Some cute new videos of the girls...

Chris took some videos of the girls the other night so I'll post them and you can see Madeline and Hannah "in person".

Hannah loves singing amazing grace. So I tried to catch her singing it at dinner the other night. Unfortunately she also thinks it's fun to whisper the words (which actually turns out to be an exagerated mouthing of the words with absolutely no sound) so you can only hear her singing the first half, but I was cracking up. Here are the words, in case you want to follow along...

Amazing grace how sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now am found
was blind but now I see




And here is Hannah singing "I love you, a bushel and a peck".

lyrics:
I love you
a bushel and a peck (a bushel and a peck)
and a hug around the neck (a hug around the neck)
and a barrel and a heap (a barrel and a heap)
and I'm talking in my sleep about you, about you...

Hannah enjoyed making that last line her own :) so sweet!




And one more - this is something we heard some little ones saying a few years ago and we thought it was so cute, so we've passed it on to our girls... I'll post the words in case they are hard to understand...



What ya doin?
Eatin' chocolate
Where'd ya get it?
The doggy dropped it
Where'd he drop it?
In the sewer
What's it taste like?
Cow Manure

Woefully Behind...let's catch up...

First of all, thank you so much for reading through my LONG posts while my dad was sick. Writing is therapeutic for me and I appreciate so much the prayers and encouragment we received!

Update on my Dad:
My dad lived with us from my last post until August 7th, I think it was about 2 weeks. He's gotten much stronger. He says that his infection is healing up nicely. He was anxious to be in his own home and with his dogs. He still has some lifting restrictions but he can drive. My dad will need to come back to Tulsa around the beginning of Sept for a CT scan to measure his abdominal anneurism and Dr Parmley will determine whether surgery is needed on that. If so, they'll want to schedule the surgery really soon. My dad is facing some really difficult financial situations so if you're continuing to pray, please focus your prayers on that concern.

We moved into our new home without a single problem! We enjoyed taking walks around our new neighborhood while my dad was with us. Madeline has a new best friend, Aly. Aly is 6 years old, in 1st grade at Madeline's school, and she lives right across the street from us. The girls argue like sisters but really love to be together. And every time the doorbell rings, Hannah shouts "Aly's here!!!" and runs to the door. We were served dinner by some other neighbors across the street and the neighbors on either side of us are wonderful and kind as well. We are so grateful for this new home and safe neighborhood to raise our girls!! Unfortunately we've been so busy doing daily life that we haven't taken pics of the new house but we'll do that soon :)

Madeline completed her treatment for Erlichiosis. She had blood drawn last week to make sure that her liver function has returned to normal and we're still waiting on the results. Madeline also started KINDERGARTEN last Wednesday! I think I want a whole post devoted to her first days in big school so I'll save that post for later.


I have SO many pictures to post now, it's hard to decide where to start! Here are some pics of the girls in front of our new fireplace. I'll create some slideshows for the events we've attended later.