Pools, Ipods & Renita

It seems like a lot must have happened since last Monday (my last post) to keep my from the blogging world but I just can't remember what it was. Here are a few pictures (in reverse chronological order) to jog my memory. Here goes....

This is Molly this evening. She recieved her barbie "ipod" in the mail tonite and was listening to it while enjoying some Oreo's. We collected the tokens from the Kellogg's cereal boxes and she is just so proud of it. She asked to take a run with it tomorrow...isn't it so cute how she wants to be just like me;)


This picture is from when we swam at Renita's pool on Saturday. Renita rolled in to town Thursday evening and will be leaving us tomorrow:( We had a good time with her and keep begging her to move here from California. I guess that California must have a lot to offer but I can't believe it would be better than being with us all the time (ha, ha). One highlight of her trip was going to a local BBQ restaurant last night that has "kids eat free" on Sunday nights. Talk about beating the system...Ryan and I split a meal, which was plenty, and the girls ate for free! After giving the waitress a nice tip we still ate for under $15. What a bargain....and the food was great!

This is Molly and her Oreo's again...she is so funny!
The other night after baths Ryan was working checking his email while Molly and I caught up on So You Think You Can Dance. Roz came toddling out of the office/toy room with this number on and I couldn't resist taking a picture. She always has loved the high heeled shoes and jewelery but she never cared much about the clothes until now. I guess we have another future princess on our hands.

In this picture I was trying to get a shot of Roz's big bruise on her right cheek. Last week she caught whatever it was that Molly had and ended up with a fever of 103 one night. We were at my mom's and she was swinging when we realized that she was super hot. After mom put her down she stumbled and fell against the lanai metal ledge. It was so bad and bruised immediately but thank God we survived another fall!

And this is Molly wanting another piece of the spotlight. She seems so much more grown up over the last couple of weeks. One day as we were eating a snack she was telling me how glad she was that God gave us such a cute baby. She went on to say that God was giving us another baby in my belly. She said she knew that I had told God I didn't want anymore babies but that God had told her that I was going to have another one. She was so definate about the whole thing that it was hard to argue with her...or God. I guess that only time will tell although hopefully God will talk to me and Ryan about it first. I encouraged her to continue to talk to God and listen to him...hopefully this is the beginning of a great conversation between the two of them.


I also wanted to ask for prayer for my friend Tonya (Lily & Ivy's mom). Last week she recieved a neck injury. The doctor's expect her to make a full recovery but recovery is not easy by any means. Their family is so dear to me and I want for this time to be as painless as possible for them. Please remember them in your prayers. I took Tonya to get her blood work today and the way that she is handling the situation is such a testament to the Gospel of Christ. I was telling Renita today that she is what I aspire to be. She doesn't pretend to have it all together but when tragedy struck her heart really shows and you can see what a wonderful person she is on the inside as well as the outside. God has done a wonderful job with both her and Chance and we are so lucky to have them in our lives.

Until next time.....