Legacy Beyond This Life

Friday, January 21, 2011

Loves his girl

Daddy and Lauren

Mike adores Lauren and it is a relationship I don't think he could have ever prepared for or dreamed of. That little girls just thinks the world of her daddy and counts on him and looks up to him and plays with him and LOVES him. She will always take care of him and I tell him that is his ticket out of a nursing home one day.

Example of good ole daddy-daughter time

MORE CANDID SHOTS

For 2011, Mike has asked me to start taking more "candid" shots and not so posed. Well this is what that looks like..............

Basketball 2011

Upward Basketball

Landon and Lauren are both on Upward basketball teams this winter. This is Landon's 3rd season to play and Lauren very first one.

Coach Dad and Landon (The Nugget team)

Landon - This year he seems to be playing a little less timid and has made several baskets.

Lauren

Lauren has 5 girls on her team (4 on 4). Her 2 good friends (Kirsten Clary and Gentry Baldwin) are also on the team. The first game was one of my most memorable days ever. At the beginning of the game, both teams went down and back on the court and seemed pretty clueless on how the game goes. After a few minutes, a light bulb went off and the girls started getting the gist of the game. It was so sweet to see Lauren hug Gentry after Gentry made a goal and for Lauren to be equally happy for her friends to score as herself. I was sitting under the goal (along side grandparents) and when Lauren made her first goal, she looked right at me with the biggest smile and look of achievement. She ran right over and hugged me and then started to hug each grandparent beside me. After that, she had a "fire" in her eye that I could tell she meant business. It was a great day! It was fun to share with Gentry's whole family because we all know then and they are know us and Lauren.

I will admit that I had given Lauren and Landon some tips from my old playing days since basketball was my passion for many many years. We worked on rebound, fast break, and shooting the ball. I think my lessons paid off (don't tell dad i am taking the credit, after all he is there coach).

The DREAM TEAM

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Christmas Sunday 12-19-10

Birthday Night Out with Friends

Birthday Night out with Friends

We went out to dinner to celebrate birthday's in December. Mine is 12/22 and my sweet friend Kerry's is 12/21. We ate at McGill's and it was yummy. We had the best time talking and catching up. December birthday parties are very hard to work in, so I was grateful to get sometime to celebrate. Our great hubby's escorted us to dinner

Me with my handsome guy.

Good friends/neighbors: Kerry & John

Birthday girls

Birthday Party for Jesus

Birthday Party for Jesus
12-17-10
ARK Community at Asbury

Every year one of our favorite Christmas Traditions is to attend a birthday party for Jesus. I really try to emphasize w/ my kids that it is Jesus's birthday and that is why we celebrate. Our Sunday School class starting have a birthday party to honor Jesus's birthday (cake and all) a few years ago and we LOVE going. This year the party was in the gym at Asbury and we had inflatables, pizza, and cake. The Christmas story was read for the kids to hear. Our kids had a ball playing with friends!