Mercy Me

Mercy Me has been one of our favorite bands for years. We have seen them in concert a couple of times, and they put on a great show! We love them not only for their music, but also for the people that they are. We ran into them after a show at Ft. Hood several years ago and visited with them for quite a while, and they were REMARKABLE people...very humble! R sent me this video and it reaffirmed just how normal (or abnormal) they really are. The video is Bart Millard (the lead singer) at home with his kids. He reminds me A LOT of R...not appearances, but behavior! I have seen R perform some of these very same moves! Anyway, the video is well worth watching...it had me laughing out loud!! Watch it until the end...it is well worth it!

This is us with Mercy Me in 2004 at Ft. Hood

Valentine's Day Treats

T with her Valentine's balloon & roses

A with her Valentine's balloon & roses

R is still looking a little guilty, wondering if Mommy is going to take it away from him!

How can you be mad at that face???

He was so cute, and A was so proud of him for eating it so well, and so sweet to share it with him, that I couldn't get mad at either one of them!

The girls had their Valentine's Day parties at school today, so they came home with lots of goodies. I had to finish up their Valentine's present from me inside, so when they got home from school, I asked them to play outside with R for just a few minutes while I got their gifts ready. I was inside for about 5 minutes, and when I came out T was pulling R around the yard in the wagon...great right? Well, upon closer inspection I discovered that A had decided to be generous and share a lovely piece of chocolate candy with R...a whole piece...and boy was he loving it! It was one of those chocolate covered chocolatey caramels...oooey, gooey goodness! Now if you are around me very much, you know that it is a constant struggle for me to try to keep junk food away from R...between the girls and my parents, someone is always trying to give him "treats". I just want to keep him away from the junk for as long as possible...I was thinking until maybe he was 2 or 3. Well, that dream ended today!!! R devoured the entire piece, loving every last morsel of it. I have to admit it was actually kind of cute, but I know now that he realizes how yummy it is, he will be quite persistent when he sees it again!

Our Oklahoma Home

As most of you know, when R returns from Iraq, he has orders to go to Edmond, OK to work in the ROTC department at UCO. A couple of weeks ago, the girls and I made a weekend trip to Edmond and spent an entire Saturday looking at rental homes. We found two that we liked, and with much prayer and deliberation, we chose a house. It is huge compared to anywhere we have lived so far, so the kids will have room to roam inside. It is in a great school district, and T is excited because the middle school that she will be attending has a Mustang as its' mascot! Also, all of the street names of the neighborhood are "horse" related, which we didn't even know until we drove through it. We will be living on Harness Court! We are excited to have found a home, and we are definitely looking forward to being back together as a family again!