LOVE

What's not to love about this face?!

We have had a great Valentine's weekend. Sweet Maggie has had pneumonia since Thursday. I think that this is the sickest she has been. We have had to do lots of breathing treatments and have been watching either Blues Clues or Clifford for the last three days. My parents came over to watch her last night while Danny and I went to the Straight Street Valentine's Dance and had a great time raising money for an amazing ministry. She is much better today so I am praying we will be better soon!

Christmas 2009

Here are some pictures from Christmas. It was super fun and busy so there are a lot! Enjoy!

Making a "gingerbreadman house" with Chi-Chi

making gingerbread man cookies

precious!

showing uncle a where to put the candy


my new table!
Fantasy of Lights

LOVED Cinderella

Going to the mall to see Santa...he got a wave she got a balloon :)

Sweet Aunt Lisa...it's tough work being pregnant!

Carriage ride looking at Christmas lights

Happy birthday Daddy!

Ketner girls

Another gingerbread house

and one more...with baily

Snow!

such a girly girl!

ice cream please

wearing my new pink "cowboys"

Merry Christmas!

My new best friend...BB

Happy New Year

New Year's 2010

Happy New Year!

Ride em cowgirl!

long time no update

I just looked at the last time i updated and it was Thanksgiving. Sorry about that. The holidays seemed to fly by! We had a such great christmas. Maggie is talking so much now and it was so fun to see her get excited about everything from Cinderella at the fantasy of lights to hear her sing jingle bells and frosty the toeman (snowman) to having tea in her room with Santa to seeing her get so excited to ride in a carriage pulled by "na-nas" (horses) and hearing her say "happy birthday baby jesus". I do not think that you can truly experience christmas until you experience it through a child's eyes. A lot happened in the month of december. We bought a house that we absolutely love and we will be moving sometime in March. We are thrilled about this and so excited to have more room! With an almost two year old, you can imagine how our house is pretty much maggie's toyland. We have yet to sell our house but know that God is faithful and will bring the right buyer along. There have been lots of lookers but still waiting on the perfect one. We were able to see lots of family which is always so fun. I have posted before about my brother and sister in law being pregnant with triplets. Lisa is doing great and is truly a glowing and beautful mother to be. She is in her 19th week and the pregnancy is going good. We found out that she is carrying two boys and a girl. Unfortunately one of the little boys is sick and has most of his vital organs on the outside of his body and will not live once he is born. They have named him Trip. As you can imagine this news has been hard on them and all of our family. But the good news is that the little girl and boy are healthy and doing great. They have named them Charlotte and Henry. Adam and Lisa have such a strong faith and are leaning on the Lord to get them through what is to come in the coming months. They have a blog and the link is on mine so feel free to read about their journey. (The Whitmire Family) It is very inspiring to read and I admire them so much for being so open and honest about what they are going through. As you can see we have had quite a month. Christmas really did take on a new meaning for me. Not only seeing it through a child's eyes but realizing how important Jesus' birth really is. If He had not been born, He would not have lived and been an example to us all. He would not have died in our place and we would not be able to get through the struggles and suffering that we encounter on a daily basis without His strength. He is the ultimate comforter, Father, friend and an ever present help in our time of need. I have taken quite of few pictures and will post them as soon as I download them. I hope that everyone has a happy new year and pray that 2010 brings love and peace to all.

Thanksgiving 2009

Thankful.
Oh so very thankful.

"Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever." Psalm 145:7

Exciting News

For those of you who do not know my family has some exciting news to share. My brother and precious sister in law are expecting TRIPLETS! Yeah you read that right triplets. We are beyond thrilled for them and I am SO excited to be an aunt to three precious babies. She is 13 1/2 weeks and doing really well. Please add them to your prayers as they need to get here as healthy as possible. We are praying that they are not born before April because the longer they are in the better! You can click on The Whitmire Family on my blog list and follow along with us during this journey. Thanks!

Halloween

I am a bit late to post this but I wanted everyone to see a picture of our cute little bumblebee!

Trick or Treat!

Charlie protecting his queen bee

Fall Festival at church

Hangin with friends

Half Marathon!!

This past weekend, my sweet friend and running buddy, Kelly and I ran in the Rock'n'Roll Half Marathon in San Antonio. I still cannot believe that I did it! It is something that has been on my "to do" list for quite some time. I am so thankful that Kelly stuck with me and we trained and accomplished this together. She is such a precious friend and encouragment to me all of the time! Danny and her husband Ronnie were our biggest fans and were sweet to trek all over downtown San Antonio to get pictures of us. It was quite difficult due to the fact that there were 30,000 runners. But they did it and I am so glad. Here are some pictures from the race.

being dropped off....

Mile 2
Mile 8..hard to believe I was smiling
up the STEEP hill to the finish

We did it!!!