The last several weeks

I am sorry it has been so long since my last post. The good thing is we have been busy and having a great time together. So you can see all the fun we are having I am going to post lots of pictures with captioning.

Preston is playing in a Dawson Rec Basketball League. Logan, Nathan, Owen and I are a big cheering section for Preston on nights he has early games. Logan made a sign that he loves to hold us and yell, "Go Daddy". During half time Preston lets Logan come out on the the court and shoot some baskets. Logan loves going to Daddy's games.

At the end of April, I traveled to Nashville with Sarah Cook and Julie Hughes to run the Nashville 1/2 Marathon. We had lots of fun that weekend. We are already talking about where we want to go next.

Nathan and Owen did very well when they got their ear tubes. We are noticing an improvement in their hearing. We are so glad everything went so smoothly. They have a follow-up appointment with their ENT on June 3rd and will have a new hearing test on June 9th. We are excited to get a good hearing test at that time, with their cleaned out ears. This will help us determine if Nathan will need to look into cochlear implants or stay with his hearing aids.


Logan's class hosted a wonderful Mother's Day lunch. Each child came to their mother (standing outside the class room) handed them a carnation and invited them to the lunch. Once we were in the class, we sat in each of their seats and they brought some yummy punch. We had Chick-fil-A chicken fingers and fruit for lunch. The kids each drew a picture of their mother and wrote what their Mom did that was special to them. They also made pretty candle holders and their teacher, Ms Traci, made a silhouette of each of them. It was a very special time.




Logan is helping Preston mow our backyard.

Logan is really enjoying playing t-ball. This week Nathan, Owen and I were there to cheer on Logan. Preston was enjoying watching his students graduate at Samford.

Logan and Gracie had a great time together at iJump for James Comer's birthday party.
One of Logan's favorite inflatables was this giant slide. He went down it over and over and over.
The four of us enjoyed an afternoon at the zoo. The weather has been so nice we are getting out any chance we can get.

Ear Tubes

Tuesday morning Nathan and Owen had tubes placed in their ears. Both did well in surgery and are doing well at home. The boys have a follow-up appointment in the beginning of June and will have another hearing test done on June 9th. Hopefully we will get a good/true to their hearing ability test now that their ears are not full of fluid. I will put up some pictures of their adventure in the hospital soon.

Easter Weekend

We had a wonderful Easter weekend. On Saturday, my parents, sister and nephew came over for Easter dinner and an Easter egg hunt.
Oma helped Owen hunt for his eggsPreston helped Nathan Logan got a few but was really more interested in playing with his new climbing dome Cooper enjoyed his first Easter egg hunt.Russ hunted some eggs and my Dad and I took all the pictures and videos. Every one had a great time. The weather was perfect, about 86 degrees.

Easter Sunday morning we took Nathan and Owen to the morning service with us. They did a wonderful job being quiet. Preston taught our class and Logan made some great crosses and bookmarks. I tried to get some good pictures of our boys on Easter, but as you can see, I never really got one.

The Greatest Gift

The greatest gift was given almost 2,000 years ago and it was so profound it is my greatest gift even today. Each year as we celebrate this Easter Season of Jesus dying to forgive me and rising to conquer death I am more and more in awe. God is teaching me so much about His love through the love of my children.

Every time we go to Mia's grave, as we did this afternoon, all I can do is thank God. Thank you for loving my daughter enough to do what is the best for her even though it was very painful here on earth. Thank you for giving her a perfect place to live filled with your perfect love. Thank you that I will be able to spend eternity with her, only missing this brief life on earth. I look forward to the day I will meet my Savior in heaven and when He embraces me in His arms, there I will find my daughter too. Thank you, Father, that all of this is possible because your own Son died for me and rose for the gift of my eternal life. Thank you that one day my husband and three boys will be there too.

When Jesus came to this earth He came so that we could have life and have it abundantly. Each day God uses my three boys to show me an abundant life. He provides his abundance through healing and progress in the development of Nathan and Owen. He provides abundance through the wonderful personality and character he is molding in Logan. He provides abundance through the wonderful husband/father He has given to this family. (And, the husband/father takes this opportunity to edit this post to say that it is the wife/mother who is the amazing inspiration.)

Logan up to bat

I am a proud daddy!

Spanish Market

Today was Spanish Market at RDS. The kids wore their sombreros and went shopping for some Mexican goodies. They had to speak Spanish to make their purchases. Class photo at Spanish Market.Class photo with everyone yelling belly button in honor of silly Logan.They sampled some authentic Mexican food and had a pinata after lunch.
We all had fun on the play ground after lunch.

Fairytale Land at Samford

Sunday afternoon the Samford drama department created fairytale land. We saw all the Disney characters. A few of the highlights for Logan were the Old Lady's shoe slide, the egg hunt, sword fighting with Captain Hook and eating a yummy cup cake. Nathan and Owen enjoyed the beautiful weather.