Rest in Peace, sweet Joella

Less than three weeks ago, my friend (and cubemate's) 2 year old daughter was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.  Though she responded positively to chemotherapy, she unexpectedly passed away this weekend after bacterial meningitis made its way to her spinal fluid, causing a seizure.

Our hearts ache for the Conrad family.  We pray for you.

Rest in Peace, Joella Grace.  

Psalm 34:18 "The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."
Samuel 1:27-28 "I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the LORD." 

Romans 8:28 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

warmer weather!

 After weeks of temperatures in the single digits, we finally got some warm weather this week!  Here are a couple pictures from our first trip to the park in what seems like forever.  Go away old man winter!  We want SPRING!

Bitty Baby Lily

Ava loves her American Girl Bitty Baby that she got for Christmas from N&P!  Here they are sporting their matching jammies :)

Hopefully everyone is having a nice week!

cabin fever!

 

SNOWmageddon!

The Kansas City news is calling this snowstorm "snowmageddon.." I'm not really sure about the name, but we do have a lot of snow!  Here are some pictures from our adventure playing in it today!

it looks weird not being able to see driveways, streets, yards, etc!

 

I'm having some problems posting pictures to the blog.  I'll work on getting it back up and running soon!

Ava gets "Tangled!"

We decided it was finally time to take Ava to see her first movie in the theater.  MeLeah recommended we see Tangled, and wow.. are we glad we did!  All throughout the previews Ava kept saying "Toy!" which is what she calls Toy Story, so we thought she would be disappointed when it didn't come on, but she loved the movie -- and we did too!  She was such a good girl during the movie.  She munched on popcorn, twizzlers and apple juice.. and any time I would say something she would say "shhh, MOVIE!"

 On Saturday, we went to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the KU game and get some lunch, and as I started eating my wings Ava kept saying "Mommy I want BITE!"  6+ wings later....

Who knows, maybe they can use this for advertising?!

Chiefs/Family/CUTE!

Here are a few pictures of what we've been up to lately!  The first one is from dinner a few weeks ago, followed by Morris family dinner before the Chiefs game.. then the dreaded Chiefs/Ravens playoff game.. then another dinner out!  As you can see.. I really like my new camera.. and Ava really likes cheesing for it!  Enjoy :):):)