Danielle's Big Day!

Today was Danielle's 10th birthday! She is sooo glad to be in double digits now! She is such a sweet and loving daughter. Today I was thinking back at when she was born and how excited I was to be having a little baby girl. She was bald nearly until she was 1 1/2 years old, however you would never know by the length and thickness of her hair now!

She wanted to go to Chili's for her birthday dinner and get RIBS! She made sure I brought the camera because she wanted a really good picture of her beautiful masterpiece she would create all over her face! This is her Masterpiece!

Kailey opted for the pizza, but Cameron

wanted ribs just like Danielle!

Danielle wanted Landon (her cousin) to come

with us since she is having an "ALL GIRL"

Slumber Party tomorrow!

Danielle received the Kit Movie and a

subscription to The American Girl Magazine

from her Nana and Papa.

Jim and I got her this "create your own style thingy"

that you plug into the computer. She was dying to have this.

So I am sure the girls tomorrow at the party will

have a blast creating makeovers on themselves!

Danielle received an American Girl Craft Pack

and earring holder from her GG and Grandpa! I am

so excited that Danielle will be able to organize her

massive amount of jewelry!

Auntie Ashley and Uncle Justin sent this cute shirt!

She looks so grown up!

GG and Grandpa made Danielle's favorite
dessert, Cherries in a Cloud! It was so
delicious!


Happy Birthday Danielle!
We love you! Love, Mom and Dad

An Announcement!

We just wanted to let you all know we have some exciting news! Yes, we are having another baby. I am just about 12 weeks and finally feeling better! This has been the worse 1st trimester I have ever had to endure! Thank goodness I am moving to that next stage soon! It's kind of funny because now my doctor refers to me as a "mature woman." Yeah, I am finally "mature." I had no idea how many tests they wanted to do on me....which I kindly declined all (you know those over 35 tests). My dad is pretty excited because I am due on his birthday, June 26.

Candle Lighting Ceremony

Forest Meadows funeral home put on a lovely program for grieving families on Sunday. We were blessed to hear beautiful sermons, listen to bell ringer musicans (one of these talented people is Danielle and Kailey's music teacher from school), light candles, and put up a Christmas ornament on a Christmas tree in memory of Evan.

We chose a chubby little ceramic angel....it looked so much like him! It was such a nice program. There were about 100 people in attendance...all grieving families. We hope Forest Meadows makes this a tradition!

Thanksgiving

My mom and dad helped put up
our Christmas decorations! Thanks!!


Evan's temporary marker. Kailey put an
Indian headband around the vase because Evan
would have loved to have worn it.


At the gravesite on Thanksgiving. My mom,
dad, brother Adam with his kids, Landon, Molly
Maggie, and Gordon. Jim, me, Danielle,
Kailey, and Cameron. My brother Aaron was
there too, but he was taking the picture.

Thanksgiving was really hard this year. I know I have so many blessings to be grateful for....but missing Evan was intensified. I am thankful for my family being here with us. I am so glad my parents decided to come for Molly's baptism (my neice) and stay with us during Thanksgiving. I know I would not have made it through very well without their love, support, listening ears, and many prayers.

On Thanksgiving we went to Evan's gravesite and placed a yellow flower in his vase. Yellow ("lellow") was his favorite color. We still have the temporary marker from the Funeral Home....I just can't seem to make myself create his permanent one.