Thursday, February 17, 2011

Someone Has Heard The Call!!!!


Okay, not just someone has HEARD THE CALL but one of my very closest & dearest friends. I'm sure if you are reading this post you will recognize the name Kristy Northcutt, she was the girl that flew half way around the world with me to bring Cooper Charles home, what a friend!!! Kristy is one of the most compassionate, loving, loves the simple things in life kinda girl, sweet, funny, sincere, & GODLY women I have ever known, she and her mother have been a constant inspiration to me through out my life. My family & I just feel totally blessed and honored to be a part of her adoption journey.

PLEASE PRAY!!!!! Kristy and her mom leave in 8 days for her March 1st Court date. Pray for their safe travels, pray that they will remain healthy, pray for Kristy's sweet baby girl, pray that they will pass Court on March 1st!!!. This trip will be full of soooooo many emotions, Kristy will have her sweet baby girl for almost a week and then will have to come home without her, yes, you read correctly, she will not be able to bring her home until she has passed court then flies over again for their Embassy appt., 6-8 weeks later. I can't imagine, I'm crying trying to see my computer screen just thinking about how emotional & hard this will be to say the very least. So please pray, that all will go well on March 1st and that the Embassy appt., will be sooner than later and that our father will comfort Kristy and her sweet baby girl until they can be together FOREVER!!! Also you can follow her blog , she also has a blog from when she was in Thailand you can read up on the amazing things she was doing when she was over there, she is an amazing woman and going to make one amazing mama(did I mention her mama is pretty amazing as well), I try and take a little credit in how wonderful Kristy is because I use to be her babysitter, ha!!!! Here's Kristy's blog http://givensomuch.blogspot.com/

When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Mark 10:14

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

More Birthday Fun For Our Shelby Leigh

The Birthday Girl At Johnny Rockets

We all thought the live statue was pretty cool

Shelby's friends had never been to Johnny Rockets
they all thought it was pretty cool, we had a blast~

Collin & Lexi

Megan, Haley, Shelby, Nichole, Collin & Lexi

Shelby & her Bubby


Me & my girl
Me & my sis, Shelby took this picture of us

Shelby invited a few friends from school to join us for lunch and a movie at Newport on the Levee. Of course her Bubby went. The two little one's got to have a special day with daddy. We saw Gnomeo & Juliet, we all thought it was a really cute movie, as a momma of a 11 year old I was glad she still wanted to see an animated movie. We ate lunch at Johnny Rockets, they all lined up behind the counter and sang Happy Birthday to our birthday girl and made her a big Sundae, she was embarrassed when they sang but loved the Sundae!!My baby sis and niece Lexi went with us as well, I'm so glad they did, we had a great time.

What a great idea Shelby Leigh, everyone had a great time!!!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Our Sweet Shelby Leigh

Our Shelby Leigh is 11 years old today, time goes by way too fast!! What can we say about our Shelbers, well she is beautiful, not just on the outside but most importantly on the inside, she is soooo compassionate, she has the biggest heart,her love for others, melts our hearts. She has a great sense of humor & is fun to be around. Shelby is a great little sister and a great big sister, she is very protective of her brothers & sister. She is full of energy, athletic & very creative, her paintings that she does while at Art Lessons are amazing!! She is a pleaser, she tries hard in school, every year her teachers say the same thing, how sweet she is, how loving, caring and compassionate she is for everyone around her, those are things people will remember for years to come!! We are so proud of the young lady you are becoming and we love you soooooo much!!!

Who does she look like?? Ha!!
Her and her Bubby

She is so good with her little brother
What a big sis!!

She is fearless!

She loves to bake like her momma


She loves to be outside

She has a great sense of humor

Loves the snow, more than anyone we know

She's a great big sister



She loves the water & has been swimming since she was 3 1/2 yrs old

Her 7th b-day, wow!

She has her daddy's beautiful smile!

Shelby Leigh with 1 of her favorite people in the world.
Kindergarten graduation, ugh! Time goes by too fast

Our girl is very athletic


Shelbers and her best bud in the world, her BubbyWhat a kid!

Her 4th b-day, hard to believe our girl is 11


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TO OUR SWEET SHELBY LEIGH!!!!