Sad Goodbyes

We were blessed to move this past year to a place where we do have friends that live near by. I always said that if we could not live near our families, our friends would take us in as family and that has been our experience. We have enjoyed being able to see our Hardin-Simmons friends more often that we used to while living in Abilene. While we are still a good 45 minutes away, we have taken advantage of the shorter distance and spent weekends and even some evenings together. Two of our best friends, Ronnie and Christen Leidner, welcomed us to Hillsboro while living in Crowley and made special efforts to see us now that we were more available. Now that we have moved here, the Lord has called them in a different direction. God is so faithful, yet, still we don't always understand why things pan out in our lives the way that they do. Ronnie has been accepted to the Master's program for Athletic Training at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. We are so proud for his accomplishment in getting admitted to the program, and so sad that it will be taking their family away from ours when we just got used to being able to visit each other on a more regular basis. We got to enjoy their company one last time as a group at a going away party this last Friday evening. Tyler had to work, so Anslee and I went together! Here is a photo of the Leidners!




We will be missing them so much in the future, but wishing them well at the same time. I have realized the value of friendship in truly being happy for them, even though it causes a little heartache on our side. The party was a lot of fun, and I think that they felt very loved by their "family" here in Texas.


Christen and I realized that great of friends we are, we have not taken a picture together (just us) in literally years. Why? We don't know. So we decided to take one to make up for lost memories over the years.

Well, Mother's day is tomorrow, and I am so excited and blessed to celebrate my very first one this year! I am blessed to be a mother and a wife, and could not ask for anything more!

Baby Boom

Well the baby boom is on, and continuing to be a bigger boom. I feel like that is all I can blog about, simply because that is all I seem to know right now. You know its getting that way that whenever the phone rings, and I see its one of my girlfriends, my first thought is: Are they pregnant? To that question, I quickly answer my phone, and more times than you would think, my instinct has been right on. Over the past two weeks 3 precious friends, and 1 family member (My brother!) have welcomed sweet additions to their families to the world. Landon and Nikki Day brought London into this world on April 29. She weighed 8 lbs 1 oz. She is one gorgeous baby girl, but we all knew she would be, considering who she belongs too! Dicky and Sarah Smith also welcomed baby girl, Molly Kate, almost two weeks ago. She is a beauty too, judging from the pictures I saw posted on facebook. A sweet friend from church gave birth on May 2nd to baby girl Paley, weighing 6 lbs. This was Cassi's 3rd little girl to welcome home!

My little brother Trey welcomed Sweet Isabella into his family on April 26ths at 6:20 in the morning. She weighed 6 lbs 6 oz and was 18 and 1/4 inches long. Her pictures are gorgeous. I love being a Mommy, and now I have the pleasure of being an Aunt as well. Congrats Trey and Sarah, you have a beautiful baby girl.

Now, Not only were there 4 births in the past two weeks, but I have found out that 4 pregnancies that I have been made aware of! Two of these pregnancies are to very close friends of ours! Travis and Tate Reid announced that Tate was 6 weeks along this past week. We are excited to be apart of their lives as they travel down the lovely road of pregnancy. December 19th is the Big Day! The other pregnancy has not been totally made public yet, so out of respect to them, I will let them remain nameless until they give the green light! The other pregnancies belong to sweet acquaintances that I of course will be wishing my very best of luck too as well!

Here is a picture of Nikki and Landon, with their new bundle of joy, London Noel Day



So I guess I could say that this blog post is dedicated to sweet friends, acquaintances, and family members that are new parents or new parents to be! Congrats to all!