Happy Easter!



When you have been at church all morning and you have a hungry and tired 5 month old and 24 month old, then you get a dog's tushy in your Family Easter pictures.  Oh, well...it's given us a bunch of good laughs and it didn't stop me from printing a pic and putting it on my mantle.  :)




Again, with the dog.  Claire and Lauren with Grandma and Granddaddy.




Probably the best picture of the day.  They were waiting patiently for all of us to get ready for pictures.





This year, Nana sent some super cute buckets and plastic eggs for Claire and Lauren, from Texas.  She had a blast "finding" the eggs that we "hid" for her.  It was a new game to her.



We had such a blessed Easter this year.  Claire was old enough to "talk" to us about the real meaning of the day.  Nana sent lots of goodies from Texas including matching dresses for the girls.  (Oh, how I am soooo into matching clothes for my girls...who am I???  HA!!).  My heart was full of joy at church as I was able to truly reflect on my relationship with God and celebrate that Jesus is still Alive!!  Have you ever heard about how you can have a personal relationship with God?  This is why we joyfully celebrate Easter and why it's more than a time for us to put on pretty dresses and eat a great meal with family:

*God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life.
"I came so that they might have life and have it abundantly" John 10:10

*Man is sinful and seperated from God.  Therefore we cannot know and experience God's love and plan for our lives.
"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23

*Jesus is God's only provision for our sin.  Through HIM, we can know and experience God's plan for our life.
"God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

*We must individually receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can know and experience God's plan for us. 
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him." Revelation 3:20

Years ago, both Bradley and I made our individual decisions to enter into a personal relationship with Jesus.  And we pray that our girls will someday as well.  Have you?

Our Beautiful Girls

Here are some photos of our lives lately:


One day this week, I went to get Claire up from her nap and this is what I found...sitting up, feet under the bed rail, socks off and hair in disarray. Love this girl!


Apparently my 25 pound 22 month old can sit in the Bumbo. She is so crazy!

So excited about our 'new to us' double jogger. Before I even got pregnant with Lauren, Bradley's parents spotted this at a yard sale for $20 and I told them to get it! (I just KNEW we were gonna have another kiddo someday). We finally have a reason to use it. Claire and I took it out for a test drive earlier this week.

Her hair is getting so long now and it's just gorgeous! I couldn't help taking this snapshot of her beautiful hair.

Lauren had lunch one day with Claire and I (she just sat in her Bumbo on the table while we ate), although she doesn't look too happy about it. She was ready for a nap!

Claire loves to go 'see the horses' with Granddaddy! If you walk through the woods behind our house there is a horse farm not too far from us. There is a huge pond and horses that they love to walk to if the weather permits.

Claire wants to hold Lauren as much as possible now. She will even walk up to us when I'm feeding Lauren and put her hands on her and say, "I hold you?". Sweet girl.

Several weeks ago, a sweet family from church gave us a bundle of hand-me-downs. In it was this cute little headband. Claire calls it her 'necklace' and wears it around her neck all the time. The night this photo was taken, her Daddy put it on her like this and called her Jane Fonda. We laughed and laughed and she had a great time.

My girls L.O.V.E their Daddy! And he just ADORES them. I love this picture of the 3 loves of my life.

Little Chatterbox

This morning I was feeding Lauren when Bradley went to get Claire out of bed. I heard about 10 minutes of random comments to him from her. I couldn't help but laugh at all of her randomness. She gets so excited when she wakes up from her nap that she just starts talking to talk. Hmmm...I wonder who she takes after? Uh, certainly not my "chooses his words wisely" husband. :) Here are some things that I overheard this morning:

*"Daddy!"...with excitement that he came and woke her
*"I sit"...sometimes she sits up in bed when we come and get her
*"A nap"...she thinks that when she wakes up in the morning she's just woken from a nap
*"Book!"...she must've seen a book
*"Dora Seat"...she has a little couch in her room that has Dora the Explorer on it
*"Bear"...she was playing with a little bear last night before going to bed...she must've seen it
*"Neckie"...i.e. necklace...she was playing with it last night before going to bed...same as above
*"Diaper"...she gets her diaper changed
*"Mama, Lauren"...Bradley just told her that Mama was in with Lauren
*"Eat?"...even if she's not hungry...she asks to eat after waking up in the morning.
*"Dog goes 'ruff ruff'"...who knows why this was said!! :)

And of course...I overheard Bradley cracking up at our sweet little girl. She is so funny to us. Now that she's learning so many new words each day...she wants to "practice" saying them constantly. We love it and we love her!

Jesus Book

Claire loves to read. Just this morning, during her roomtime she was sitting in the floor surrounded by all of her books, reading. I have a pile of books in Lauren's room for Claire to look at while I'm feeding Lauren. One of those books is the Bible that Bradley and I purchased her when I was still pregnant with her. She calls it her "Jesus Book". It is so sweet and everytime I hear her refer to her Bible as the Jesus Book, I just melt. (I know, I melt at a lot of things that she says & does).

Claire is also learning more and more words each day. She is repeating just about everything that we say in hopes to learn how to say the words. It is precious! Some words that are in her daily vocabulary are:

~"hibbits"...i.e. hiccups. Both Claire & Lauren had the "hibbits" yesterday.


~dog, cat, monkey, hippo, lion, frog, sheep, duck, bird, walrus, bear, bunny...etc. All animals that you can think of. She loves animals and the sounds they make.


~All family member's names: Nannie (Nana), Gampa (Grandpa), Gamma (Grandma), Gee (Granddaddy), Ashee (Ashley), Titeen (Christine), Tia (Tara), Teton (Steven), Angy (easy to say, I guess), Don (John), Char-Jake (refers to both Charlie AND Jake together), Adeeya (Adaya), Ellio (Elliot). She even knows the family dogs names: Cletus, Duke, Sam, Laddie, Rosie, Baxter.



It is a JOY to be the mom of this precious girl. I love teaching her new things. I love the look on her face when she learns something new. I love the look on her face when she knows that she has obeyed me and I'm happy about that. That precious smile. I love the excitement that she gets when she hears her daddy's truck pulling into the driveway after a day at work. I love that she enjoys going to wake up Lauren from her naps with me. I love that she enjoys the outdoors like her daddy does. I love that she calls her Bible her "Jesus Book". I just love this precious girl.

And baby makes 4

It seems as though the last 6 months, I just can't keep this blog updated! Well, a lot has happened with our family. On November 23, we welcomed our second daughter, Lauren Kathryn Wilkie. Even though it was 3 days past my due date, we were still taken a little by surprise. I had been experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions for several weeks and had even sat at home timing contractions a few times the week that she was born. The week before Lauren was born I saw my doctor and she strongly recommended that I not go past 41 weeks. I was very anxious about when Lauren's arrival was going to be because of the Sears store...Bradley HAD to work Black Friday, which was 6 days after my due date. (Claire was 8 days past her due date). My doctor had me schedule an ultrasound for 2 days after my due date for us to make sure the baby was still healthy and thriving. I was familiar with this because I went through it when I was pregnant with Claire too. However, with Lauren, unlike Claire, the ultrasound did not show that Lauren was "thriving". They measure several different movements as well as the level of fluid and on one of the tests, Lauren measured 1 out of 4...which didn't make the doctors happy. They recommended that I go in THAT NIGHT for an induction. I was SUPER sad...I even started crying at the appointment. I did NOT want to be induced again...I wanted this baby to come on his/her own time. (We did not find out the gender of Lauren before she was born...we did the same with Claire). Well I, of course, trusted my doctors and followed their recommendations and proceeded to make the round of phone calls and run a few errands before checking myself into the hospital. First to be called...Bradley...who was SHOCKED that I was heading to the hospital (as was I). Why were we so surprised? I mean, I was 2 days late!! Once we both made it to the hospital and I got settled into my room, I met with the doctor. She told me that they were going to induce me a different way than I was induced with Claire. In most women, it jump starts labor within 6 hours. In a small percentage of women, labor starts within 1 hour and in another small percentage of women, they have to start pitocin (which is what I had with Claire) after the 6 hour mark. Because it took several hours for labor to start when I was induced with Claire, Bradley and I settled in for a long night. His brother even stopped by to see us after he got off of work. Well, during that visit, I started to feel bad...could I have contractions already?? It had been less than 30 mins since I was induced! Well, in less than an hour I was having some serious contractions...the kind that you have to concentrate on....the kind that you cannot talk through. Bradley walked his brother to the car and while he was out there got my overnight bag and a few other things. And while he was gone, labor progressed fast! My labor and delivery nurse was right there with me through it all and said that she thought we would have a baby before midnight! WHAT? My labor with Claire was 15 hours! And didn't the doc say that most women took hours for this kind of induction to start? It had only been 45 mins to an hour!! I was in so much pain, though, that I went ahead and asked for my epidural...before Bradley even returned from the car! He was SHOCKED that I asked for it in that short amount of time. Finally, I got my epidural...and we both thought that we could get some sleep or at least some rest before this baby came. Well...Lauren had a different plan. As soon as I laid down, I started feeling bad. There was no sleep and no rest for me! At 12:48 am on November 23, we welcomed our second baby girl into this world. I was CONVINCED that she was going to be a boy! And THRILLED that she was a girl! I couldn't believe it! We had TWO girls!! We were both so overcome with joy...and surprised...that Lauren was here. My labor was a total of just 5 hours and 15 mins! Start to finish. As I'm typing this, I still can't believe it!

Well, the next few days for us weren't as smooth as the first. We found out that Lauren's bilirubin level was high and she needed to stay in the hospital longer than we expected. She was put on a bili-bed on Wednesday and HATED it. She cried literally all day. We could not hold her, unless I was feeding her. And because she was awake and crying all day, everytime I'd feed her she'd fall right to sleep. By that night her glucose level dropped dangerously low and we were persuaded to supplement with some formula (which devestated me). After quite the ordeal on
Wednesday and Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) we finally got the go-ahead to come home on Thursday evening. We got home at 6 pm on Thanksgiving night. Bradley's parents brought Claire home to us and I finally got to spend some quality time with my firstborn. I missed her so much when I was at the hospital. My heart hurt I missed her so much. The next few weeks with her would be tough. It was a bit of a transition for her, going from only child to older sister. But, after a few weeks, she grew to love Lauren and now asks me where she is and asks to kiss her head when I go to put Lauren down for naps. She is so sweet with her and it fills this Mom's heart with joy that she loves her so much. It's been 2 months since we brought Lauren home from the hospital. The first 2 weeks were tough...Bradley worked A LOT, I slept very little, Claire had some emotional days when I didn't know what to do with her. But, the Lord was good to me...He showed me grace and love and answered my many prayers for my family. Lauren is such a sweet baby. From the beginning, she's really been a great nighttime sleeper. What a blessing! She is now starting to organize her daytime sleep. Here are some other 2 month stats:

~12 1/2 lbs...over 1 lb heavier than her big sister was at the same age!
~smiles a lot...the person she smiles at the most? Big Sister, of course!
~she is a social child. she is calm as can be as long as someone else is in the room with her.
~much to her mama's dismay...she is not sleeping longer than 5 hours at a time at night...however, she will go right back to sleep. I have not had to walk around the house bouncing her to soothe her. So even though I may not be getting a lot of sleep yet, at least I'm not up for hours at a time!

I love this little girl more than I ever imagined. She is a true joy in our lives and often makes us laugh. I always knew I wanted to be a mom, but never imagined being a mom would be SO rewarding! Thank you, Lord, for giving me these children. They are a true blessing and I can't imagine my life with out them.

Christmas!

I know, I know...I'm late getting this post up...but it overwhelmed me to even think about weeding through all of my Christmas photos to put up on the blog...until today. :) We had such an amazing holiday. Bradley had 4 days off of work and we just got to hang out as a family. On Christmas Eve afternoon, my family in TX were opening up their presents and so we decided to open our presents from them during that same time. Then that night we went to the Wilkie's to open presents there. Then on Christmas Day Bradley, Claire and I opened presents (and stockings) for our family. Beforehand though we read Claire the "Christmas Story" in Luke. Years ago, I gave Bradley a family Bible and had our name engraved on the front of it, with the intentions of it being used for moments like this. We opened that Bible and read the story of Jesus' birth as a family. Our heart's desire is for Claire to grow up knowing that the reason why we give and receive presents at Christmas is because Jesus gave us the ultimate present in Himself. And we celebrate his birth at this time of year.

Bradley's giving me "the look" when I said, "Look at the camera, honey!" with such cheer. :) He he he...He's putting together the wagon that Nana and Grandpa gave to Claire.

Claire LOVED the wagon!

Our beautiful stockings.

Santa Mom passing out presents!

"All of these are for ME?!?"

The wrapping and ribbons were more fun at times.

"Thank you, Nana, for wrapping my presents in this super fun ribbon!"

"A ball popper?? That makes LOTS of noise? And will have Mommy and Daddy chasing balls all over the living room when they fly out of the top of the toy? THANKS Aunt Angy and Uncle John!!!!"

Claire LOVED the blocks that Uncle Jr sent to her!!

She's about to open up her stocking from Mom and Dad.

Helping Daddy open up her gift from us.

"It's a riding/walking toy! I'm super excited!!"

A yoga mat for the Wii! (I must be fair and put embarassing photos of me on the blog too)

Christmas morning Belgium waffles. Cooked on my NEW waffle iron that Uncle Jr sent to me. THANKS Uncle Jr!

Reflections on a Decade

As headlines on the Internet light up with the media's take on the highlights of the decade...I thought about the highlights in my life over the last 10 years. For one thing...I'm a little sad that I can now view my life in "decades". But at the same time...age brings a lot of experiences that are not forgotten. The past 10 years have been momentous for me. It's hard to imagine another decade in my life that could have as much activity as this past one...but I know there will be many (Lord willing). All that being said...I thought that I'd share some of the highlights of the last 10 years of my life:

2000~Graduated from college and began my first job. I was officially "on my own" and loved the excitement of the unknown of the future. I imagine that never again will I be as eager for the unknown as I was 10 years ago. :)

2001~My family welcomed 2 new family members...my brother-in-law, John, and my nephew, Jake. When Jake was born my life was completely changed. I instantly became infatuated with this precious child and LOVED him more than I thought I could love a child (little did I know that 8 years later I'd experience an even deeper love with my own child).

2002~I traveled overseas for the first time and simultaneously met my future husband on the same trip.

2003~I grew up a lot in this year and learned things about myself that were difficult but necessary to learn in order for me to become a better person, most notably a better wife to Bradley. This year I left the job that I started when I graduated college (this was VERY emotional and difficult) and also became engaged to Bradley.

2004~I married my best friend and instantly had 2 additional parents, 2 brothers and another grandmother. The Wilkie's have treated me as their own since Day 1!! We also purchased our first home and I started a new job...at an employer that I'd be with for over 4 years!

2005~We welcomed yet another person into our family...our sister-in-law, Tara. Little did I know at that time that I'd grow to truly love and value her as much as I do today!

2006~The birth of our 2nd nephew, Charlie and the passing of my precious Papa, both within 6 weeks of each other. Both of these people have filled my life with laughter...my Papa during my childhood and Charlie, well, the last 4 years. :)

2007~Bradley and I moved away from everything that I had ever known. One of the most difficult, yet rewarding things I've done. We sold that first house that year. I think I will always love that house. During this year we also went to visit family in East Asia and welcomed a niece to the family! Precious Adaya.

2008~We purchased our second home (where we live today) and became pregnant with our precious baby girl. I was also laid off from my job...a surprisingly emotional experience...and Bradley had a motorcycle accident that made us both realize that the Lord can take us home at any moment He chooses...

2009~The birth of our Claire. No other words need apply. :) We also welcomed another nephew to the family, adorable Elliot and said goodbye to Bradley's beloved grandmother, MaMa.

What an amazing decade. What does the next one have in store for our family??

So happy on our wedding day!

Claire Marie born March 29, 2009.

Christmas, 2009.

Nephews Jake and Charlie.

Niece and nephew, Adaya and Elliot.

A Case of the Mondays

The past two Monday morning have been quite eventful for Bradley. Both days he had to be at work early...and when I say early, I mean E-A-R-L-Y. Last week he was having breakfast at 5:30 and heard an awful shriek outside. Since it was dark, he had to grab a flashlight to see what was going on. He went to Baxter's dog pen and realized that the chihuahua from down the street had slipped underneath the fence and was hung up on our electric fence. (This is the same electric fence that has killed a squirrel and a weasel). It took him 30 minutes to get that dog out of the dog pen. He kept on backing up into the fence, then Bradley would turn off the fence, then the dog would back himself into the corner. At one point, the dog even got up on top of Baxter's dog house and was trying to jump the privacy fence! And this was all before 6:00 am!! Wow! (The dog is okay).

Well, THIS Monday, Bradley, again, had to be at work early. He left the house a little after 6:00. The phone rang at 6:08 (I looked at the clock) and he was calling to tell me to wake the baby and come and pick him up just down the road...he'd hit 2 deer and totaled his little car. We quickly got off of the phone and I got dressed and found the car keys. Then I called him back and he said that his dad was on the way to pick him up so I could hold tight and I didn't have to wake the baby. (Thank goodness....I sure do hate having to wake her!). Bradley's dad brought him back to the house and Bradley jumped in my Camry and drove to work and his mom and dad pulled the little car back over to the house. The accident was literally just down the road from our house. Wow. What a morning.

Let's hope that next Monday is just a regular Monday. And, thank you, Lord for protecting Bradley! Oh how the memories flooded back from last September when Bradley was in his motorcycle accident. The Lord has protected Bradley from serious injury in two accidents in just one year. Thank you, Lord!

Claire Marie

Claire Marie Wilkie


Claire and her proud Daddy about to leave the hospital and go home.

Our precious Claire arrived on March 29th. After just one week, we just can't imagine our lives without her. Thank you, Lord, for our precious child. More pics to come...

Why we celebrate

This year, Bradley and I will not be at home for Christmas...we'll be in Texas with our family. So, we decided last night to go ahead and exhange our gifts from each other (plus a few that our family had sent to us here at the house). One thing that we absolutely want to be reminded of throughout the Christmas season is why we celebrate Christmas and exchange gifts...especially now that we are starting a family.

Bradley and I celebrate Christmas because it is a time that we remember the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Jesus is God that came to earth as a man. He lived a sinless life and as a young adult took the punishment of death for all mankind. Man is sinful and is seperated from God and because of that we could never have an intimate relationship with God without Jesus's payment for our sins. When Jesus died, he took the sins of all people. The miraculous part of the story is that Jesus did not stay dead. He rose from the dead, conquering death and sin for us all. Now, in order for a person to have a relationship with God, all we must do is acknowledge that we are sinful, that Jesus paid our debt and accept his perfect Gift that He gave us. Both Bradley and I have this relationship with God and enjoy a relationship with Him. We want all people to know about this and throughout our lives will be sure to keep Jesus in the forefront of our family's minds so that our children will know why we really celebrate Christmas...the birth day of our Lord.


Papa (our cat) was interested in what we were doing.


Bradley's about to open one of his gifts.


Thanks Angy and John for the baby food "cook" book! I can't wait to look through it.


Bradley loves his "fishing" cart that my parents got him. He can load up all of his fishing gear on this cart and take it to the beach with him. That way he doesn't have to make a dozen trips to the truck for all of his stuff! Thanks Mom and Dad!


I LOVE my new food processor! Hopefully I'll be using it lots!!

Well...finally!

Okay, okay...it's been June since I last updated our blog. I know...it's ridiculous...but I'm gonna try to get better at it. A lot has happened in our lives since then.

First, Steven, Tara and Adaya came for a visit. We finally got to meet our precious little niece. They were in NC for 10 days and we just wanted to spend every waking moment with them! Some of our most treasured moments during that 10 days were just spent hanging out with family at home. Tara and I were able to spend an afternoon shopping and the entire family took some really great family pics that we will treasure for years to come. I loved spending my lunch break with Tara a few days...just talking and catching up...sharing our hearts and loving on each other. We miss you guys terribly and can't wait till we see you again.

Next to visit were my mom and Jake. We were only with them for a short weekend, but boy did we have SO much fun! We ate great food, played games, watched movies and more. Since we only have one extra bed, we made a fun little pallet with a sleeping bag in the floor of my mom's room for Jake. But, since it was a new place, he got a little scared both Saturday and Sunday mornings. And since I told him that if he got scared to come into our room...we had a little visitor both morns. But we SO didn't care. We let him crawl up into bed with us, flipped on some morning cartoons and just savored the moments that we had with him. The pic below is after a looong day of activity. We decided to watch a movie at the house, but had to turn it off early because we were all so tired and ready to go to sleep! :)

We've also done some traveling since June too. We went to Boone (which has amazing weather in the summer...just perfect!), New York City and Nashville. Just loved all three and were able to see family and friends that we hadn't seen in quite a while.

Well, 2 significant things have happened though since June. Two things that have changed both of our lives. First, we found out that we are having a baby. (Yay!). The baby's due date is at the end of March. We've finally gotten used to the idea of being pregnant...but now are starting to have to think about buying baby furniture, preparing the nursery etc. We've had a blast and are so thrilled to have been blessed with a child. The Lord says in Psalm 127:3(a), "Behold, children are a gift of the Lord" and we really and truly believe that they are. I am excited to meet our little baby in March and am curious about so many things...will it be a boy or a girl? Will it look like me or Bradley? Will he/she be stubborn? sweet? tender-hearted? funny? tall? So many things that I'm curious about. I look forward to sharing the journey with you in the days, months and years to come.

The second significant thing that we experienced was actually really scary. On September 19, Bradley was driving to work on his motorcycle and had an accident. He was taken to a local hospital and was there for about 2 hours before he was air-lifted to a trauma center in Raleigh. He was awake and was able to move his hands and feet the entire time. However, he suffered from short-term memory loss. Basically, he couldn't remember anything that had happened the previous week of his life, nor could he remember things that you had just told him 30 seconds prior. I was actually at the dentist that morning and had my cell phone turned off...so no one could get a hold of me. Luckily my good friend and co-worker, Kristin, knew where I was and came and picked me up at the dentist and took me to the first hospital. By the time I got there though, Bradley was already in the helicopter about to be moved to Raleigh. I never got to see him. Thankfully, his parents had been able to see him and speak to him and were able to assure me that he was awake and able to move and that he was even asking for me. (Praise God, he still knew who I was). It was a difficult morning for me not knowing if my husband was seriously injured or not. But, I prayed what I could...for the Lord to protect him. And the Lord answered my prayer. By the time I was able to see Bradley in Raleigh it was noon. He'd had the accident over 3 hours prior to that. We spent all afternoon in the ER waiting for test results etc. While we were waiting, Bradley continued to ask me questions. What happened? Was anyone else hurt? Where was he? What day, month, year was it? Where was his family and were they upset? He asked and I answered the same questions over and over again for 3-4 hours. He started to calm down around 4:00. We found out that he had a grade 3 concussion and a broken collar bone. The hospital kept him overnight for observation. By 7 that night, Bradley's memory was beginning to return. All visitors left the hospital (except for me) around 9 that night and Bradley and I spent the night in the hospital room. I always thought that the first time that we'd spend the night in the hospital was when I'd have a baby. :) I was just so thankful that I could be with him. I shed many tears that night and over the next few days as the reality of the situation hit me. That night, Bradley asked me some of the same questions that he'd asked that afternoon, except this time, he could remember...He knew what hospital he was at. He knew what day it was and that we'd celebrated his mom's birthday 2 days prior. As we were talking, and I could tell that his memory was coming back to him, I just cried tears of joy and relief. Neither of us slept much that night. For one, we had tons of nurses checking in on him...but also we stayed up and just talked about the days events. The next day he was released from the hospital and the healing process began. Over the next few days Bradley and I would have many conversations about the events of the day that Friday (btw...he still doesn't remember anything about Friday until about 7 that night...he cannot remember what caused the accident). And as we spoke about that day, we just couldn't help but be so thankful to the Lord for saving Bradley. The Lord could have chosen to take Bradley that day, but He didn't. As Bradley put it...the Lord wants him here to do more of His work. And I'm grateful for that. Another thing that really amazed Bradley and I during this time was just how amazing the Lord's family (the Church) is. We had people all over the country and the world praying for Bradley within a few hours of the accident. Word spread like wild fire. We had telephone calls and emails from people in Massachusetts, Florida, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina and East Asia. We had so many visitors in the hospital as well. We are SO thankful for the love that was showered on us during that time. It really helped to pull us through. And we know that the Lord answered all of those prayers. If there is one thing that we want other people to realize out of this near tragedy in our lives...it's that the Lord answers prayers, the Lord Saves, and the Lord works miracles. We love the Lord. And we want others to know that He is our comforter, healer, friend and Savior. Thank you all for praying for Bradley.

Well, I will keep on trying to update our blog when possible. We have been slack on taking pictures, but will try to update as often as possible...as we have many changes ahead.