Our Birthday Girl!

We celebrated Lilly's birthday again on the day of her birthday with our family. We ate at Red Robin, rode the Carousel at the mall, and even jumped on the "jumpy thing" at the mall! AND we went to the Disney store where Lilly got to spend some birthday money. We finished off the night with a cookies and cream milkshake from Chic fil-a. All 3 kids fell asleep on the ride home! It was another great birthday, and we are so thankful for the gift of our little girl! Our prayer for her continues to be that the Lord would cause her to love Him more than anything else in this world and that she would live for Him all her days!

SNOW DAY!

We went to Harbortown to sled down their hills. The kids got to play with their friends and help build some kind of fort. All I have to say is I am soooooo ready for Spring!!!

A Party at Pump it Up

We celebrated Lilly's 4th birthday with our friends at Pump it Up. I don't know who had more fun, the kids or the adults! Jake loved the slide. He would just giggle the whole time he was sliding. Lilly kept telling everyone how her party was going to be at Pump it Up, and she had never even been there herself so I don't think she really had a clue. But I imagine that it was better than she expected! Paw Paw and Grams got Lilly the Barbie bike. It has been too cold, rainy, and snowy to ride it much, but she can't wait. I think this will be a birthday she will remember!

Miss Teen Texarkana Pageant

My niece Alex was in the Miss Teen Texarkana Pageant, and Lilly and I went to watch her. We had so much fun. We got to spend the weekend with Ashley, Carly, and Carson too while Marc was in Honduras. Alex did such a wonderful job, and Lilly loved watching her dance!

A Little Winter Vacation

Our family got to spend a few days with some of our dearest friends, Tim and Stephanie Caldwell with their 3 children and the Thomas clan at the Big Cedar Lodge in Branson the first few days in January. It was very relaxing. The kids had such a good time. They got to play in the snow and swim all in one vacation!!!

Christmas Card Picture Attempt 1

So I am really just wanting to update my blog a little today, so it will seem out of order with all the stuff I have missed that I need to put up like Brittany's wedding pictures and some other cute miscellaneous pictures! As for today, here's a picture we took over the weekend in an attempt to get a picture for our Christmas card. Not happy with this one, but I will try again. The kids are going to be wearing Christmas clothes everyday until I get a good one. Oh that Jake would cooperate!!!

Happy Fall!!!

I haven't posted in a while, so I thought I better update. We have just been schooling and staying home most of the time. The biggest thing we have going on is that we have applied to adopt a baby. We are going through a local ministry in Memphis. We are very excited about this. God has been teaching us so much through this process such as His love for us in His adoption of us. We would have never chosen to love or live for God, had He not called us to Himself and made us His very own by adopting us as His children through Christ. It is amazing to me, and I am so grateful for the love the Father has for us that we should be called children of God!!!(1 John 3:1) And I pray that this would be true for the children the Lord has given us and will give us that they may know, love, and live for Him all their days!

As we are in the middle of this fall season, just as leaves change and die, I pray that God would work in me and my family, changing us into His image and that all the wordliness in us would be put to death as Paul has urged in Colossians 1:5. Our days on earth are so short, so I pray that the days and minutes would not be wasted! Spend the Kyzars for your glory Oh God!!!!

Oh yeah, Nathan will be leaving for India in a week for a mission trip. Please pray for him!