A Special Little Boy Turns 5!!!!

W. had his 5th birthday recently!

It landed on a day when Daddy, Kyle, Tim, Joe and Ben were away in Colorado for a father/son retreat, so Mommy took W. and G. and Brielle out to Burger King for a birthday breakfast and playtime! Then, we got steamers for the drive home, and had a few presents for W. to open on his actual birthday.  The following Saturday, we celebrated with family and had a dinner party with lots more presents to open! 

 Presents for the party . . . 

 He asked for a "Batman" themed party! :-) 

 And what do you know? He ended up getting a batman costume as one of his presents!

It was a very special celebration of a very special little boy!!!

Special Time with Valerie!

Valerie invited me to travel with her to Coos Bay, Oregon and attend a Steven Curtis Chapman concert! It was such a sweet two days with her and the concert was amazing! 

Such a very special time! 

Thank you, Valerie! 

 Once we turned off of I-5 and headed west, it was such a beautiful drive along the Umpqua River! 

 Steven Curtis Chapman was so awesome, as usual! 

We just love his lyrics and his heart for the Lord and adoption! 

It was just him and his guitar for nearly three hours! 

Such a tremendous blessing! 

End of August Already!

Summer days are speeding by! 

So full of life! 

 Fishing with PapaBob :-) 

 Local fair! 

 Daddy is so proud of his garden this year!!! 

Look at this beautiful harvest!!! 

 Benny's lost lots of teeth! 

 Joe's recently caught lizard had 7 live babies!!!!  

 And of course, Marilyn is cuter than ever!!!! 

Happy Birthday Richie, 2017!!!!

 Happy Birthday, Richie! 

We thank God for the blessing you are to all of us,

and love you sooooo much! 

 The girls watching Richie open his presents . . . .  

Victoria is Engaged to be Married! :-)

Taylor pulled off an incredible surprise proposal!!!! 

  He planned the proposal on a day that Victoria made plans for them to take their horses to the beach. Since it was her plan originally, he figured she would be unsuspecting of his plan that day! 

 

 This is when Victoria realized that her parents were watching the whole time . . . 

in quite the disguise! 

 

 Going to church for the first time as an engaged couple! 

Look at Victoria's smile! 

 Boating after church . . . .

 After church the lovebirds went tubing together . . . 

 Awwwwwww.........

 Valerie took this picture below on engagement night as the sun was setting on the beach!