7th Year Stretch!

For Carson's 7th Birthday, we had a sports theme party with swimming, a baseball dunk tank and a snow cone machine. Carson had a "ball" with all his family and friends (about 50 guest in all). Thank you to everyone for making his party a grand slam! You are ALL-STARS in Carson's score book!

Carson trying to dunk someone (sorry for the blurry pic)

Taking some time to pose!

A new lego set!

His new Cardinals football!

Yummy cake!

Happy Birthday Carson!

Happy 7th Birthday Carson!

It is so hard for us to believe that 7 years ago we were celebrating another amazing chapter in our lives. We will never forget the day you were born. God blessed us with our 7 pounds 7 ounce "mini me"..you looked just like your daddy and you still do! Everyday we count our blessings and thank God for your sweet and gentle heart. You are such a lover and a pleaser and you always amaze us with your many, many talents. We hope your birthday is filled with the GREATEST of all gifts...LOVE!

Have a wonderful birthday sweetheart...we love you so very much!

Mommy, Daddy and Sissy!!! XOXO

Such a sweet smile!

Our Special Angel!

We will miss you Grandma...Heaven is even more beautiful since you arrived yesterday!

Jim's Grandma passed away yesterday at the age of 86. God's timing is always amazing...Grandma just celebrated her 86th Birthday on June 23. We had such a great party for her in her Hospice room. We know how much Grandma loved parties and celebrations and we also know that she will be celebrating everyday with Jesus!

We will never forget the incredible Faith that Grandma had. She loved going to Church and having Bible studies and she loved quoting scripture from the Bible.

Her health started failing these past 2 weeks and the kids and I tried hard to visit her everyday. One day we wheeled her outside to get fresh air and I will never forget sweet Carson asking her if he could bring some cards the next day to play with her outside (she loved playing cards). She was so excited and smiled. The next day, we took cards but Grandma was not alert enough to play. Carson and Shaelyn were sad but they understood...instead, they sat and held her hands and again, she just smiled her sweet smile!

We will always have special memories of Grandma...her love for the Lord, our days together playing cards and dice in Flagstaff, the chair she sat in to read and her unconditional love for her family and all her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Thank you Grandma for so many memories and for sharing your AMAZING Faith with us and so many others!

We love you and already miss you so much!

Also Grandma...we know how much you loved your Diamondbacks and they need your help right now. Be sure to cheer them on...you have the BEST seat ever!

Hebrews 12:2

"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus,

the author and perfecter of our faith...

Happy 4th!!!!

We hope you had an amazing 4th of July celebration with your family and friends. Our day started very early and ended very late...what a great day we had!!!

We started by visiting Jim's Grandma who is in Hospice. Her health is failing quickly, so we have been visiting her on a daily basis. Her Faith is amazing and she is at total peace with her journey with the Lord. We too are at peace knowing one day soon, she will no longer be in pain and will be rejoicing with our Heavenly Father! We love you Grandma!

After our great visit, we journeyed to my cousins house...great family, great friends, pool, sun, games, lots of food, drinks (and special drinks hee hee)...what more could you ask for when celebrating our GREAT COUNTRY!!! We had a BLAST!

On this special day (July 4th), I could NEVER forget my Grandma. She would have been 87 years old. My Grandma passed away 12 years ago (the year before Shaelyn was born) and we miss her so much. Talk about the light of a party. We know that Grandma celebrates her special red, white and blue birthday ever year in Heaven and that she's the amazing fireworks that we see in the sky. Happy Birthday Grandma..we love you and miss you!

Galatians 5:1

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.

Our "All American" Kids!

Ready to swim and have some FUN!

Happy 4th of July!

Carson loves his cousin Allie!

Cousins are so special!