Bella's Party

We were able to be a part of Bella's first birthday party today. It was so much fun. Just family, but fun none the less. This little princess was the star of the party.

Happy Birthday, Bella Grace!

Today is our neice's 1st birthday. One year ago today, Bella Grace joined our family. She has been a joy to us all. We don't get to see her very often since they live in Tyler, but we love it when we get to spend time with her.

We love you Bella Grace! You are a precious little girl and we are so excited to see who you are becoming. God has big plans for your life. We pray that you will always seek God in all you do. We know your parents love you greatly and are striving to show you Jesus in all you do. We are always here for you - and can't wait for when you can come spend the week or weekend with Uncle Randy & Aunt Rachel. We're going to have so much fun! Love you sweet girl!

Twins? You decide.

Ok, so I just had to post these two adorable pictures.

This is Bella, our neice.

And this is Hudson, our friend's baby.

Do you see the resemblence?

Happy New Year! (a little late!)

2008 is here and a new year has begun. It has been a while since we posted so I thought it might be time for an update. We had a great holiday visiting family and friends and enjoying time off from work and school. We spent Christmas with my family in Oklahoma and New Year's with Randy's sister, brother-in-law, and neice in Tyler, TX. From our pictures below you can probably see we had a wonderful time. We loved getting to spend time with family and friends, but were glad to be back home (and in our own bed again)!

Work began again and the routine slowly fell back into place. Its funny, I love surprise and excitement, but I also love falling back into routine and familiar. I know this is something that I struggle with - my want to stay in the familiar, aka comfortable, and Jesus' call for me to step out into the unknown. Thankfully, I am learning to trust Jesus more and more and that makes it easier to step out into the unknown. And thankfully I serve a patient God who loves me even when I mess up.

Last weekend, Randy & I got to spend lots of time with our friends, Brian & Janelle, and Jacob & Laura. We hung out Friday night and played a mean game of "Killer Uno" (no one was hurt or died during this process...lol). Saturday, we all went to the wedding of our friends, Josh & Gilda. The wedding was beautiful and as much as I would like to share pictures, I forgot my camera. Hopefully, I can get Brian or Jacob to email me theirs sometime, hint, hint.... Afterwards, we headed back to Jacob & Laura's for dinner and to celebrate Jacob's 25th birthday. Sunday, they all were able to attend church with us and Randy & I actually got to be in the worship service with them! It was awesome. We headed back to our apartment, ate lunch and then spent the rest of our time visiting and catching up. Brian & Janelle are in the process of adopting/hoping to adopt a little boy named Alex. Please be in prayer for them during this time. Jacob & Laura are doing well - Laura starts back to school in a few weeks and Jacob is working.

Randy started back to Paramedic classes this week. He is excited that this is the downhill slope for him. He should be finished and a Paramedic by July/August. His clinicals start sometime in March and will keep him busy but we know it is just temporary. God will get us through it all.

And in closing, I wanted to leave you with cute pictures of our neice, Bella Grace. She is just adorable and I love getting to show her pictures off! Hope you all are doing well. We'd love to hear from you!

Pictures!

Here at some of the pictures of our visit to Tyler to meet Bella Grace! Enjoy!

Bella Grace is here!

It's official! Randy & I are an uncle & aunt again! Bella Grace was born last night at 8:24 p.m. She weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 3/4 inches long. Mom, Baby, and Daddy are all doing well. Randy & I are heading to Tyler to visit Kristi, Andrew, and Bella this weekend. We can't wait! We'll have lots more pictures after that.

Bella Grace - We can't wait to meet you!

This weekend Randy & I had the pleasure of traveling to Odessa, TX to visit his family and celebrate our new baby neice, Bella Grace. She is due around the first of December. Sonia's wonderful friends threw Kristi the sweetest baby shower on Saturday. Randy's dad Ronnie, and step-mom Lupita, along with his sister Katrina, and her cutie son Caleb, were also able to come in. We had a great time visiting with everyone and celebrating Baby Bella. Here are some pictures from the weekend: