Prayer Request

Please pray for our friend, Sebastian.  He had his 4th heart surgery @ Arnold Palmer Hospital in January & has not been able to recover & go home.  This week he was transferred to Shands Children's Hospital to wait for a heart transplant.  His mom was so encouraging to me when Andrew was in the hospital.  She knew exactly what we were going through & helped me realize what a honor it was to be entrusted with God's precious child.  Sebastian & his family hold a special place in my heart & I hope that you will join me in lifting them up in prayer.  Thank you!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

 For Steve's birthday we rented a bounce house!

Part of the gift was time for Daddy & Andrew to play before anyone else came over for the party. Andrew has always been scared of going into bounce houses & Steve REALLY wanted him to grow to love it so they can play together. I think Andrew warmed up to the idea by the end of the day.

 Circle of Friends

 Aunt Katie giving Andrew a ride on the big swing.

 Isaiah looking cute with his Daddy. This boy was a natural in the bounce house; jumping & falling down & generally having the time of his life : )

 Molly modeling the birthday buttons Chris made - so funny!

 The real gift.

 Andrew resting from the bounce house on his trampoline.

 Good for more than just jumping.

All in all it was a great day.  Andrew & I are thankful for such an awesome daddy & husband, even if he is older than Jesus now ; )

Andrew's Fourth Birthday

 Check out the very hungry caterpillar Daddy made for Dizzy!

 Four years old, not even awake yet

 Awake four year old

 Sweet new ride from Daddy & Mommy

 Monkey cupcakes Aunt Katie & Aunt Molly decorated for the boy.

 Shaving cream mountain fun

 Andrew had fun on the play set

 Tagye girls

 birthday monkey

birthday monkey

Family Photos

Our friend, Brandy, who took these photos for us knows about Steve's ice cream 'habit' & got him to pose for this picture.  Classic.

Black & White

Almost Four!

 I'm just learning how to use Steve's MacBook, since our Lenovo will no longer play nice.  Sorry it's been so long since the last update.  A few weeks ago, Steve brought home some sparklers & Andrew realy enjoyed them.  Hard to believe our boy is going to be four next week!  We're having the standard Shaving Cream Mountain party for any locals who are available 3pm on the 23rd.

In more good news, we just had family photos done (Thanks Brandy).  I'll upload some soon.

Pumpkin Fun

 Steve & I were just saying how these pictures make Andrew look so much older.  I guess he's growing up faster in real life than he does in our minds.

 The story is he got his shirt wet (spilling someone's drink) & I didn't have a spare.

 And then I just thought he looked so cute & the lighting was nice.

 Plus, chicks dig scars ; )

Today we went over to my sister's house for Isaiah's Pumpkin party & had lots of fun!

 Two-headed scarecrow

 Scarecrow Dizzy

There were too many scarecrow pictures to put them all on the blog.

Pretty much one of everyone.  Such a cute idea.

 Andrew will always go to Steven, no matter how long it's been since they've seen each other.

 thinking...

 Emma & Molly as twins.

 The pumpkin decorating table

 Hannah & Andrew out in the back room with the Just Dance Wii party.

 Mia's ladybug face

 Andrew didn't bob for apples, but had plenty of fun playing with them.

Katie's niece making her cute entry way even cutier.