, video games, sports, reading (not the Word or books about the Word). Even that time is not the Lord's time. When we read His word and praying to Him - that is our time of fellowship with Him.
When you think about all that God does for us, what Jesus did and does for us daily, hourly, every minute of every second of every day, do we not feel a little sad that we maybe give him an hour a day or for some one hour a week and some even less.
We were created to be companions to Him. Adam and Eve walked with Him in the Garden. That was our purpose - He LOVES us and WANTS to fellowship with us. He is our Father. Think of it in that way, how much we love our children. Enjoy being around them. Love the hugs and kisses we get from them. That is also His desire, His want.
I thank the Lord for loving me, watching over me and taking care of me everyday. But as the saying goes "action speak louder than words".