Today we celebrate Gabrielle's 9th birthday! I can hardly believe it. We celebrated last week-end with an ice skating party with her siblings and lots of friends.
This afternoon she will share cupcakes at school with friends. Then it is off to Clare's to shop. Next stop is gymnastics practice where she will once again have cupcakes with her friends.
Thank you God for blessing me with another child. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GABRIELLE!!!!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Crazy Days!!!!!
Well, it's been a while since my last post. Go figure with the crazy month we had, who had time to even breathe.
January was filled with birthday parties, (Jan 4 - mine), preparing for a gymnastics meet at our gym featuring Olympic Gymnast Dominique Dawes and sick kids. Hunter and Hope were sick all week-end during the met. Gabrielle missed 3 days of school following the meet. There is definitely something going around lots of kids and adults were sick but finally feeling better. Thank God.
Well I managed to make it through my birthday hardly believing that I turned 43 wow!
The last week-end of the month was very busiy preparing for the meet. Seeing Dominique again after a few months was very exciting. The girls love her! She is very motivating and loves to encourage the girls. She is very down to earth. The boys almost had a chance to go with her to get coffee at Starbucks but, that got canned. Maybe next time.
Gabrielle made one of her goals that day by receiving a 9.0 on Beam. It was a beautiful routine! She got an 8.2 on vault, 8.65 on floor and 7.85 on bars. She continues to improve her scores at each meet. So much so that she has already made it to state in May. The team placed 3rd and Gabrielle placed 4th on Beam and Floor and 8th on vault. Way to go!
Frank continues to work hard and is taking classes to complete his credentials for ministry. God has big plans for us in 2008!
Hope all is well with you all.
January was filled with birthday parties, (Jan 4 - mine), preparing for a gymnastics meet at our gym featuring Olympic Gymnast Dominique Dawes and sick kids. Hunter and Hope were sick all week-end during the met. Gabrielle missed 3 days of school following the meet. There is definitely something going around lots of kids and adults were sick but finally feeling better. Thank God.
Well I managed to make it through my birthday hardly believing that I turned 43 wow!
The last week-end of the month was very busiy preparing for the meet. Seeing Dominique again after a few months was very exciting. The girls love her! She is very motivating and loves to encourage the girls. She is very down to earth. The boys almost had a chance to go with her to get coffee at Starbucks but, that got canned. Maybe next time.
Gabrielle made one of her goals that day by receiving a 9.0 on Beam. It was a beautiful routine! She got an 8.2 on vault, 8.65 on floor and 7.85 on bars. She continues to improve her scores at each meet. So much so that she has already made it to state in May. The team placed 3rd and Gabrielle placed 4th on Beam and Floor and 8th on vault. Way to go!
Frank continues to work hard and is taking classes to complete his credentials for ministry. God has big plans for us in 2008!
Hope all is well with you all.
Friday, January 4, 2008
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Boy does time sure fly by. What happen to the year 2007? Hope that you all had a very blessed Christmas. We had a great time away in Florida. The weather was unbelievable. Temperatures were in the hi 70's and got as high as 88. Thank goodness we packed a pair of shorts.
While we enjoyed our time away, all 4 kids were sick with fevers and colds from 12/23-12/26. Thankfully, Gabrielle was at the end of her cold when it came time for her practice and competition on Friday and Saturday. Her team came in 3rd place while she finished up 10th coming in 7th place on both beam and floor.
Hope-Elizabeth had a great time during her first ever trip to Magic Kingdom. December is a very busy time of year their. Disney ended up closing the park at around 12:30 on Christmas Day and giving free parking to Epcot with a shuttle ride back to MK. There was an estimated 800,000 people in attendance. All of the parks were crowded, so we didn't get to ride many rides but we did enjoy a couple of parades.
Most of the parks were crowded but we made the most of it which was good. It could have been a very stressful time. We picked up or nephew Jordan on the way down to FL and surprised all of the kids by presenting him with a ticket to Disney World. He had never been either. What a treat. I have to say, there were times when I didn't think that they enjoyed the parks early on but we made it through.
Made it back to MD on New Year's Eve and spent a quite evening at home with a few friends by bringing the New Year in with prayer. What a great way to spend the evening. Oh yea I almost forgot, my sister had her twins on 12/31/07. A boy, Davonte weighing in at 4lbs 11 oz and a little girl named Devon weighing 3lbs 13 oz. They are both healthy but will have to stay in the NICU for a few weeks but all in all they are fine and so is little sis. She should be home on Monday next week.
Today I celebrate what I can not believe is my 43rd birthday! Wow! All I can say is thank you God for allowing me to see another year. I look forward toa great year full of health, a closer walk with God and His presence as well as big changes in 2008 (new beginnings). I pray that you all as well as my family and children experience God's love in '08.
Check ya later!
While we enjoyed our time away, all 4 kids were sick with fevers and colds from 12/23-12/26. Thankfully, Gabrielle was at the end of her cold when it came time for her practice and competition on Friday and Saturday. Her team came in 3rd place while she finished up 10th coming in 7th place on both beam and floor.
Hope-Elizabeth had a great time during her first ever trip to Magic Kingdom. December is a very busy time of year their. Disney ended up closing the park at around 12:30 on Christmas Day and giving free parking to Epcot with a shuttle ride back to MK. There was an estimated 800,000 people in attendance. All of the parks were crowded, so we didn't get to ride many rides but we did enjoy a couple of parades.
Most of the parks were crowded but we made the most of it which was good. It could have been a very stressful time. We picked up or nephew Jordan on the way down to FL and surprised all of the kids by presenting him with a ticket to Disney World. He had never been either. What a treat. I have to say, there were times when I didn't think that they enjoyed the parks early on but we made it through.
Made it back to MD on New Year's Eve and spent a quite evening at home with a few friends by bringing the New Year in with prayer. What a great way to spend the evening. Oh yea I almost forgot, my sister had her twins on 12/31/07. A boy, Davonte weighing in at 4lbs 11 oz and a little girl named Devon weighing 3lbs 13 oz. They are both healthy but will have to stay in the NICU for a few weeks but all in all they are fine and so is little sis. She should be home on Monday next week.
Today I celebrate what I can not believe is my 43rd birthday! Wow! All I can say is thank you God for allowing me to see another year. I look forward toa great year full of health, a closer walk with God and His presence as well as big changes in 2008 (new beginnings). I pray that you all as well as my family and children experience God's love in '08.
Check ya later!
Monday, December 3, 2007
One Down 7 More to Go
Gabrielle made it through her first Level 5 competition and took 2nd place on beam with a score of 8.9. Her team took 1st place. We are so very proud of them the girls did a great job!
Friday, November 30, 2007
Let the Competition Begin!
Tomorrow, we leave for Gabrielle's first Level 5 gymnastics competition in Fruitland, MD near Salisbury at the DelMarva Gymnastics Academy.
Please keeep her and the girls in your prayers as they prepare and pray that they all compete to the best of their abilities.
We Will let you know how she does when we get back.
Please keeep her and the girls in your prayers as they prepare and pray that they all compete to the best of their abilities.
We Will let you know how she does when we get back.
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