EaStEr...

HaPpY EaStEr!! I have always LoVeD EaStEr due to all the DeLiCiOuS cAnDy...especially the MiNi CaDbUrY EgGs and ReEsEs EgGs :) Not a good month to diet for me that is for sure!! We can't keep them around our HoMe very long, especially since LaNdOn and WeS both LoVe the ReEsEs EgGs too :) I'm always sad when all the GoOd CaNdY goes away!

This year for EaStEr we were HoMe for the most part...it has been along month...but more on that later. EaStEr was fun this year because LaNdOn kind of got the concept, or at least I though he did :/ The EaStEr BuNnY came to our HoMe and brought LaNdOn a LiGhTeNiNg McQuEeN EaStEr BaSkEt, sHiRtS, EgGs filled with CaNdY, a CaR, and a LeGo FaRm with FaRm aNiMaLs :) He was so ExCiTeD about the aNiMaLs and the TrAcToR!!

We then decided to color EaStEr EgGs with LaNdOn...ePiC DiSaStEr!! Remind me to never color EgGs with a 1 year old ever again!! I found a cool idea on pinterest to put the EgG in a wire whisk so they could use that instead of getting their HaNdS all CoLoReD...well it worked for a little bit and LaNdOn just wanted to DiP the EgG then SuCk off all the CoLoRiNg. When I tried to help him he got a little MaD and hit the bowl of coloring with his whisk and sPiLLeD it everywhere!!! Guess I learned my lesson the hard way...

We then went EaStEr EgG HuNtInG with my DaD's side of the FaMiLy! We ate a delicious meal then did the HuNt. I was trying to show LaNdOn to pick up the CaNdY and put it in his BuCkEt. It took a while to get the concept down, but after we did he did it for a solid 2 minutes then was completely done!! No more HuNtInG for him...PERIOD!! He was more interested in playing the in SaNdBoX and going down the sLiDe. At least we got 2 minutes of fun videos/pictures to say we did it!

This month we definitely had a rough few weeks! LaNdOn got sick with cRoUp, a really bad EaR InFeCtIoN, was ThRoWiNg Up, and got CoNsTiPaTeD pretty bad :( We ended up in the E.R and then back to the PeDiAtRiCiAnS 2 days later to get the CoNsTiPaTiOn fixed. We though we were all set and on the mend...until he fell face first onto the CoNcReTe and gave himself a little CoNcUsSiOn, bLoOdY nOsE, FaT LiP, and a GiAnT GoOsE-EgG!! We just couldn't win for loosing that whole week :/

We did do some FuN things though when he was sick to hopefully make him feel a little better! We got him a BuBbLe MaChInE that bLoWs BuBbLeS constantly (which he LoVeS), made a FoRt for his CaRs out of our CoUcH cUsHiOnS, and made OaTmEaL cHoCoLaTe cHiP cOoKiEs! 

Even though this month was a little rough, we did have fun doing a lot of other things too :)

                       

         

      

            

CoLoRiNg EgGs

                      
 

      

     

GoOsE-eGg, bLoOdY NoSe, & FaT LiP

BuBbLeS!

       

LoVe DaY...

HaPpY VaLenTiNe'S DaY!! How AwEsOmE is it that we get to CeLeBrAtE a whole month of LoVe!! February is always a LoVe/HaTe ReLaTiOnShIp for soooo many people, but I've always really liked CeLeBraTiNg LoVe :)

This year was a lot about what LaNdOn wanted to do...we made a few trips to the store to get everything (mostly for him, WeS, and dinner) and had a bLaSt! There were sooo many people at the stores that LaNdOn was just WaTchInG them ever so close (such a people watcher his boy is)! It was kind of funny to watch so many people scrambling to get stuff at the last second. I listed off a variety of things we could do to LaNdOn, but the only one he said "Ya" to was Pizza. So we went to go and get a HeArT ShApEd PiZzA for dinner! He was so ExCiTeD to eat it, that every time I opened the fridge he wanted to me get it out for him!! For LoVe DaY we got LaNdOn a CaR that you ShAkE and then it drives! He was completely satisfied with that!! I also picked up some 'BuBbLy' for WeS and I and finished WeS's gift!! We went and dropped off WeS's present to him at work. We had so much fun eating PiZzA and LaUgHiNg at LaNdOn saying "yUm" every single time he took a BiTe. He really wasn't kidding about wanting PiZzA :)

LaNdOn has been super BuSy this month!! He has been able to go and play with BroOkLyN (his cousin) a few times this month and has had sooo much FuN! He has also got to go with his DaD and pLaY bAsKeTbaLL, just like the BiG people do! WeS even went and got him his own "smaller BaLL" so he has his own he could carry around when they went and pLaYeD! 

Our little BoOk WoRm is constantly reading bOoKs!! He has now figured out how to climb up in his chair and then will read the BoOkS to himself. He will do it for a good 30 minutes before he decides he has read enough. Hopefully he is this easy when he gets older :)

LaNdOn has also discovered my 'HiGh-HeeLs'! He is always going into our room to grab them and put them on. The best part is watching him try and WaLk in them!! WeS doesn't think that it is too funny and tells me I need to move them so he can't get into them, but I think it is so FuNnY that he LoVe WeArInG them sooo much :)

Since the weather has been pretty cold lately we have been trying to find other things to do beside be at our HoMe all the time. We have been going to the MaLL pLaY area a little bit more lately. LaNdOn has so much fun climbing up and over things, through things, and under things! He is getting to be quite the little climber and LoVeS going down the 'WaTeRfaLL sLiDe'! By the time we get back home he is ExHaUsTeD and ready for a nAp.

                        

                       

                             

 

SnOw, sNoW, SnoW!

This month we got so much SnOw!! I'm not the biggest fan of it, but we need the moisture to FaRm this coming year. I didn't let LaNdOn play in the sNoW a ton cause I didn't want him to get sick, but we made it out on the days it was little nicer OuTsIdE :) We bought him some SnOw-BoOtS, gLoVeS, and a winter CoAt and he was set. He LoVeD walking around outside and through the sNoW! He just kept looking at all the wHiTe sTuFf in amazement :) Once I showed him it was FuN to EaT he LoVeD it even more!! They had the sNoW piled up pretty high around our HoMe and LaNdOn thought it was so much fun to try and climb up it, until he fell through and then he didn't like it anymore!!

Since ChRiStMaS, LaNdOn hasn't stopped playing with his CaRs GeO tRaX! It is constantly running in our HoMe all day long. He has figured out how to control the CaR and gets a little FrUsTrAtEd with them when they don't do what he wants them to do. We have had to have a few TaLkS about being PaTiEnT!!

We finally broke down and got LaNdOn and HiGh-ChAiR! He has absolutely LoVeD his BuMbO so much that I didn't really realize he needed a new HiGh-ChAiR until he was getting to be a little too BiG for it! After I got it all set up he couldn't wait to get inside :) He thinks he is such a BiG bOy now and LoVeS to sit at the tAbLe with us for LuNcH and DiNnEr!! He has been quite the ChArAcTeR in it and just makes us LaUgH!

For some reason LaNdOn has decided that he is a 'GaNgStEr' now and has to wear his PaJaMaS like they do. He is constantly pulling down his PaNtS under his BuM and walking around the house!! We finally caught him watching CaRtOoNs like this and got some pretty funny pictures! I sure don't know where he learned it (from WeS I'm sure), but it is sure funny :)

We sure LoVe this CrAzY bOy!!

Mad cause the CaR stopped...

You want a Piece of ME?!?

LoViNg his NeW cHaIr

2012 ReViEw...

2012 came and went and I didn't get anything done with our bLoG!! My goal this YeAr (yes I'm 3 MoNtHs behind) is to do better about posting at least OnCe A MoNtH about what our FaMiLy, but especially what LaNdoN is up to :)

So here is 2012 in a NuTsHeLL...

JaNuArY:

We rang in the New Year by getting up at 5:00AM...LaNdoN is definitely an early riser and is just so ExCiTeD to get up and pLaY with his ToYs that he just can't sLeeP in. 

HaPpY 5 MoNtHs to Landon. He is growing so fast and is developing quite the personality. He absolutely loves to play and chew on toys, loves cereal, and yes still HaTeS his CaR-SeAt. 

LoVeS oranges!!

Such a HaPpY Little Boy!!

Has discovered his ToNgUe!

FebRuArY:

This little BoY is growing up so fast!! He discovered his ToNgUe last month and now he has figured out he can cLiCk it too :) He just cLiCkS it all day long and thinks it is the coolest thing! LanDoN had to get his 6 month sHoTs this month and it is always so hard for the both of us :( I hAtE to see him crying because he is HuRtInG! He does GrEaT though and is such a TrOoPer! 

Not long after shots came the dreaded RSV, but it didn't come alone!! Landon also got cRouP and PnEuMoNiA :( It was a long 3 weeks at our HoMe but LanDoN did well and we only had to sleep on the CoUcH with him a few NiGhTs to keep him propped up so he would BrEaThE...all in all we lost a lot of sLeEp but it's a small price to PaY for our LiTtLe BoY :)

MaRcH:

MaRcH is a huge MoNtH for LanDoN!! He got super busy and decided to start getting up on his HaNds and KnEeS. I'm sensing a CrAwLeR coming soon :) He has been practicing and working super hard to do this and has finally done it!! Now to put the ArMs and LeGs into MoTiOn :) 

We also decided to try a SiPpY-CuP and it has become his new favorite!! He is such a little BoY to have such a BiG cup...he is definitely GrOwInG up right before our EyEs.

LaNdOn sat up all by himself this month!! It took a few trial and error runs but he got it down pretty quick cause he didn't like falling BaCkWaRdS :) He LoVeS that he is able to sit up and pLaY with all of his ToYs now!!

LaNdoN has also decided that he needs to have 2 BiNkS at all times...his real BiNk and his ThuMb :( I shouldn't be surprised he started sucking his ThUmB cause he did it the first week we brought him home, so hopefully it is just a phase and he will StOp soon!!

LaNdOn'S Favorite TuRtLe

ApRiL:

The weather finally started to WaRm up and so we decided to take FuLL advantage! We have been able to barbeque quite a bit lately which means LaNdoN gets to be OuTsIdE a lot more. We have just been putting him on the grass with a few bLoCkS and he has just sat there and pLaYed while we ate! 

Easter was this month and LaNdoN had a blast playing with his BuCkEtS and all the EgGs :) He played with them for hours! 

I have started to try and give LaNdoN a few "normal" foods to suck on so he gets a feel for what it is like...he new obsession is aPpLeS!! He LoVeS them and with always SnEeK one from me :)

LaNdoN also gave us a little ScArE too...he randomly one day broke out in all these spots. This doctor was a little worried but after seeing him told us that it was a rash due to an illness he had had a week ago. It just seemed weird to be covered in SpOtS all because he was sick a few days ago!! 

BoOks, bOoKs, and more BooKs! LaNdon has figured out how to cRawL/WiGgLe over to his BoOk stash and has started to read them to himself!! It is quite funny to watch him pull them all out :)

LaNdoN also get his very FiRsT cOuSin this month!! It was so much fun to go and see her. She weighed 2 ounces less than LaNdOn, so it was so hard to believe that LaNdoN was that small 8 MoNtHs ago. He wasn't really impressed with her and didn't appreciate me holding her and not him, but I know they will be great little FrIenDs :)

BaBy bRoOkLyN

MaY:

HaPpY 9 MoNthS to LaNdoN!! Can't believe he is already this BiG :( He is GrOwInG so much every single day and I'm starting to realize that I'm slowly loosing my 'BaBy'. He is officially CrAwLiNg everywhere, and I mean everywhere!! He doesn't sit still for a second so we are constantly on the Go gO Go!

I decided to get his 9 MoNtH pictures done and he had quite a variety of little faces :) They turned out soooo CuTe and by the end LaNdoN had had enough fun for one day!

MaY has been so NiCe so we have taken full advantage of it!! LaNdoN and I have been going on walks a lot lately. He LoVeS to be outside and look at everything...most of the time I plan it around his naps so he falls asleep in the stroller by the end of our WaLk or else I get GiAnT aLLigaToR tEaRs cause we have to come have inside :)

WeS and I decided it was finally time to give LaNdoN his first HaIr-CuT!! I couldn't help but shed a few TeArS :( I was cutting off his BaBy HaIr and felt a little guilty!! He did ok in the beginning but by the end we both had a few TeArs!! He looked like such a little BoY :)

LaNdoN's new favorite thing to do is wReStLe with WeS!! They both have a GrEaT time and LaNdOn just thinks it is just the coolest thing :) WeS is super ExCiTeD about how fun LaNdOn is becoming and the fun ReLatIoNsHiP they are starting to build!

WeS and I also celebrated our 3 YeAr AnNiVeRsArY this month. It was so crazy to look back and realize we had been MaRRiEd for 3 YeArs already. We had a great day. My mom came up and watch LaNdoN for us while we went to the TeMpLe, out to LuNcH, and then we went and bought a new tAbLe and new BedRooM fUrnItUrE for our room!! Our HoMe is finally starting to slowly come together. I am truly grateful to have married such an amazing person!! WeS truly is my BeSt FrIeNd and is someone I grow to LoVe more and more every single day! He is such a great HuSbAnD and an amazing DaD to LanDoN. I feel so blessed to spend EtErNiTy with him :) LoVe YoU wEs!!

Wrestling with Dad!

LoVe this Look!

JuNe:

Since it has been so warm lately we have been eating a lot of IcE-CrEaM, especially from Kiwi-Loco! Sometimes I can't get it into LaNdoN's mouth fast enough and he has a little freak-out moment. He gets it all over his face, but he doesn't care one bit :)

Usually first thing in the morning when we come downstairs LaNdOn CrAwLs straight to the window to look outside then will give the the look that he wants to go outside and play. Unfortunately it's not quite warm enough in the morning at 8 so I have to reason with him that we can go outside around 11...until then I have to keep him distracted or I get the aLLiGaToR tEaRs :(

LaNdoN has become quite the little aPpLe thief also!! He grabs one out the fridge every single chance he gets...he thinks he's BiG enough for a whole one and it is super CuTe to watch him try to figure out how to eat it :) 

LaNdoN got 2 BoTtOm TeeTh his month also...crazy he is starting to get tEeTH now!! Let the fun begin!!

Please let me Outside!!

Ice-Cream...what Ice-Cream!?!

JuLy:

I aBsoLuTeLy LoVe JuLy because of the FiReWoRkS!!! They are my favorite...unfortunately this year we didn't get to go to the FaIr GrOuNdS and watch them, we stayed HoMe and watched them from our back yard. LaNdOn didn't even get to see them cause he fell asleep at 8:00 and they didn't start until 9:30 or so :( Hopefully next year will be better and LaNdOn will actually get to see them. It wasn't the BeSt FoUrTh oF JuLy I've ever had but it wasn't the WoRsT either!

We decided it was time for our FaMiLy to take a little VaCaTiOn!!! :) We wanted to do something FuN with LaNdoN so we decided to take him down to SaLt LAkE/PaRk CiTy. We spent a whole day at the Zoo looking at all the aNiMaLs. LaNdoN LoVeD every single second of it and particularly LoVed the eLepHanTs and the new PoLaR bEaR!! He couldn't get enough of them. He watch them for several minutes and even got sad when we left the PoLaR bEaR so we decided to get him a little stuffed animal and he was so excited he carried it with him the whole day :) Before we left we stopped for IcE-CrEaM and LaNdOn was hOt and TiReD that he was almost falling asleep by the end. He was out cold by the time we got back to the hotel room!!

That night we took him swimming at our HoTeL since we got rained out that night :( He didn't even care though and had so much fun! One of the guys that worked at the HoTeL that was checking the PooL gave LanDoN a little FrOg that fLoAtEd in the water so he and WeS practiced his swimming by chasing the FrOg around the pOoL. He had a bLaSt with his FrOg :)

It was a fUn little get-away and I look forward to what we will do next year!!

cLaPpInG for the eLePhAnTs :)

His Favorite Part!

PoLaR BeAr fRiEnD

GiAnT BiRd NeSt

AuGuSt:

AuGuSt is LaNdoN's BiRtHdAy MoNtH!! I can't believe that he is going to be 1 YeAr oLd! It is hard to believe that 1 YeAr aGo we welcomed a perfect little BoY into our FaMiLy :) He has grown so much and is the LiGhT oF oUr WoRLd!

I really wanted to update our FaMiLy PiCtUrEs so we decided to do FaMiLy PiCtUrEs and LanDoN's CaKe SmAsH PiCtUrEs all at once! It was such a fun day and we got soooo many awesome pictures. My friend Allie White is such an amazing pHoToGrApHeR :) She got some great pictures of our FaMiLy and also of LaNdOn and his cake.

 We had lots of planning to do for his SpEcIaL dAy...The weather has been so nice that we spent a lot of time sWiMmInG at the WaTeR pArK. LanDon has LoVeD going sWiMmInG and isn't afraid of the WaTeR one bit. We spent LanDoN's BiRtHdAy doing some of his favorite things: Eating at ReD RoBiN (LoVeS those FrIeS), Opening up PrEsEnTs, SwImMiNg, and eating IcE-CrEaM! We sure had a bLaSt :) ...not to mention LaNdOn started WaLkInG with ToYs! Next month he will have it down for sure :)

The weekend of his BiRtHdAy we had a BiG BiRtHdAy BaSh with all of our FaMiLy! We had lots of food and soooo many PrEsEnTs!! He is sure LoVeD by soooo many people. For his BiRtHdAy we decided to do CuPCaKeS since they were small and he would be able to handle them easier. At first he wasn't so sure about them, but eventually started EaTiNg it and SqUiShInG them in between his FiNgErS :) We opened pReSeNts next and he didn't like everyone watching him, so we pushed through it slowly! He really did have fUn after all was said and done.

For his BiRtHdAy we got him a bLuE tRuCk that he can ride in! He LoVeS it soooo much that I can't put it outside in the GaRAgE...it has to stay in the HoUsE :) We have been taking him on WaLkS with it and he LoVeS every single second! He is constantly playing in it, even when he is watching cArToOnS!! It is the best thing we have ever bought :)

This month was sure super BuSy for our FaMiLy, but we had so much fUn celebrating with LaNdOn. I was hope that he will remember all of the fUn things we have been able to do with him...he maybe tooo young still, but one day I hope he can look back and see how much he is the CeNtEr of our LiVes and how much we really LoVe him...

HaPpY HaPpY BiRtHdAy LaNdOn!!!


  

           

           








            

                                                                     

                                                                     

                                                       

                                                  

    

          

                                

SePteMbEr:
HaPpY bIrThDaY WeS!! This month is WeS's BiRtHdAy :) It is so much fUn to have all of our BiRtHdAys all in a row!! WeS is such an aMaZiNg person and a GrEaT hUsBaNd and fAtHeR. LaNdOn and I are so very LuCkY to have him in our lives. He takes such GrEaT cArE of us and is such an eXaMpLe to me of the person I would LoVe to BeCoMe! He has such a LoViNg and CaRiNg  HeArt and would do anything for anybody. We hope that his day is ExTrA sPeCiaL and that he really has a HaPpY bIrThDaY!!!

fAiR TiMe :) I LoVe going to the fAiR and all the yUmMy food, especially back HoMe...I guess it brings out the CoUnTrY in me (or as WeS would say the 'HiCk'). This year we didn't make it to the Cassia County Fair and Rodeo so we went to the State Fair in Blackfoot, which was ok I guess. We walked around forever trying to find the 'Petting Zoo' for LaNdOn, but we never found it :( So we walked back to look at all the PhOtoGrApHs, which we aMaZiNg!! Then we decided to get LaNdOn some fOoD and a SnOw-CoNe :) He LovEd it!! We also entered his picture into an Idaho Central Credit Union Contest and won!! (thanks to everyone who VoTeD!!). Hopefully next year he can get the real fAiR experience.
With FaLL comes HaRvEsT! This year I really needed to do cOrN so I took LaNdOn out to the corn field with me to pick cOrN. He was definitely a trooper and didn't really know how he felt about being in the middle of a cOrN FieLd, but he actually did great. He decided that pLaYiNg in the dirt and with the cOrN wasn't so bad after all. He was even so helpful when we husked the cOrN and when I did freezer cOrN. It was fun and we got some cUtE pictures out of it :)

OcToBeR:
HaPpY bIrThDaY to Me!! I have always had a LoVe/HaTe ReLaTiOnShIp with a FaLL BiRtHdAy...growing up it was always in the middle of HaRvEsT so it was hard to get everyone together to CeLeBrAtE, but we always seemed to find a little time to have fUn! I LoVe this time of YeAr cause you get to snuggle in blankets and wear SwEaTsHiRtS :) I always miss the HoT sUmMeR weather but enjoy the change of pace. This year I had to work on my BiRtHdAy, but WeS and LaNdOn spend the day planning a surprise for me...I got to come HoMe to DiNnEr, DeSsErT, and a MoViE they put together of all the fun things we did so far this year :) It was crazy to look back and see everything we accomplished!!
For HaLLoWeeN, LaNdOn was a little sPiDeR! I don't think he really knew what to think and couldn't  figure out why he was dressed up, but we tried to have fUn with tRiCk-Or-TrEaTiNg! We were able to go to WeS's work and all the employees were there to hang out TrEaTs! LaNdOn could have cared less about the CaNdY and just wanted to RuN around in the BiG building. Needless to say we had a few TeArS :( He tried his best and didn't really want to have his picture taken, so we just got a few reminders!!

We have tried to get LaNdOn around more "bIg BoY" stuff too! He always has a bLaSt when he gets to drive the TrUcK ShOpPiNg CaRtS or push them from the back like we do! He thinks he is super bIg when we let him drive :) We have also tried to get him to bRuSh his TeeTh more. He likes to cHeW on it mostly but he is getting the idea!
OcToBeR is such a hard month to judge on how the weather will be...this year it froze early and we didn't get to make it to the PuMpKiN PaTcH :( I was super bummed about it, but what do you do! All the PuMpKiNs were little and froze so we decided we will have to go back next year a little earlier and hopefully get some PuMpKinS!!

NoVeMbEr:
This month came and went tooo fast! We didn't get as much done as I would have liked, but you have to live in the PrEsEnT, nOt the PaSt! Thanksgiving is always fun to get together with FaMiLy and have DeLiCiOuS fOoD. This year we were with WeS's FaMiLy. We all went to his parent's HoMe and has a lot of DeLiCiOuS fOoD :) It was so much fun to be able to get together with everyone and catch up. Even though we all live pretty close, we don't see each other as much as we should. It is crazy to see how much we are all GrOwInG and ChAnGiNg. It was fUn to see LaNdOn and BrOokLyN attempt to pLaY together (mostly LaNdOn was running from her and she was trying to grab him so he would stay and play with her).
LaNdOn got pretty sick with the fLu, EaR InFeCtIoN, and PnEuMoNiA! LuCkY for us we didn't end up in the HoSpiTaL, but we had many night of no sLeEp!! He finally got better and we were soooo glad :)
LiCoRiCe has become one of LaNdOn's favorites :) We will sNeEk one every chance he gets. It is so fUn to watch him try to figure out how to eat this thing with only a few TeEtH! He does pretty good for the most part, but always makes a sTiCkY mEsS :)
LaNdOn has also DiScOvErEd my PoTs and PaNs drawer! I can always find him carrying around one of the BiGgEsT pAn. He even thinks that it is used to carry his cars and other ToYs around the house! He is definitely cUrIoUs like a CaT!!

DeCeMbEr:
MeRrY ChRiStMaS!!! I absolutely LoVe ChRiStMaS time and all the time you get to spend with FaMiLy and remember our SaViOr a little more! I LoVe all the LiGhTs and how people go the extra mile to make this month a little more SpEcIaL than the rest :)
This year we decided that we were getting a fake TrEe since all of our 'live' trees seem to die on us instantly! We found a gReAt TrEe that we really liked and I was so excited to bring it home to DeCoRaTe :) ChRiStMaS tReEs just help make it seem a lot more like ChRiStMaS TiMe. I was a little worried about little HaNdS touching and grabbing things off of the TrEe, but one touch of the 'pRiCkLy' branches and that was all it took to keep those little HaNdS away from the tReE :)
On ChRiStMaS morning we brought LaNdOn downstairs to see all of the things SaNtA brought to our house in his 'SaNtA's LiTtLe HeLpEr PaJaMaS! He was soooo ExCiTeD when he saw his DiSnEy CaRs GeO TrAx that he ran back upstairs! WeS and I were LaUgHiNg at him and it took some convincing to get him back downstairs and that it was his! He has LoVeD them ever since and literally pLaYs with them ALL DAY LONG! SaNtA also brought him BoOkS, CaRs, cLoThEs, a CaRs CoMpUtEr, and some PuZzLeS :) He is definitely one spoiled little BoY, but really LoVeD all of his stuff.
It always AmAZeS me how much more I LoVe and ApPrEcIaTe my SaViOr. He truly LoVeD us sooo much that he was willing to do whatever HeAvEnLy FaThEr needed for us to return back HoMe. I have always wondered how our HeAvEnLy FaThEr and MoThEr were able to SaCrAfIcE their "oWnLy BeGoTtEn SoN". I think about LaNdOn and having to make that SaCrAfiCe and I honestly don't know how I would ever be able to do that. It literally brings TeArS to my eYes just thinking about that. They must have truly LoVeD each and everyone of us soooo much! What a GrEaT oLdEr BrOtHeR we have :) I long for the DaY that I get to meet him FaCe to fAcE and tell him how GrAtEfuL I am for his EtErNaL SaCrAfiCe so that I could return HoMe. What a bLeSsEd people we are! I know for certain that our HeAvEnLy FaThEr and MoThEr LoVe us sooo much and only want the best for us. LiFe isn't always easy but when we TuRn to the LoRd for LoVe, gUiDaNcE, DiReCtIoN, and SuPpOrT our fAiTh will always take us in the right direction! I LoVe my FaMiLy, both HeAvEnLy and EaRthLy, so very much. I have an aMaZiNg little BoY who continues to teach me LoVe and PaTiEnTs, and a HuSbAnD who is CoMpAsHiOnAtE and FoRgIvInG. What a LuCkY GirL I am!!
We hope the LoRd has bLeSsEd your FaMiLy as much as he has ours!
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