Guess Who's Walking!

Thank you so much for your prayers on behalf of Will's uncles. This past Wednesday morning we lost Jackie. Will flew into Ft. Worth, TX on Friday night so he could be at Jackie's funeral on Saturday. Please continue to pray for the family as they're dealing with the loss. Howie is not doing well at all, he's been in the hospital for at least the last week and sadly it is only a matter of time before we lose him also.

At Will's request Lilyanah & I spent the weekend at my parents house, so I'm including some pictures we took this weekend. Our sweet friends in Iowa, the Killians gave this little rain coat outfit to Lilyanah when she was born & every chance I get I love to dress her in it. I just thought it would be criminal not to include some pictures of her strolling around in it. The other picture is Lilyanah discovering daisies for the first time. (I'm not including when I made us daisy chain's to wear on our bald heads last April.)Lilyanah gets such a kick out of dad pushing her on her little 'car'. I wish you could hear her gleeful giggling! I was just reminded that I have not yet told you all that she is walking! All out, walking! A week & a half ago she just started letting go of whatever she was holding onto & walking to something else. It's just progressed from there. Maybe I'll figure out how to post videos & get one of her walking on here. (Don't hold your breath!) I was recently reminded that I still have not posted pictures of our house. . .I had to include a picture of some visiting friends from Nebraska, Jeff & Margaret Garrison. For a brief time they lived a couple of houses away from us & I got to play with their daughters (Mary & Leann) all the time. Mary was just 2 weeks older than me so it was mostly us that played. Oh, the many wonderful childhood memories!Sorry, but I just had to include one more picture of Lilyanah in her raincoat! Such a serious face! Aren't the little boots & hat adorable! I'm so glad I'll get to dress baby #2 in them too! I hope you all have had a blessed Monday! So, question. . . . What is something you've always wanted to do but never been disciplined enough to do it? Love you all!
Wendy.

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Yesterday afternoon Laura, Troy & the girls walked over to Mom & Dad's house for a visit. The sun was out & it was such a beautiful day!!!! Let's rewind though, we went to early service & were back home by 10:30am so Will went out back & mowed the yard. If only Lilyanah's hair would grow as quickly as our grass! He finished just in time for us to head to Abby's Pizza where we met up with our family as well as Dwayne,Mindy, & (6 month old)Peyton Seeber who were in town for the weekend. Unfortunately our camera battery was dead so I got absolutely zero pictures! They, as well as Corey, Kelsey & Dwayne's older sister (& my dear friend) Randie, came over to our house for a short visit. It brought back memories of living in Oklahoma City. For about 6 months Dwayne & Mindy, Will, & Corey & I all lived in the same apartment complex. Dwayne & Mindy were there first, followed by Corey & me & last to join was Will. Typically the guys I dated lived at least a half hour away & more typically at least 100 miles away. But when Will & I were dating he lived about 100 feet away. It made dating pretty convenient. He would leave sweet notes on my car for me to find before work & we would meet in the evening to go visit in one of the many wooden swings placed around the property. I got a little off subject. . .
Dad has their TV hooked up to download video from the video camera. Something we desperately need to do since we started videoing before Lilyanah was born & now she's a day away from being 15 months old! So, we headed over to Mom & Dad's to work on getting some video downloaded. Technical complications did not allow for us to get any of that done, but such is life. It was a bonus that the Kronewitter family decided to come over & we had a nice day!
I have neglected to write very much about what is going on with Will's side of our family. He has two uncles both of which are suffering from serious health problems. His uncle Howie (52), who lives in Ft. Worth has been battling with oral cancer for over a year. (The picture above is of Will's uncle Jackie (far left), Melanie (Howie's wife), Michelle (Will's sister) & our little Lilyanah.) The picture to the left is Lilyanah playing with Howie's hat on Thanksgiving.) It's been a really tough road, but Howie is a tough guy with a lot to live for. Doctors are currently using an experimental drug on him as he's done all of the radiation treatments that he can do & chemotherapy has been only somewhat effective. Please keep him in your prayers! Will's other uncle, Jackie, (58), has recently been hospitalized with heart problems. He's in desperate need of a heart transplant. I think they've released him from the hospital, but I'm not sure.
All of this is really hard on both Lynn (Will's mommy) & Grandad (their daddy). We just lost Meme not all that long ago and I cannot begin to imagine how hard it is, no matter how old your kids or your brothers are, to watch your family physically hurting so much. So, please keep the whole family in your prayers. Thank you so much! I hope you all have had a blessed day, we love you all! ~ Wendy.

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!

This is our sweet little Lilyanah on her second Easter. She had a pretty good time though she wasn't feeling well towards the end of the day. We 'churched' as my cousin Katie always says in her blog. . . and then went to enjoy an amazing lunch at Gigi & Papa's. Our Gigi always takes such good care of us & feeds us SO well. (Thank you Gigi from all of us for always loving on us so well!)

Mom & Dad took advantage of Gigi & Papa's beautiful backyard patio. . . I love that they never have to worry about anyone building up a whole bunch of houses in their backyard because it's a steep canyon! After lunch & naps the kiddos played around the living room. It was so much fun watching them play around together. It was a rainy day so the egg hunt happened indoors. George, Violet & Nolan all got the gist of it but Hazel of course isn't crawling yet & Lilyanah found a couple of eggs that she put in her basket but had more fun taking them in & out of her basket than hunting for more.

Our cousin Jack was a kid magnet. Hazel & Violet snuggled up in his lap & Nolan kept trying to crawl up but never could quite seem to make it! As you can see there wasn't a bunch of room either! Jack definitely takes after his dad (Gano). Gano was like the pied piper for kids all growing up. So is my brother Corey. There's something about those guys that little kids just think they hung the moon & are so excited whenever they come around.

Lilyanah is holding one of the eggs. . . Papa was surrounded by great-grandkids & I think really enjoyed it. We just celebrated Papa's 76th birthday on the 3rd of this month. We look forward to many more birthday celebrations!

Here's a picture of the 'Isenberg girls'just laughing over brownie ice-cream sundaes. I think George was trying to beg some ice cream from his grandma. And if you look closely you can see little Nolan in the bottom right hand corner. So cute!
We ended our day with a family devotional. Little George even led a few songs (playing church is one of his favorite things). I hope you all had a great weekend and also got to spend some quality time with your family. We love you all! ~