Colorado day 4: Rocky Mountain National Park

This morning we got up and had breakfast at a place called "Fruit Shake". They have all sorts of smoothies, bagels, and wraps. We got Kadynce a frozen yogurt/granola/fruit parfait thinking she would love it. I mean it was basically like having ice cream for breakfast. Nope. She wanted Daddy's breakfast burrito so Mommy and Daddy shared the parfait ;)


Next we headed to Rocky Mountain National Park. We stopped at the first visitors center and asked what we should do. We were clueless and that place is HUGE! She gave us several good options and we chose to go on a 50 mile drive (one way) through the mountains and Moose country to Grand Lake. We drove up all the way to 12000 ft at one point! We stopped at a little pond to have lunch and there just happened to be a MOOSE eating there too!






A little down the road we saw 2 more and then another one on our way back. So we saw a total of 4 moose today (or Moof as Kadynce says). We were really excited. It took us a total of about 3 hours to reach the lake and Kadynce was very excited to get out and run around.


It was beautiful and we were very glad we chose that drive. It only took us about an hour and a half to get back "home" since we didn't stop as much. This evening we enjoyed sitting outside the RV for a little while before going to town for dinner.


We're now watching a little Toy Story 2 before bed!



We had such a good day enjoying God's beautiful creation.

Colorado day 3!

Today was a day of mostly packing up and traveling. Kadynce was in a MUCH better mood today. We spent the morning just playing outside and riding around in the golf cart. After a delicious lunch fixed by Grandmamma we headed out. It took about 4 hours to get to our destination.






When we got here it was raining pretty hard and continued to on and off the rest of the evening so we didn't get to explore too much, but our campsite is really nice. We went into town and had a burger and now we're watching Toy Story! It was a good day :)

Colorado day 2!

We had another great day! Although Kadynce threw one fit after another. I think it's a mixture of not getting enough sleep and being a little spoiled. I feel like discipline is so hard at this age. I don't want to be too hard on her, but having a complete meltdown at every meal and anytime we say "no" just isn't going to cut it. So.... If any of you Mommies out there have suggestions feel free to share ;)

Back to out trip... We really did have a fun day. After sleeping in a little and a wonderful breakfast we headed out to do some fishing. Granddaddy caught 2 and Jonathan and I each caught 1. We were there almost 3 hours and Kadynce had a lot of fun running around, chasing the ducks away, and playing with Grandmamma.









This evening we ate at one of my favorite restaurants, Quincy's. It was just as delicious as always. I love me some steak!!!! After dinner we went to the park and got some ice cream.





We are so thankful to have this sweet time to enjoy being with family and making precious memories. Tomorrow we head out to our next stop where just the three of us will camp in the RV for a few days.

Colorado Day 1

We arrived here yesterday around 5:30. We had supper and enjoyed the cool breeze on the front porch. Next we headed to town to watch the firework show. Kadynce loved it! She had so much energy from being in the car all day she was literally running in circles. After a good night's sleep Miss Priss woke up nice and early around 6:15 (7:15 Texas time) and immediately wanted to go outside. So Daddy took her to the river in her PJs! Gotta love vacation :)






After a delicious breakfast made by Granddaddy we headed up to St. Elmo to feed the chipmunks. Kadynce loved them and even patted a few on the head lol.





We then decided to head up toward tincup pass in the ATV. We weren't really sure how far we would make it between me being 31 wks pregnant, Kadynce never having done anything like that before, and the snow. We actually made it almost to the top though and we all had a really good time. Here's Kadynce and Granddaddy on our way up.






We stopped before we turned around to have a snack and stretch our legs. It felt so good up there and the scenery was breathtaking!






Kadynce actually fell asleep on the trail on the way back down. It was so bumpy I couldn't believe it, but she was sacked out!






This evening we had a yummy dinner with sweet family and friends. Tomorrow, we plan to do some trout fishing if the weather agrees!

Vacation Beginnings

We left Thursday night and headed to Greenville to spend a few nights with my parents and celebrate July 4th at the lake. Friday we met up with Mrs. Cheryl and Elizabeth at Tamolly's for lunch. We had such a good time. I can't believe I hadn't seen Elizabeth since before Kadynce was born. I just LOVE these sweet ladies.



Saturday morning I needed to pick up a few things at the store which in Greenville means going to Walmart. Let me just tell you by the time I fought the holiday crowd there then sat in construction in the 100 degree weather this is about how I was feeling. I'm pretty sure most of you Greenvillites understand :)



Kadynce had a really good time getting to be a country girl for a few days. Running around in her diaper with all the doggies and her Nana and Tata. She was in heaven!



Sunday was the big 4th of July bash at the lake. It was sooo hot this year and there wasn't really even a breeze, but we still had a great time.









Right now as we speak we are on the road to Colorado. We left around 4:20 this morning and can't wait to get there and see Granddaddy and Grandmamma. We are also very much looking forward to much cooler temperatures!

Our week in pictures

Sunday morning we stayed home from church to let Kadynce recover from her sinus/ear/eye infection. She spent a lot of the morning reading books to her best bud, Bella.





That evening we took Daddy to eat at the Louisiana Longhorn Cafe for Father's day. This is a picture from last year and this year. I can't believe how much our little girl has grown.





After dinner Daddy wanted a snow cone. Of course Kadynce and I were more than happy to join him ;)





Monday night I fried up some okra and squash from our garden. I used a Paula Deen recipe for fried okra and it was delicious. It uses flour and cornmeal so it's the perfect balance!





Thursday we had our first meeting with our lifegroup and I brought homemade chocolate chip cookies and snickerdoodles. I was nervous about the snickerdoodles because I've never made them without my grandmother's help, but they turned out great!





This morning we went to preschool story time at church and Kadynce made a tiger mask. This was the first week that she actually sat and listened to the story and sang the songs. I was so proud of her!





We are taking care of our friend's dogs while they are out of town and this is what I saw when I came in from outside. We had to pull her out of the cage! She loves dogs so much.






I hope you all had a wonderful week and have a relaxing weekend!

Putting on my big girl pants and trying again...

Immediately when we were told our baby was going to have serious medical problems there was no question in my mind as to whether or not I would share his story in public.  I already had a blog and had every intention of using it to keep family and friends updated.  I also wanted to hopefully in some way help another Mommy that may be going through a similar situation.  I have never really been one to keep my life a secret and I enjoy letting people in on how I am feeling and what is going on in my life.  I never imagined that sharing this part of my life would be so much harder emotionally.  That is why I haven’t updated as frequently as I originally intended to.  For the past couple of weeks I have really struggled because so many of you are praying so faithfully for us and for little Isaac and I want to keep you updated, I really do.  At the same time it is hard because for the millions of sweet and kind words that are said, every now and then something is said that hurts.  Sometimes that one thing overshadows all the good and it makes it hard for me to pick myself up and keep going.  I am aware that I am a sensitive person and I need to have thicker skin, but it’s hard.  As you’re reading this please don’t worry about whether or not it was you that has said something.  I am not looking for any apologies and I realize nobody has meant to hurt me.  I just wanted to give an explanation for my absence in the blog world.  With that said here I am again.  I just keep feeling the Lord tugging on my heart to publically share our little one’s story. 

We went to the doctor for an ultrasound about a week and a half ago and were able to see our sweet boy.  You can tell he is growing because he is beginning to be all smooshed inside.  That combined with the fact that he was moving like crazy made it difficult to get many good pictures.  

His cleft lip is pretty evident in this picture.  Please don’t feel sorry for us.  We think he’s beautiful :) 

These are his sweet little hands.  Oh how I can’t wait to hold them.

The doctor said that basically things look the same as before.  Please don't be sad or disappointed by that.  He is still in the Lord's hands.  We are all just taking things moment by moment, day by day. 

Thank you so much for your continued prayers.  The Lord has just been taking care of each and every little detail.  We just feel so blessed.