Surprise Birthday Party for Jeff!

I planned a surprise birthday party for Jeff on Friday. A lot of people came to celebrate with Jeff. It was great to see so many people there. Jeff got a little suspicious towards the end, but he still was thrilled to have a surprise party thrown for him. We had a lot of fun. My parents were here for the party too. Press play on the video to see Jeff walk into the room.

Hurricane Relief Flight

Monday I flew a non-Agape flight to assist a pilot that had never been to Haiti before. We flew a hurricane relief flight. The plane had a full load of medicines and food for victims in LesCayes, Haiti. Bill Earl's, owner of N643WM (plane number), donated his time and airplane for this flight.

I was able to assist Bill because of my experience with Agape Flights. Plus it was a priviledge to be a part of such an important mission.

Happy 33rd Birthday!

Happy Birthday Jeff! We had one of his favorite meals of chicken cutlets, but we may save the cake for tomorrow. We will celebrate mostly when my parents come tomorrow. Well, gotta run, I need to put my hyper 2 year old to bed. She is bouncing off the walls tonight, at least she is happy.

Fountains

Today we went with our friends to the fountains here in Venice. There is always kids playing in the water. Today, Macayla really enjoyed it. She ran through all of the water fountains, even the big one in the center. Mariah slept through the whole thing. Then her friends came over to play. She loves seeing her friends.

My Girls

"Summer ice cream cones are great! Nana taught me how to eat them!"-Macayla

"I would rather suck my thumb then have my paci" - Mariah

"I love to smile when you talk to me" - Mariah

Agape Interview

Here is yet another interview about Agape and how the hurricanes have affected us. Click here for the interview.

Happy Birthday!!

Jeff's Birthday is this Wednesday! Send an email or comment on this blog to tell him Happy Birthday! My parents are coming on Thursday and will be here for a week. I can't wait. Macayla is really excited too. When we went to church yesterday, she said "Nonnie and Pappy come to church today", we said not today. She says, " Nonnie and Pappy coming soon. They stay at my home." She has been talking about them every day. We are all excited.

We went canoeing on Saturday. It was awesome. I will post about it later when I have the pics.

Hurricane Damage in Haiti

Go to this website and read the article about Agape Flights.

Also click watch the story and you will see a video where they interviewed Jeff.

http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2008/9/9/380821.html?title=Missionary+group+aids+Haiti+in+wake+of+deadly+storms

There has been several hurricanes that have affected Haiti and Dominican Republic. It has hit them with lots of rain and flooding. In Haiti as it rains down the mountain it creates mud slides which can wipe out entire cities in moments. Please pray for the people of Haiti and Dominican Republic and for our missionaries who are doing their best to help them.

These pictures were taken by a missionary in Haiti.

Jeff's flying

Just wanted to let people know that Jeff is flying tomorrow. He will return on Thursday evening. Pray for a safe flight. Pray for the missionaries as there is a lot of flooding with all of the hurricanes. I will post some pics later.

Pretty blue eyes.....We hope they stay that way!!!

Summer Fun

My Little Mermaid

A few weeks ago, I was showing my girl friends the Little Mermaid outfit that I bought for this Halloween on sale at the end of the season last year. Macayla yesterday asked to wear it. I said sure. Little did I know that she would want to wear it all day long. She would take it off periodically, but after a few minutes she would ask to put it on again. The entire day she was dressed like Ariel one of her favorite princesses. I guess you could say that she is definitely all girl.

We also spent some time painting. Macayla with finger paints and Jeff and I on our mural. I will post it when we are finished.

Cute Kids

First Time

Well this is new for me this blogging thing. But I will give it a try. I have been wanting to sit down for almost a week now and try to blog, but I guess that shows me what life is like right now. Having an infant in the house is a lot of work. You would think that they sleep a lot but at the end of the day most days I feel like nothing was accomplished except feeding kids, burping a baby, changing diapers, putting kids in naps, and maybe spend some time actually playing with them. Boy that was a long sentence.

As we speak Mariah is fussing and wanting my attention. She rolled over again and can't figure out how she got there.

Although life seems hectic, I am still enjoying being able to watch all of these stages first hand. I even thought today that Macayla and Mariah won't remember all of this time that we spent together, but I on the other hand will remember every moment (our so I hope). I try to stop and enjoy the little things, like Macayla singing the "run away" song (Where is thumbkin). She was singing almost every line to the song, and in that moment I tried to cement this memory into my brain so I wouldn't forget. I hope that I can remember all of the wonderful things about my children. Macayla has such an imagination, I love watching her...