* james leaves tomorrow for the service

james [our son in law], leaves for virginia tomorrow, to begin serving in the army - he leaves behind his wife brit [our daughter] & their 4 week old son, caelan - please pray for him as this will be so hard, not only for him, but for his family that he's got to leave behind [for a time] - he'll be back the beginning of november for 2 weeks, then they're all 3 moving, wherever the army moves them & that will happen on november 15 [then you can pray for me!!!] - until then, brit & caelan are living here with us & we're really enjoying that - here are some pictures that i took of their family today - enjoy!

* our little grandson...caelan

this little guy was born the easter day & is such a blessing - here are some pics i took of him yesterday, as it was his first photo session & he did great - i'm planning on using him a LOT over the next few months, since they're living with us, so i'll be able to get tons of good pictures - he's such a cutie & a great baby - BTW, did you know that he's already able to say, "i love mimi"? - he's very talented, to say the least! - pops & mimi [aka spike & i] are in love with him, can ya tell? - enjoy!!

* getting back to bloggin'

i've been so busy & have only blogged here/there over the past couple years & i truly miss it, so i'm going to work on blogging more often - to get me started, here's some recent pics for you all to enjoy!

ahniér in her crib

ahniér eating

ahniér thinking no one was noticing that she was going for candy

kacy, the newest member of our family

ruby [8], karleigh [7], kiara [8] & ahniér [2]