The Langley 6

A day of fun!

2009-10-03T20:43:00.000-07:00

Chase letting his sister get a closer look!

She has such awesome brothers! They help her all the time!

Love it!

She, of course, was too scared to take a picture with Mickey and Minnie by herself, but she LOVES them! Her favorite show!

That is PURE excitement and joy!!!

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?????

2009-10-03T20:40:00.000-07:00

Chase is the only red uniform admist the black. His only "tackle" play he got to be a part of!

Olivia cheered for him the whole time and she watched the game. I was so proud of her...he could hear her yell, "GOOO CHASE" too!! SO funny!

Look at our baby!!! He looks so natural!

There he is, #81!

His first huddle!!! Can't believe he finally gets to play!! HE was sooo excited!

Oh my!!!

2009-10-03T20:38:00.000-07:00

The last day of spirit week was spirit day! Cam wanted me to make him a shirt, so I did the best I could, and then they sprayed their hair...crazy ppl!!

He thinks he's so cool!! HAHA

THe ONLY thing fuddy dud participated in!! He's so silly!!!

Our BEAUTIFUL little princess!

2009-10-03T20:32:00.000-07:00

This one is blurry, Zack did a great job trying to get as many good ones as he could, but I had to put this one on there because she's showing the judges the back of her dress and making it flair out...sooo cute

This one is really awesome..not only is it a great pic and she's beautiful...look at Anthony on the side! I just love this!!!

Walking out on stage all by herself! I bribed her with gum, but she did it and we were so proud of her!!

AHHHHH SO beautiful!

Our silly little girl...loves to make picture taking hard!!!

BTW..she didn't win anything again this year, but she won the hearts of those who already love her again and others who just thought she was beautiful! We know she's beautiful, we don't need judges to tell us or reward her...we all just know. But the experience is great for her and we aren't gonna stop being in them, unless she don't like them when she's older! It's just fun and we like to show everyone how beautiful she is!!!

A day at the park with grandparents/Labor Day

2009-10-03T20:29:00.000-07:00

Just us!! Me and my man!!! :)

Nana and Papaw (Anthony's parents)

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this picture! Look at how blessed we are! They are all sooo beautiful!!!

I like this one of the three of them! Sooo cute!

Grandparents and their grandkids!

A day of firsts!!

2009-10-03T20:25:00.000-07:00

Olivia's first BIG bo-bo! she fell out of the door onto the concrete! I didn't notice the bump bc she said she hurt her foot! Then someone asked what happened and I thought they were talking about how bad she was crying and when I looked to wipe her tears I saw it!!! AAHHHH So, it turned purple, and was swollen for a while, but it is all ok now! :) Poor baby girl!

First time all 3 of my boys are in the youth group! Really?? I can't believe it!

SO sweet!

Olivia's first day in a class and not the nursery!

She had a great time! I was so proud of her!!!

Silly/BIG Toby!

2009-10-03T20:23:00.000-07:00

This was originally Olivia's time-out chair, but Toby has taken over it....He won't be able to sit in it for much longer, but really enjoys it right now! Yes, that is a doll he is chewing on..Olivia said it was ok! :)

Toby LOVES to sit with me!! Here, he is upset because I told him no!!! HAHAHA

He's sooo cute! I just love him! He's getting big tho, but that's ok..we wanted a big dog!

Zack turns 16!!!!

2009-10-03T20:17:00.000-07:00

We had a cookout for Zack and his friends. He said he didn't want a "Baby" party, so all they did was eat and then watch a movie at the house...ookkkayy!!! :)

Cameron, Jessie, Chase, Hannah, Zack, Olivia and Jeromy...standing in the back...JP, Weston and Chris!

Didn't think his cake was big enough so I made cupcakes too..good thing I did! There wasn't much left!

His guitar cake he wanted. First time for this type of icing...marshmallow...it was ok decorated, but the kids ate the cake up!! They loved it icing!!! sooo glad!

OUr little nerd!! HAHAHA

2009-10-03T20:15:00.000-07:00

It was spirit week at school and Monday was Nerd day!! He did a good job!!! HAHAHAHA

Our handsome football player!

2009-10-03T20:13:00.000-07:00

There he is...in his uniform!! The night before his first game! He was so excited!!

Such a big boy now!!

Olivia/Zack/Hannah

2009-10-03T20:10:00.000-07:00

This is Zack and his beautiful girlfriend, Hannah!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this one...they asked me to take some pics of them, so I agreed! :)

Olivia learned how to pedal her bike!!! It takes alot out of her, but she does it!

SHe was so proud of herself!!! We were proud too!

Chase turns 13!

2009-10-03T20:02:00.000-07:00

Well, we officially have THREE teenage boys in our house! We can't believe that our "baby boy" is already 13! Time sure flies. We are so proud of him. This year he is playing football at school, gets to go to school in a brand new school, is now in the youth group at church and he is just an awesome child! God surely has blessed us with our children and they are all so special in so many different ways! We thank God everyday for them and we might be a little biased, but we think they are awesome!!! SO..happy birthday our sweet, Chase! We love you!!!

For his bday party, we had hotdogs, chips and cake then we took them all to the movies. This is what he wanted to do, so we let him. Not necessarily my type of party, but that's what he wanted, so...I guess it was good! :) Then Josh and Jimmy spent the night!!!
His friends, Jimmy, Cameron, Megan (his gf at the time), Taylor (friend of Megan's and goes to the church) and Josh (some call him BOB!!! ) HAHAHAHA

"Where do you want to eat?" "Nina"!!! HAHAHA

2009-08-26T20:45:00.000-07:00

She LOVES her chinese food! Here she's eating a California roll..she has to put soy sauce on it like me and Anthony or she won't eat it!! HAHA

First time for this..she didn't really like it..that's good though bc it's a little greasy and SUGARY!!!

Look at all that rice! And she had been eating for a while. I think this is her second helping!! She always asks for more rice!

We let her choose where she wanted to go and eat for her Gotcha Day celebration, and she said, "Nina" meaning Chinese...we laughed so hard! Then I asked her if she wanted to wear one of her Komono's and she jumped up and down saying, "YES!!!!" When I put it on her I told her girls wear this in China and she smiled! Then she started turing, making it flair out! It was such a mommy, daughter moment! I love being a mommy to boys, and my little girl!

TWO YEAR GOTCHA DAY!!!!

2009-08-26T20:33:00.000-07:00

Believe it or not, it's been two years since God blessed us with our gorgeous, smart and funny little Olivia! Can't believe it's been that long, or short, depending on the day! :) I can't tell you how awesome she is. I even sometimes wish her birth mom could know her and know that she gave us an awesome little girl and she should be proud! She is potty trained..YAY!! Took 3 days really...still not at night, but that's ok! She does everything during the day. I have always been proud of the fact that our 3 boys were trained at 2.5..well, the streak continues bc Olivia was 2 yrs and 7 mths!! YAY!!! She is 37" tall, weighs 27 pds and has BROWN hair! Her skin is a little darker now, but not as dark as some. She does have a spicy attitude! She likes to pitch fits. She's started this talking with her tongue sticking out???? And since we got the Asian wax out of her ears, she is talking ALOT better! She is very smart and LEFT handed! She loves her brothers and vice versa. She chooses if she's a momma's girl or daddy's girl, depending on the day, but mostly she's a momma's girl! I can't go ANYWHERE without her. I even have to sneak out without telling her bye or Anthony has a hard time calming her down! Really...she's an awesome little girl and I feel so bleesed to have her and look forward to her growing and celebrating every year of Gotcha Day...a day that will be in our hearts and minds forever...Thank you God for our 4 blessings, but the awesome experience of adoption and bringing Olivia into our family!
Learning how to use scissors..dangerous, but she LOVES it! She cuts LITTLE BITTY pieces and they go all over the floor, but that's ok.

I mean really, how beautiful is she?

This is a picture we received from someone who visited her orphanage..it was taken the June before we even knew who she was in July, so this is a very special thing. Lana and I made this for her and I was gonna change out the picture, but I think this one will stay in there. When you ask her where she was born or where she is in this picture she tells you, "Nina" (China) SOOOO sweet!

Miss priss!!!

Look how tall she is! She might be tall for an Asian????

Our new puppy!

2009-08-26T20:27:00.000-07:00

When Zack was one year old, we got a Boxer. We loved Dexter. He was an awesome dog and we said if we ever got another dog, it would be a boxer. Well our house at the time that we wanted another inside dog was too small for a big dog and the 5 of us! So...we got Dawsey, a Shih Tzu. We love her, but she's getting old and a little anti-social!! HAHAHA So..the opportunity came about 2 wks ago when my brother's friend had a litter of boxer puppies. He called us and asked us if we wanted the only male brindle boxer in the litter!! We thought about it for ohhhh 15 min and told him yes. So..he and Kristi got the puppy for us. He was 8 wks at the time we were able to get him and weighed 15 pds!! Now, at 9 wks, he weighs 18 pds!!! He's going to be a big boy, but perfect for Olivia to grow up with. The boys and Anthony love him too, but he's already a momma's dog!! :) He loves to sit on my lap and cuddle..can't do that for long, so gonna cherish these times! :)
This is Olivia's basket, he's taken over!! HAHA

Look at that pretty face!

Yes, he went to sleep while I was taking pictures of him and as soon as I got up, so did he!

Here he is: Tobias Maximus! Toby for short, but sometimes he's called Toby Max (kinda like Toby Mac!! :)

Our football guy!

2009-08-26T20:21:00.000-07:00

Here is Chase...#41 in this picture. That's not his number, they just gave them jerseys for that night, but he finally gets to play football this year..he's so excited!!!

Look at him running out there...he looks like he was supposed to be a football player!

Cameron and Zack weren't thrilled about being here, but we made them come for support of their brother!! :)

The new pool

2009-06-01T08:30:00.000-07:00

Chase playing with Olivia in the pool..guess what she did next??? HAHA Such a copy cat!

BEAUTIFUL! And in a bikini..hahaha (Anthony didn't say no so I put it on her) HAHA

Waiting for it to fill up, but she had to get in !

Olivia and Chase just playing! YAY!!! We finally can get wet when it's so hot!!

odds and ends

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GORGEOUS Cameron!!

Our sweet and oh so cute, Chase

our getting too old, but so cute, Zack

Cam and Olivia..just playing in the dirt!

OB park

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Papaw and his only granddaughter

See what we have to put up with?? HAHAHAHAHA

I LOVE this one!!!

My cutie husband! I mean, look at those eyes!!!

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What a beautiful little girl God gave us!

Look..all six of them are smiling!!! YAY!!!!!

Papaw and the grandkids (the one of mom and the kids are on her camera!! :)

My mom and dad

I mean really, how blessed is she to have brothers who obviously love her so much? How blessed are they that she adores them!!!!

Now at OB park

2009-06-01T08:21:00.000-07:00

I LOVE this picture! So sweet

Daddy and his little girl..can we say, "WRAPPED!!!"

Mom and dad jumping out of the swings!! HAHAHA

They started off just swining!!!

Being crazy for Olivia's sake!

Last of Mudd Island

2009-06-01T08:19:00.000-07:00

These ducks were just swimming in the Mighty, Muddy, Mississippi

mom and dad paddleboating

Chase thought it was funny to say, "Help me, Olivia!" and make her pull him...she had a great time!

Me and my daddy

Fun at Mudd Island

2009-06-01T08:15:00.000-07:00

This water was only ankle deep, but they had a blast in it! She just wanted to wear that lifejacket..she didn't need it!! HAHAHA

Look at our cute, over 6 ft tall, 15 1/2 year old son, Zack! My goodness...where does the time go?

My momma and daddy! Still cute together after 38 years of marriage!! :)

Our boys riding the paddle boat..they had fun!

And here is daddy look-alike, Chase...such a handsome boy!! Our baby boy! :)

Visit from Mom and dad

2009-06-01T08:10:00.000-07:00

My parents were able to come and spend a week with us this past week. My dad normally doesn't get to come up, much less stay a while, so it was a treat to have them here with us! We didn't do a whole lot, but enjoyed just spending time with eachother..Here are some pics from their visit!
Our four kiddo's at Mudd Island..they got to play in a little bit of water...that's why their pants are wet!

Me and my mommy!

Meme helping Olivia play in the water

CUTIE PATOOTIE!!!

Bible Drill Recognition Day

2009-05-20T16:45:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don't know what Bible Drills are..here is a brief overview. The youth and children compete against themselves to find different things in the bible. The youth have 6 seconds and the children have 10 seconds to find things. They start around Christmas and memorize scripture. They have to know certain verses and find them in their alloted time, memorize some scriptures, know key passages and where they are found and know all the books in order and find them when certain ones are called out. There are a total of 24 things and we are so very proud of our boys and what they accomplished. You start out at church drills, then association and then state and our boys have made it every year to state! We are proud of all the kids and just hope that what they learn they put to eternal memory and when they need encouragement from the Lord that they remember some of these verses! This is an awesome thing to do and be a part of! Way to go boys! We love you and are so proud of you!
These are the three adults. They all got superior...Chris, Jessica and Bro. Joedy

These are most of the kids...(L to R) Jimmy, Dana, Mick, Evie, Chase, Jacob. (second row) Keeifer, Danyelle, Josh and Cameron. (back row) Zack, Kipp, Jeromy and Hannah! Great job kids!

Zack with his medal..he also received a plaque for being in bible drills for 7 years

Cameron with his medal

Chase received a trophy for being in bible drills for 3 years. And he has his medal.

All three of my kids have been in Bible drills since the 3rd grade. If you go to state and do Bible drills for all 9 years, you are eligible for scholarships. 3rd grade doesn't count, but it's great practice!!

She just looked so pretty!!

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Look at these shoes on her foot!! I thought they were just sooo cute on her and she barely takes them off..she calls them her "Flops!!!"

Look how pretty! I have been waiting for her to be able to wear this..I got it last winter for $6!!! WOOHOO!!!

Look at that beautiful face! Thank you God for this little girl! Oh.. I made the ladybug bow in her hair to match her dress!! I am hoping to start doing more and saving for later!!! :)

Look at my headband!

2009-05-20T16:39:00.000-07:00

Jewel gave Olivia this adult size headband and she LOVES it!! It never matches what she's wearing but I think she looks so cute I jsut let her wear it!!

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!!

I mean...could God have given us a more beautiful little girl??? NOPE!!!!

Fun on the 4-wheeler

2009-05-20T16:35:00.000-07:00

Oh my! Cooper (Garrett's big brother) has a four wheeler and Olivia wanted to ride it..these pictures tell you how much fun she had! Mitch (his dad) said future spouses...but daddy would have to beg to differ!!! HAHAHA :)

Meeting Baby Garrett

2009-05-20T16:32:00.000-07:00

The Turners, newly found friends of ours, welcomed their second son on May 11th! He is gorgeous...Garrett Washington!! He was a big boy..9 lbs 3 oz!! He's precious and the boys couldn't wait to go and hold him!! They LOVE babies!! So here they are with Garrett!
Isn't he beautiful??

Chaser

Zack

Livey..she LOVED touching and holding him! She'll be a great big sister :)

Cam!

A visit from LONG time friends!

2009-05-20T16:27:00.000-07:00

We have Known Tauna and Mitch for 17 years. They are very good friends of ours that we don't get to see often! So, on Tauna's way to see her sister, they stopped by. It was a great visit and we are so glad that they were able to stop by not once but twice! We missed Mitch, but we know he had to work! Our kids are all within 6 mths of eachother in age...crazy I know!! They are all beautiful (handsome, LEVI) and we love them!!!
Jewel playing her cello for us

The pyramid of kids!! They thought this was funny!

All their faces!! And gorgeous ones at that!

Levi and Zack (6 mths apart in age, Zack's older) playing both of their "loves"...guitars

Anna and Olivia were playing...she loved having girls here to play with!

God's creatures!

2009-05-05T18:49:00.000-07:00

Everytime I look at him, I laugh out loud!! He's just so funny!

The crew..yes God's creatures!! HAHAHA No really, these are the awesome Bible Drillers! We are VERY proud of them and how well they did this year! We love them all!!

I mean really..have you even seen a hippo on land?? I hadn't and I was in complete amazement!!!

I thought this was just beautiful!

Okay, more of God's creatures!! HAHAHA Zack, our oldest, and Russ..the youth minister!! I love them both!!

The zoo and my parents

2009-05-05T18:44:00.000-07:00

Look at the four blessings God has given us! We are truly blessed!

So crazy!

Me and Olivia in front of the China Panda bears home.

She really didn't want to take this picture, but I made her!! HAHAHA

We met up with my parents a couple of weekends ago because we haven't seen them since Christmas, a draw-back from living so far away from family, but it was a great visit!! LOVED the area we were in! We are so glad we got to see them, even if it was just for a few hours!

Chase's band concert

2009-05-05T18:41:00.000-07:00

Look at the concentration!

What's funny is that I do my mouth like that when I am concentrating!! He's playing the triangle here, which he was excited about!

Look at our gorgeous drummer!

There's nothing I can say about this except GORGEOUS!! I did her hair like this for the first time..it's long enough now!! Oh, she didn't want to get in the car!! HAHA

Doesn't she look soo cute?!?!?!?!

My model!!

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She has Cameron's hat on..when I said let me take a picture this is what she did!! She's so funny!

Pretty outfits on a gorgeous little girl!

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This is attitude...and she has ALOT of it!

This is sweetness, and she also has alot of that!

I LOVE this outfit. Mom got her the shirt and I got the pants at a consignment shop for $2.00..LOVE IT!!!

See what I have to deal with?? She's just a silly goose like her daddy and brothers!! I LOVE Winnie the Pooh..I finally got an outfit with it on there and I was SOO excited!!

Riding the horsey and being silly

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Blowing kisses to daddy while riding..she's talented!! :)

She loves the horse that my mom made for her. She is now at the perfect age to ride it bc she can get on and off of it by herself. She does hit the floor a little harder than I like for her to, but oh well!! :)

He is RISEN!! Happy Easter!!

2009-04-12T18:43:00.000-07:00

HE IS RISEN!! HE IS RISEN INDEED! How awesome is Easter? The foundation of our beliefs!! Christmas is very important, the gift of His birth, but Easter is the celebration of what He came to do! We serve a risen Savior...how awesome is that???
We hope you all had a blessed Easter! We had a great day with our family and our church family! Here are some shots of us! Hope you enjoy!
Thank you God for these precious gifts! How beautiful are they?
Take one..the 6 of us!!
BTW.. to see all the pics from this year, you go to 2009, at the bottom of the date list, and it will let you see all of them! :)
Take 2..there's just so many of us!! But WE LOVE it!!
Chase just brought her in here like this!! They are so funny!!

Close-ups!

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Me and my husband...been together 19 years!! WOW!! Love ya, baby!

Zackery...(Zack) tall boy!! HAHAHA Oldest!

Cameron, pretty eyes! Middle child!

Our smiley Chase...the baby boy!! :)
Well, ok this is a little better!! :)

Our attempt at a photo session with Olivia!!! Umm, yeah!!

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This is the only way she would stay still...copying daddy!!!

She is copying Chase here!

And here!

Crazy girl!

I mean really!!! This is what she does!!!

just us on Easter

2009-04-12T18:25:00.000-07:00

They did this pose all by themselves...I am so proud...I taught them well!! HAHA

My baby!! Love you!!

Just me! :)

Me and my boys! How gorgeous are they????

Easter Day

2009-04-12T18:16:00.000-07:00

The "Unserious, model" pose!! My crazy men!
My four gorgeous men!!
Me and my awesome babies...I know, they aren't babies..but they are still mine and I am so proud of them!!
Sooo, this is what Olivia REALLY wanted to do in her gorgeous Easter dress!! Didn't we go all the way to China for a GIRL?????? HAHAHA

Just me taking alot of pics, as usual!! :)

2009-04-11T20:54:00.000-07:00

Well, we had an Easter egg hunt today. About 20 kids showed up so it was pretty good! Chase got ALOT of eggs but you know he's gettin too big for things like this! Can't believe it's his last year to do this as a "kid!!" Three youth..oh my!!! :) Olivia didn't know what to do at first. She loved it last year, but I guess she forgot. As soon as I showed her that there was candy in them though...it was on!! She got ALOT of eggs too and laughed the whole time she was running around picking them up! It's so much fun having a little one at Easter again!! Hope I can experience it one more time bc it's kinda sad that our boys are too big..but it's okay..they enjoyed hiding them and watching her get them!! We are so blessed with these 4 children!! Well, more real Easter pics to come!! We hope everyone has a VERY blessed Easter!! We serve a RISEN Savior!!! On the third day He rose again!! PRAISE THE LORD!!! We love you!!!
She's just so sweet!

Thank you, God for this precious gift!!

Alana..can you believe we have known her (and she's been here) for 5 years now? Our first glimpse of those precious Chinese girls!! She is a very special little girl to this family!!

Buds forever!!! I ADORE this picture!!!

More huntin!!

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Isn't she absolutely gorgeous??? She has her legs like that and holding her dress so that her legs didn't touch the grass!! HAHAHA

"CHEESE!"

She got alot!!

The group..minus a few!!

"Good find, Olivia!!"

Easter egg hunt!

2009-04-11T20:45:00.000-07:00

She figured out they had candy in them :)

Looking for those eggs!

Her in her cute outfit with her basket!

Chase getting quite a bit!

Look, he gets in the bushes to find them!!!

We can make a ponytail now!! YAY!!!

2009-04-06T18:48:00.000-07:00

Our little monkey!!!

Look how beautiful her hair is in a ponytail! We were all so excited...including the boys!! :)

Saying Cheese!!! She's sooo silly!

Look at that beautiful face..madel material!! :)

Happy 59th bday Papaw Willie

2009-04-06T18:45:00.000-07:00

The whole gang (minus me of course)

Nana and Papaw

Papaw with his cool cake

Isn't that a cool cake..no I didn't make it!

We went to some caverns..can you tell!! HAHA

Just cool pics

2009-04-06T18:42:00.000-07:00

These were outside our window at the place we were staying!!

This is how close they got to Cameron and Chase

THis one was out in the woods...on the Shannandoah trail!

Okay, can you get any sweeter than this???

Look at that adoring look! I think they are both hooked!!! She does love her daddy and I can't tell you how wrapped he is around her LONG but tiny fingers!! :)

Pics of our gorgeous kids!

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Zack wanted me to take this...:)

OH MY!!! We are so blessed!

I love pics with the boys doing things with her...it just warms my heart! Thank you God for moments like these!!

I've got her trained!! She did this all by herself!! :)

Such a great big brother, Zack!!

And yet more!

2009-04-06T18:34:00.000-07:00

Olivia walking with Papaw WIllie...notice the arms behind the back bc she doesn't like ANY help doing ANYTHING!!!

Can you get any more prissy than this???

The whole gang!! Good pic huh?

Close-ups

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More vacation

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I like this one of Mrs. Betty and Mr. Willie!

This tree was sooo cool!!! See the cross??

Cameron and Chase acting like they are doing the reins!! HAHA

Cameron just chillin!

A civil war battlefield

2009-04-06T18:22:00.000-07:00

Anthony explaining how this works to Chase

Zack had pulled Olivia up this BIG hill!! He was tired!! HAHA

I ADORE this one...gonna get it blown up and possibly in black and white!

Me and my "Twin!!"

Cool pic!!!

More of vacation

2009-04-06T18:20:00.000-07:00

Olivia and Anthony walking at James Madison's house...yes, he's a real man...he is carrying my purse!!!

My cutie boy, Cameron!

My "Ghetto" boys, Zack and Chase!!!:)

Vacation for Spring Break in Virginia

2009-04-06T18:16:00.000-07:00

My handsome husband

Don't I have a beautiful family???

Our gorgeous little girl!!!

James Madison's house

Chase went and got Olivia's umbrella bc it was raining!!! HAHAHA

Friends at the party!

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Preston, Heather's nephew!!

Eli, Joy's nephew!

Brandy, the bday boys aunt!! Silly girl!!

This is Breland, Brandy is her mom!! Isn't she pretty?

Beautiful, blue-eyed Kyleigh!

Time to eat!!

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Look, she didn't get any on her! She's such a neat eater!

Olivia and thebday boy, Jalen!

I wish I knew what they were talking about...both of them are 2!

She finally knows how to drink these kind of drinks without squeezing it all over her!!!

Pretty Kyleigh getting her cardboard for the day!! HAHA

Coming down the Titanic by herself!

2009-04-06T18:07:00.000-07:00

She made it all by herself!!!

Down, down!!!

Here she comes!

Her climbing up!!! And that was a feat in itself!

What it looked like!

At Jalen's bday party

2009-04-06T18:04:00.000-07:00

She finally jumped by herself in this thing

Me and her going down the big "Titanic!"

Pretty girl!!

Silly girl...can you tell she's having a blast???

Tea time!

2009-04-06T18:01:00.000-07:00

Chase being sweet and having a tea party with Olivia ( I think he was supposed to be doing chores:)

I made him smile for real..he was a little embarrased I was taking their picture..little did he know I was putting it on the internet! HA HA

Drinking their "tea" (really sweet tea) and eating their pretzels!!

I LOVE this! She thought it was so funny that he was doing this with her! Such a sweet brother!!!

Happy 36th bday Anthony..March 3rd

2009-04-06T17:58:00.000-07:00

Me and the b-day boy! Sorry I look so rough!!!:)

Anthony with 4 of his favorite people!

The birthday boy!

Anthony likes to golf, so I thought that I would try to make him a golf cake...this is how it turned out. The green things sticking up are trees!! :)

The last of the snow pics

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Olivia in front of our house

Our street..it was really pretty snow

Cameron giving Olivia a bite of snow!!

Cameron trying to let her hold it

I LOVE this one!! So sweet!

More snow

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our precious kids

Anthony acting like he has been stuck on a mountain in a blizzard!!! Silly man!!!

Olivia has her ammo!!!

Zack...he's cold!! :)

Cameron LOVES the snow!

Snow on MARCH 1ST!!!!

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Olivia trying to hit Anthony with a snowball
Anthony getting hit by one of the boys with a snowball!!!! HAHAHA
Chase getting amo!!
Anthony and the kids
me and the kids (Yes Zack is taller than me and Anthony now...6 ft tall!!!!)

little drummer girl!

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Chase is playing the drums..and very well I might add...so he has these practice drums in his room. EVERYDAY Olivia goes in there and plays them. She looks like a pro bc she watches Chase and she's a copycat BIG TIME!! So, she even crosses her arms to play too!!! When she's on the ground just playing air drums she even uses her foot for the bass drum...hilarious!!! (Excuse the walls, we are in the process of re-painting Chase's room!!!)

Sticker fun!

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okay, Olivia LOVES stickers! She takes them off the paper and puts them everywhere!!! She is in love with Mickey Mouse and gang right now, but these stickers are from a big book of night-time stories we got her for Christmas..needless to say, Chase likes to play with her and since she likes stickers, he let her put them all over him and he put them on her!! Silly kids!!

Big Girl in her BIG bed!

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When I bought this bed, I thought that the ledge was up farther than this, so it's a little concerning..but Anthony says that her weight will make it too hard to fall off...I trust him so I hope he's right!! :)

Me and my Pony!!!

See my ladybugs MeMe and Papaw John got Momma for her bday before I even got here???

She looks so little in that bed, but she was so excited. She can get down by herself..hopefully the full meaning won't sink in for a while!!! :)

BIG GIRL BED!!!! AAGGGHHHH

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Well, although I was going to wait until she was 2.5 or 3, because of the severe pain in my back lately, I decided we should convert Olivia's bed into a toddler bed! Yes, I am a little sad, but I am hoping that my back says, "Thank you!!" Tonight is our first night so I will update on how it goes!! I hope it's an easy transition. Please pray that she don't fall off :) and that she sleeps well and comes to my room when she wakes up and not straight to the panty like she likes to do!! :)

"Helping" daddy!

"Helping" Zack

Cameron was all on board..something "constructive" to do!

See, I can do this too!!

Chase doing his part!

Time with daddy and Kyleigh!!!

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Giving daddy kisses!!

About to give daddy kisses!! Look at her hands on his face..so funny!

Sweet picture!

Giving Kyleigh kisses too!

Two beautiful little girls...they are friends too...Kyleigh smiles at her all the time and Olivia just has to be her "Mommy." Kyleigh is 6 mths old!!

Valentine's cont.

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Olivia got a new night outfit.. (this one) Look how long her hair is getting!!

Soo cute on her

And this princess umbrella she picked out!! :) See her hair up?? So cute with her Valentine dress!

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Anthony got an Xbox game and one of his favorite candies...Peanut M&M's

Silly Chase got some pants, t-shirts and starburst

Zack got this shirt, some t-shirts and blow-pops

Cam got these pants and t-shirts and skittles!

Look at the pretty bags!

Happy 1st Bday, Roman!!!

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This is the cake I was making...pretty cool huh??

He LOVES balloons!

THE MONSTER...after eating the icing off his Lion cupcake...he was trying to get my camera!

Olivia wearing the shirt that Aunt Lana made for her!

Our beautiful little girl!!!

YUMMY!!!CAKE!!!

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I was making Roman's cake for his 1st bday and I had some batter left over. Olivia watched patiently as I made the cake, bringing me a bowl every now and then! So when I used all I needed, she got the rest! Can you tell she LOVED it???
This is how she ate it. She turned it so the handle was right at her mouth so that she could scoop as much as possible in her mouth!! Smart girl!

CHEESE!!!!

Look at the mess!! Needless to say, we had a BIG bath after this!

She's stirring it up!

YUMMY!!!

Another snow day...not alot though!

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Aren't they sweet? Zack didn't want to come out and play in the snow, surprise!!! :)

So sweet! They took her out and let her play...such wonderful big brothers!! She is a lucky girl!

They went across the street and played with the quads and Cooper!! (quads are:Wren, Bailey Ann, Barrett and Gideon) Cooper, however, is trying to kiss my daughter!!!! This is an ongoing thing with him though..he thinks she's, "Pretty!" Can you blame him!!! I called his mom and told her and she just laughed!!

Just misc. pics

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okay, so I wanted a picture without her jacket on...well she was tired (it was after church and time for a nap) so this is what I got :(

Just seconds before the meltdown...with the jacket on! My parents gave her this outfit....she looked really cute in it!

Our silly, Chase!!! Trying to be cool for his Myspace picture :)

That's more like it son!!! Love you!!

New Outfits!!! :)

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Zack went to get Olivia because she thought she wanted to play...IN HER SUNDAY DRESS!!!

Anthony and I matched this day, so we took a picture! :) (Another new suit:)

My mom got Olivia this hat and purse before we went to get her!! The dress matched so...here is our sweet, little old lady! HAHAHAHAHA

Here she's even slouched over like a sweet little old lady!! I just love this!! :)

More Chinese new Year.

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This is the dragon walk. They have a big head of a dragon and material behind it. All the kids walk under the material, holding it, and one person holds the head. They walk around the room on "pop-paper" and it makes ALOT of popping sounds. It represents the fire crackers that they do in China on New Year.

Olivia and Alana...Olivia was tired of smiling!

Isnt' she beautiful? She's just been home since April and believe it or not..she was BALD when they got her!! :)

Another beautiful little girl!

Celebrating Chinese New Year

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Julie, Alana, Olivia and me! Every year there is a New Year celebration at a church in Cordova, TN. We think it's important for her to go because it gives her the opportunity to see other Asian kids as well as learn a little about her heritage. The kids are BEAUTIFUL!!!

Olivia with the Chinese flag behind her :)

Alana DID dance! We didn't know if she would but she did and she was great! Way to go, Alana!!!

SNOW!!!!!

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This is her second time in snow! She LOVES being out there, cold and all.

Pretty girl!

Ummm. I don't think I like sitting in it!!

She wrote on her face with a marker, that's the black spot! She didn't know what to do with herself out there.

Let's try walking around a bit!

My handsome husband!

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We bought him new suits...first time in a while...His parents got him this gorgeous shirt and tie to go with it for his bday! He looks GREAT!!!

Cameron took these pictures...he did a pretty good job! :)

Goodbye 2008!

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Over all, 2008 has been a pretty good year! Zack turned 15, and got his permit..he's in the 10th grade and doing great. Cameron turned 13, and is in the 8th grade doing great! Chase turned 12 and he's in the 6th grade and doing pretty well. He's been hurt twice this past year, but it could've been worse :) He also accepted Christ as his Savior and was baptised on his birthday in July!! PRAISE THE LORD!! All three boys will be spending eternity with us in Heaven...We are a very blessed family and we never go one day without thanking God that He's got his hands on us everyday! We have wonderful family that we love to be around and don't get to see enough. We also have a wonderful church family! Our friends are awesome and we love them all so much.
We look forward to seeing what blessings are in store for 2009..hopefully we can glorify God through all of our lives and everyone can see Him through us. We wish all of you a very blessed 2009 and can't wait to let you all know the things that happen with us this year. We hope you keep us posted on all of your lives also. Thank you for all you do for us and for loving us! We love you all!!!

Just being silly!!

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She's in jail!! HAHAHA

Ummmm I don't think she likes it???

Okay, maybe she does!!! :)

Me and Olivia and Ro-Ro!!

Lana, Olivia and Roman!!

Christmas with the Hughey's

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Roman LOVED Olivia's tea set

Silly boy!

Lana made this purple checkered blanket and 4 napkins to go with Olivia's tea set! She loved it!

Soooo did Roman!! HAHAHA

More presents and anniversary flowers

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Olivia giving Roman his gifts!

Lana and Jasen gave the boys a WII game and The movie...The Dark Knight!

Ro-Ro opening his gifts.

My flowers Anthony gave me for our 16th anniversary!!

16 roses for 16 years! Love ya babe!!

Our beautiful little girl!!!

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Can't get more beautiful than this!!!

Our pretty girl! Just woke up from her nap in the car!

This is the outfit that JoyJoy gave her...she found out it had pockets and was so excited!!

YAY!!!! Doesn't she look cute? And look at those shoes!!! Uncle Cortney and Aunt Kristi gave her some Sperry's!! She's not spoiled is she???? HAHAHA

2009

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Me and Anthony..2 days away from our 16th anniversary

Papaw Willie

Nana

And Dick Clark...he's in many pics of our new year celebrations!! HAHAHA

The Barrows at the start of 2009!

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Chris

Andrea

Silly Andrew

Aaron and Ethan

Brittney

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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What Olivia did for New Year!!!

Chase

Cameron

Zackery

And more gifts

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Andrea and Chris got Olivia a Wiggles CD... look at that smile on her face...She LOVED it!! And that's dirt on her foot!!! :)

Mrs. Betty got a shirt that she loved!

Papaw Willie got a book he had asked for.

And so did Andrea!

We got so many more things and gave so many more things! We are so blessed to have wonderful Christmases with both sides of our family. We have such a great time at both places and although hectic traveling...we love being with our families at this time. God has blessed us immeasurably with safety for travel and money to be able to buy for others...We love watching everyone open their gifts from us and we love just being there. God is just awesome!!

And then all the gifts!

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We got Andrew this cool dog..he LOVES animals!

We got Ethan a Star Wars thing!! HAHAHA

And Aaron!!

Chris got a Cowboys hat with his name engraved on the back.

Brit got shoes!

Christmas at the Langley's

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Mrs. Betty and Mr. Willie

The FIRST Langley's! :)

All 8 grandchildren...from just 2 kids!!!:)

Our beautiful kids!!!

Thought this was kinda cool! Can you tell they are all used to taking pics??? HAHAHA Atleast they were all looking! :)

Kayla and Gidget..my mom and dad's "kids"

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Kayla is the golden retriever and Gidget is the little one...she's a maltese and yorkie mix! Beautiful dogs!!! Love them!

Kayla and Gidget..my mom and dad

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A visit with my Memaw Nancy, my mom's mom!

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The three generations

Me and Memaw Nancy

my family with her

The four generations!

My kids with her...she doesn't smile much :)

Memaw Nancy is 76 years old. She has lived by herself since the death of my Papaw Charlie 3 years ago. She's doing okay. Still can't hear well and just as fiesty as ever. She is the last of my grandparents living. I have been very fortunate in knowing all of my grandparents very well and my kids (except for Olivia) have known all of them too. It was good to get to see her this Christmas!

Simply beautiful!

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Cool pics and my brother and sis-in-law!

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Took some pics for Kristi of her and Cort....here are a few! I love this one!

Looks like they are flirting huh???

Cool things my camera can do!!

I love this thing!!

Look at Kayla in the background!! Cool huh????

More at mom and dad's

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Cortney and Kristi are having a new house built, and Kristi had asked for frames also...thought these were pretty!

The boys getting their "Santa" at Meme and Papaw's! A WII!!!

Cortney taking all his LOOT in the net we bought him...or maybe he's a hobo??? Not really sure!! HAHAHA I have a silly brother!!

Dad opening his book we gave him. He loved it!

I got mom those water globes that go in the plants and give them water...she liked them too!

Christmas at my parents house

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Cortney and Kristi gave Anthony this UFC shirt! He was so excited...he wears it everytime a fight is on!! Silly boy!!

We got Cortney Lego's, yes he's 30!!! But needs to do something constructive with his hands!! HAHAHA I think he liked them...what about you???

We gave Kristi 2 books she asked for. She had already started reading one b4 that night! She's so smart.....love ya!!!

"Santa" at mom's gave Olivia this Walmart cart!! She LOVED it! Pushed it everywhere and put all kids of things in it! She wouldn't let it get too far from her either...silly girl!

All the presents under mom and dad's tree...yeah, we are just a little spoiled!!! :)

Gifts from special friends!

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Heather got Olivia this pretty black dress! Love it and Joy got her a white jumper set that I have been looking at for a while! (And a red turtle neck to got under it!!LOVE them both!!

The McClure and Traylor family gave the boys shirts and candy! Man did they need shirts, not so much the candy!! HAHAHA Just kidding!

Heather and I got Joy the Zebra purse with pink on it that she had been wanting for so long, but not sure if she still wanted it bc everyone has one now!! HAHAHA hope you do like it Joy...:)

I got Heather this bag. She is a teacher and has said that people don't get her much teacher stuff.. This bag is great for taking papers and books back and forth from school to home and I think it's pretty too!! Hope you like it Heather!

Gifts to other very special kids

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Alana LOVES Hello Kitty, so we got her a few things with it on there and a cute "sparkly" shirt! She LOVES sparkle:)
Luke wanted help opening his shirts from the McClure and Langley families.
Not Landon, he just ripped it open!!! :)
Beautiful Kyleigh opening her toy from us! Love the bow!
Ben and Ethan got a movie from us too. They LOVED it!

Olivia's loot and sweet face

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