Family Pictures

Jared got all of us Master's gear when he went to the Master's in April.  So we all three wore our Master's shirts and took pictures.

Kati Ann's 1 Year Portraits

Fun to be 1 !!

Today we celebrated Kati Ann's first birthday! What a fun day!! We had a picnic at Big Spring Park where we played and fed the ducks (and Kati Ann, she kept eating all the bread)!! After so much excitement Kati Ann was pretty tired so we came home to take a nap before we had cake so that she could be awake to enjoy it! I am so grateful for such a sweet girl that God has chosen to entrust Jared and I to raise. Please pray that with each birthday we will have pointed Kati Ann to God.

Future Basketball Star?

The New Fun Toy at Church

One of the perks of your parents being on staff is having all-access to the playground. So on Jared's day off we spent some time in the new preschool playground. It was a blast!

A Year Ago

Kati Ann will be a year old on May 1st and because of this upcoming event I've been caused to reflect on me a year ago. A year ago I was big, pregnant, uncomfortable and only mom to a silly boston terrier named, Bailey. Now though much less uncomfortable I find myself completely changed. Though I still dearly love, Bailey she has definitely taken a back seat to a precious little girl that changed our lives and hearts. It is hard for me to even remember anymore how small she was and what life was like before we had her. I'm so thankful, though, to be able to enjoy her everyday! She's truly the light of our lives!

Special Time with Daddy

Kati Ann's new favorite is Barney. We didn't really mean for that to happen but someone gave us several DVD's and we started showing them to her to see what she thought about them. We did Baby Einstein and a Christian one called "God Made Families". We even tried Blue's Clues but she was completely bored. But when we tried Barney it all changed. She sat completely still for an entire 5 minutes (that's a lifetime for an 11month old). Anyway, we now watch the same Barney Nursery Rhyme video over and over. She loves for us to sit by her and watch it with her. Her daddy is sweet to spend time watching Barney and Mother Goose sing nursery rhymes. It is just sad when we walk around the house with Nursery Rhymes stuck in our heads and Jared walks around whistling the tune!!