Failed Attempt

Well, I'm down to watching just one baby instead of two now. Maddie's last day with me was a couple weeks ago, so I decided to get a picture of Sam and the babies all together one more time before she left. I tried to get a picture of all three of them looking at the camera at the same time, but I failed miserably. I still got some cute pictures though. :)

Sam

Just some photos to share. :)

Here's a video of Sam and Mark playing drums. Sam is going to be an awesome drummer someday! :)

Our Wonderful Week With Adam

A couple weeks ago, Mark's older brother Adam and friend Kirby came to stay with us. We all had a great time spending time with family and friends and thought I'd share a few of the photos. Enjoy! :)


















THE END.

Helping Daddy

A couple weeks ago, Mark decided to rake up the rest of the dead leaves in the backyard. Sam really wanted to help, so I gave him the mini-rake. He did such a good job helping his daddy. :)





Last week Mark's brother Adam came to visit and we had a blast. I'll get some of those pics posted soon.

Slug

As I was walking out the door to Wal-Mart tonight, there was a slug at the bottom of the steps. It was pretty big and thought Sam (and Mark) would think it was pretty neat, so I brought it inside. Mark took it over to Sam and Sam did think it was pretty cool. Sam then decided to touch the slime with his finger and then stick his finger in his mouth. He was not impressed. :) Hopefully, it's the last time Sam will try to eat a slug.

Love it!

I just had to post this pic! It makes me laugh everytime I look at it.

My Dad

I (Lisa) had a really amazing dream the other night about my dad. If you didn't already know, Dad died in 1995 from cancer.
This is pretty much how my dream went: I was in a room talking with my mom (who is also deceased) and decided to walk into the next room. When I walk in, my dad is standing there smiling at me. He would have been 74 years old today and looked around that age in my dream. Anyway, I was hysterical and crying a lot (I think it was a mixture of pure joy and shock all in one). :) He talked to me(wish I remember what he said) and then I walked up to him and was able to actually touch him! I "knew" that my time with him would be short, but that was okay... I just remember being so thrilled to have the little bit of time with him that I did.
Well, that was basicly all of my dream... it was short.
The reason I tell this dream is because it gave me a whole other glimpse of what heaven will be like. In heaven, I don't have to relive moments with my dad through a two-minute dream, but will have all eternity to spend with him. Also, my dad and I didn't have a good relationship while he was alive. One reason is because he was never around and I barely knew him. The other reason is because I always felt that he never saw me as much (he never praised me or encouraged me that I can remember). However, in heaven I know that our relationship won't be the same.... it will be the way God intended for a father/daughter relationship to be. And that is absolutely awesome. :) I can't even explain how amazing this revelation is to me, but know I have tears of joy while writing this. :)