Homie came to see us at the beginning of July and we had a great time showing her Winters! Ha! Acutally, since there isn't much to do around here it was fun to just sit and visit and play. Homie loves my little girl and wanted everyone to see their pictures! This first one is from July 4th at Lake Brownwood.
Sunday afternoon "naps."
Thanks for a great time! Come and see us again soon! Real soon!
Reading to her babies
"Pony Tails!"
Okay, I know, at least it is in the backyard, so I'm not totally white trash!
This past Friday was Rylee's 7th birthday! We went to Brownwood to join the hotel swim party, sponsored by Shasha. When the planning began, Shasha asked Rylee if she wanted to bring a friend. Rylee answered, "Can Jenae come?" So we surprised her and had fun playing with the cousins.
Sisters, Abby & Rylee
All the cousins together!
These two have fun when they are together. Rylee has always been sweet to Jenae, from the first day at the hospital til today. I hope they continue to share a special friendship! Happy Birthday, Rylee!
This is my husband. Not too long ago he planned the perfect surprise date for me. Looking back, I can recall conversations where I know he was gathering data, but at the time it was a surprise. We did all the things I love to do, but often don't have time to do. It started by dropping Jenae off at Shasha and Bappa's house! :o) A great start, huh?! He took me to a quick lunch and then to CVS where we picked up vacation pictures from last year...that he had uploaded and ordered, unknown to me. Then we drove across town to Hobby Lobby! Yeah! He gave me a shopping spree to get stuff to do our Disney scrapbook. What fun!
The big guy picked up the tab for the whole weekend! Thanks to some special ministry he had done we had some extra income that covered our time together!
We had so much fun just being together and resting and relaxing. It was nice to have no agenda, get to sleep late and enjoy each other. We ended our special date with a lite lunch here, my other favorite place in Abilene.
Jordan, thank you so much for loving me in all the ways you do. Thank you for such a fantastic weekend. You gave me more than I could have expected. I love you and can't wait to do it again! ;o)
When we first moved to Winters I had a really tough time. Jenae was the only kid in her age group (o-3 years). She was used to going to class with many kids her own age. And now she had to have class by herself. I didn't like our new situation. Not at all. Now...I love it! Jenae has made friends with people of all ages, not just other little people :o). She goes to Bible Class with 3-5 year olds and you wouldn't even know it. Her teacher was very skeptical at first when I suggested this plan. Admittedly, the first week or two were "difficult." But today, you would think she was on her way to Kindergarten like the others.
Another thing I truly enjoy is watching Jenae learn to care for people of all ages. This lady pictured above and below is Mamie Dell. I don't dare try to guess how old she is. She is one of our elder's wives. This past Wednesday, she was heading across the parking lot to the church building when Jenae caught up with her, took her hand, and led her to the entry stairs. So precious! Before she let Mamie Dell go, it looked like there were a few things she wanted her to know. I'm so proud of this little girl...and thankful for this church family who is nurturing her faith.
The pictures below all were taken this past Wednesday. For the first time, there was another little girl her age at church, so she just came to the big kids class, too! It is so fun to see new faces at church.
I finally got brave enough to try and paint Jenae's tiny, little toenails. She was so interested and sat perfectly still. After I finished, I blew on her toes to help the polish dry. (I really didn't want pink paint smudges all over the house.)
We went outside to sit on the porch and she kept saying her toes were "Hot." It took me a while to put it all together, but she thought since I blew on her toes, she thought they were hot...like we do with our hot food. I laughed. 
It took her a while to realize it wasn't going to wipe off. Then she walked around, pretty proud of her pretty, pink toes!
Rain or shine, doesn't matter to us, we can have fun with water anytime. Jenae love to splash around in her "puddle boots." There is a large pothole over in the church's parking lot that she is especially fond of. And, not that we've had many sunny days, but when we do it's great fun to run around the backyard and let Momma spray her. That's fun for both of us :o)
This is a shot of one of my plants on the back porch. I love it's unusual blooms.
I love these two pictures! They perfectly capture aspects of Jenae's personality. These are two looks we see often and I'm glad we've got them locked in time! Enjoy!
It's only taken 21 months, but Jenae finally has enough hair to "do" something. Seems like we've had to fight for every strand of hair for this little girl. This last week we were able to gather enough for some pigtails. I've tried before, but her hair is so fine the elastics would just slip off. She's got enough hair now she was even able to take a nap without losing a tail! Yea!
