Happy Birthday Raymond!!

Today is Raymonds 12th Birthday!!


Its amazing how the time has passed! You are growing up so fast!! You have so many wonderful qualities that God has given you. I can't wait to see what all you do with them. I see a young man who has a wonderful gift for the elderly, you are never shy or unwilling to help anyone, you can whip up a delicious cake or pie on short notice and you never miss out on any details of any project you are working on. God made you so very special!!

12 favorites of Raymond.

1.Movie: Third Man On The Mountain

2.Color: Green

3. Book: Redwall Series

4. Bible Verse: Jeramiah 28:9

5. Time of Day: Dinner

6. Place: Outside

7. Food: Seafood

8. Dessert: Tiramisu

9. Candy: Whoppers

10. Song: A Boy Named Sue

11. Past Time: Baking

12. Vacation Place: Kentucky

(thanks to my friend Heidi for this great idea)

Some people have all the fun....

Andrew caught this big bass today. Woo Hoo - guess what he is eating tonight?? I forgot to take a pic but they also killed a 23 inch coral snake today - yuck yuck yuck!!

Flashback Friday

(ok - cheesy title but i just saw it somewhere else and thought it would work here.)

I stumbled across this pic today - had to share - this was from 2003. I just want to squeeze them!!

Dinosaurs and Creatures Oh My!!!

This pic is too cute - I love Joshua and the girls at the left of the picture!!

Creation Museum 4-8-09

(sorry in advance for the format of the blog - it has a mind of its own to put pics and words in places i dont want them)
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This was the last stop of our trip in KY. We were so lucky to have friends from Ohio drive 4 hours to meet us. Joshua and the girls are so fun together. Alyssa and him are bound to be married one day : ) The museum was really nice and fun.

This is when they first saw each other.

This is the giggle group - only 2 things would have made it perfect (1) The unknown girl disappears and (2) the girls had on their UT shirts.

This is an example of the statues at the Museum - the details were incredible.

Here is Paul:

And then we have Adam. I have to say I included several pics here so you can understand why we were getting a little nervous at each display. We werent sure how much Adam and Eve the kids would learn about : )

Here is Adam and all his animals..

Here is Adam & Eve (gee they really didnt wear clothes)

And then HERE is A LOT MORE of Adam and Eve.

Luckily for all of us, this was the last display. It really was beautiful though!!

The grounds were great for picnics and playing.

Here is Joshua with all his girls : )

This is a crazy camel that was at the petting zoo - Raymond was the only one brave enough to feed him.

It was a really special day that we all enjoyed. Mrs L made a great homemade lunch - so nice after a week of traveling - the kids had a grand time and the day was just gorgeous. The bookstore was terrible though - i left way too much money there - ha ha.

Always clarify what this question means....

"Mom - are these clothes ok to get dirty?"

Big Mike's Mystery House

How can you pass up a place like this??

It was a side tour for a souvier shop - more of a wacky house. Silly pictures, crooked floors, just plain goofy stuff that the kids loved. (If you ever wondered, standing on an angled floor at about 20 degrees - will make you very dizzy - ughh)

This is where Daddy grew really big and Alyssa shrank really small!

Outside the shop was Big Mo - a dinosaur of some kind - the shop actually had a skull of one of the inside.