Joy at 12, 13, 14 and 15 weeks!

I have been bad about posting week by week pictures of Joy this past month, so here they are. She is growing up too fast!

12 weeks...full of smiles

13 weeks...kisses from Nolan and Grace

14 weeks...not quite a thumb sucker, but a fist!

15 weeks...snuggles with Hope

A Valentine's Night in the 50's

Our church put on a Valentine's event...a night set in the 50's! We were to have fun trying to dress up in that era...Guy and I did our best with what we had in our closets. We got to sit at the same table as our good friends, Mike and Debbie....made for a fun evening!

Joyce and Bobby...so cute!

Marvin and Carolyn went all out!

Our "Grove Diner Staff"...they did a great job!

Lovebirds!

Roses from my sweetheart!

Our Night at Chuck E. Cheese

Here are a few pictures from our fun night at Chuck E. Cheese. Good friends gave us a gift card for Christmas, and Hope has been dying to use it, so this past week we finally got the chance. It was a lot of fun, but we were tuckered out by the time the evening was over! We didn't even get close to using all our tokens, so we will be heading back before we know it! Nolan's face was priceless as he realized the jeep moved up and down.

All 3 in the roller coaster simulator

A carousel built for three...perfect until Joy can ride! :-)

Taking a break to eat pizza

Taking a ride in the Cheese bus!

Hope tries out the basketball game

The Ice Storm

Well we made it through the ice storm. It started Monday night, January 26th. We woke up Tuesday morning and couldn't really tell the amount of ice accumulating by looking outside. By 8:30 am we lost power. We waited for a little while, but it didn't take long for the house to get chilly. Guy started calling around to ask friends if they had power or not. We debated driving to Fort Smith where Guy's mom lives, but we weren't sure if that was the smartest thing to do...driving in the ice that is. We ended up going to our friends, Sue and Gary's for awhile. It was an interesting 3 mile drive because we had to move several limbs off the roads as we went. Long story short, we hung out at Sue and Gary's until they lost power in the late afternoon. We then had to go to Fort Smith. We stayed there until Saturday. Then we moved in with other friends, Wendell and Carol, until we finally got power back this last Tuesday. What an adventure! Sure made us thankful for the power, heat and water we now have!

This was how thick the ice was on everything Tuesday morning...it got even thicker later on.

These pictures show the damage we came back home to...

Needless to say, Guy will get a lot of use out of his new chain saw!!

What a Surprise!!

We had a wonderful surprise this last week! My brother, Kyle, called on Wednesday morning and basically asked, "What are you doing this weekend?" I said, "Staying at home...why??" And he said, "We are coming to see you!!" Needless to say I was thrilled! Kyle is a plumber and the job site was closed for the rest of the week due to extremely cold weather and because the brick layers were behind...so they decided to drive to Arkansas! They pulled in around 2 am Thursday morning and stayed until after church on Sunday. The kids at a blast together during the day and Guy, Kyle, Coralie and I had a ball playing Hand and Foot each night after the kids went to bed. What great memories! Thanks you guys for taking the time to come and see us...we love you!

Matthew, Grace and Nolan are ready for bed
Nolan LOVED having another little boy to play with! They are only about 4 months apart so I'm sure they will be good buddies!

We had a 50 degree day so we enjoyed playing outside...here the kids are playing in our treehouse.

Matthew, Coralie and Jesse taking a little walk.

Aunt Jen/Mommy giving car and wagon rides!

Having fun in the swings

Our adorable nephew, Matthew

Kyle and Matt try out the slide

Our traditional cousin picture!


Matthew, Kyle, Coralie and our newest nephew, Jesse...2 months old on the day this was taken

Uncle Kyle and Aunt Coralie with all the kids

Matthew is so sad that he has to say good-bye! Just kidding...he just really wanted his Daddy.

Joy at 11 weeks

Our little girl is growing up way too fast!

Some January Fun

Just wanted to share some photos of the kids from January. The first couple are of Joy at 9 weeks. As you can see, she is a girl full of smiles and chubby cheeks!

The next couple are taken in Branson. We got a free trip through our timeshare if we went for a couple of days, so we enjoyed some family time in the condo.

Here's a fun picture of Hope and the twins getting ready to say prayers before bed time. I'm sure they would have loved to all sleep together, but I don't think they would get much sleep!

Here are the kids having some fun wrestling time together...Nolan is always the clown...

Our cute chubby baby Joy...she is a healthy 14 lbs. at 2 months!

Joy at 10 weeks getting LOTS of kisses from Nolan and Grace.

Hope got some wonderful hand-me-down gifts from some friends at church. Included in all of it were lots of Princess accessories for Hope and Joy's room. The cute little chair is fun for Hope, but also perfect for Joy!