John's Surprise for Hannah

 

Mom and daughter lunch!

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, what fun!!!!!!!

Hannah and Courtney got a massage ~

and then I joined up with them here.

 



 

What a special time we had celebrating Hannah for her birthday!!!!!!!

 

Hannah, thanks for being the BEST daughter and sister anyone could

EVER have.

 

We love you ~ and LOVED our time together .....

celebrating YOU!



High School Graduate!

 

We are SO proud of you Brittany!!!  You worked hard AND

you had tons of FUN! 

The graduation was at George Mason's Patriot Center

 



Our Crew

 

 

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 Phill, Christy and Brittany

Siblings ~ Brittany, Andrea and Ayden

Lots of relatives came from PA ~

The Butlers

 



 

Christy's family

 

Fun lunch celebration afterwards ~

 

Leah

 

Aundrea

 

Brittany, Papa and I are SO proud of you ~ so thankful for who you are!

We look forward to seeing you take this next step in to college ~

and what God has planned for you! 

 

We love you!

Happy Birthday Hannah

What a JOY to wish you a happy birthday this day!

You are one amazing lady ~

you love your Lord, full of compassion for people, smart, a great nurse,

loves her family and friends beyond measure. 

 

You love to laugh ~ I love how your WHOLE face laughs! 

 



What a cutie you were as a young girl ~

with that blond hair.

 

You loved to go on adventures with the boys!  :)

Those l.o.n.g bike rides!!!!!!

 

It's obvious in the picture on the left how many years are between Courtney and you,

but obviously, they don't matter one little bit ~

you beautiful ladies NOW!  Wow!   

 

You'll always be our "baby"........

 

one of our precious children ~

adult children now! 

 

 

We love how you love to be ACTIVE ~

and you get to do that with your husband now!  Yay John!

 

 

Your mom so enjoys you!!!!!

 

 

AND of course, you're daddy's little girl.....to this day.

 

Hannah, happy birthday dear daughter.

We wish you a most wonderful day ~

full of FUN and special moments.

 

We love you!!!!!!!



Happy Father's Day

 

I am just a tad late honoring the men in my life ~

but I do it with GREAT gratitude for who they are...

and the GREAT fathers they are or have been.

 

Top Row: 

My dad-Ray, Alden's Dad, Odell, son-in-law Pat, son Phill

Alden with his brother and other brother in laws, Richard and Chuck.

 

You make my life so much sweeter ~

I love you all dearly.

Happy Birthday Levi

 

Our youngest grandson turn 3 today!

How can it be???

 

Levi ~ full of JOY!

Has no fear ~ loves his mama.

Levi ~ those eyes captured our hearts from the first day.....

and they still do!

 

What a pleasure it is for Papa and I to have you in our lives.

We wish you a FUN day ...

as we celebrate YOU.

 

God's blessings to this little, precious boy..

in this new year ahead.

 

We love you Levi!

Brittany's Baptism ~ Such a JOY

 

 

We headed over to Phill and Christy's church this morning ~

 

to enjoy the service with them ~

and watch Brittany be baptized!  

 

What a wonderful celebration it was!

 

Lots of hugging

 

And smiles

 

friends ~ Aundrea

 

Leah

 

Our family

 

Brittany with Courtney, Hannah and Andrea

Alden and I are SO happy for her.

It has been such a joy to watch Brittany be interested in

spiritual things and now come to this day.

 



These two little guys ......um yes,

had a BALL together!

 

Ayden and Levi

 

Cousins.  :)

 

You ask...what is baptism? 

 

Simply:  A person learns about God. 

That we are all sinners.

That Jesus died for their sins.

Accepts Jesus as their Savior.

 

 

Baptism is declaring publically that you believe that Jesus is the son of God,

you are a sinner, Jesus died for your sins, and that

you desire to live your life for Him.

 

Brittany did that today!

 

Baptism in itself doesn't SAVE you.

Jesus does!

 

We rejoice with Brittany today ~

 

she made the BIGGEST decision in her life.

God has a plan for her days.

We can't wait to see what He has in store for her. 

 

We love you Brittany!