Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Annabelle

Today marks the first birthday of Annabelle Butcher, the daughter of a great friend of mine. Annabelle was born exactly one year today with a severe heart defect, HLHS. Annabelle lived a glorious 8 weeks with us here on earth and is celebrating her first birthday with Jesus today!! In memory of such a sweet angel, her mother, Rebecca asked her family and friends, that if they had been touched by Annabelle, to release balloons to heaven in honor of her on this special day.

While I was preparing lunch for the girls, Abigail took her time preparing a birthday card for Annabelle. After we ate, we went outside, said a prayer, and released them to such a special little girl. Happy Birthday Annabelle!!!





Sunday, January 18, 2009

Tagged

Kristen tagged me for this on her blog so here goes...

Here are the rules:
1. Choose the 4th folder where I store my pictures on the computer.
2. Select the 4th picture in the folder.
3. Explain the picture.
4. Tag 4 people to do the same.
5. No cheating (cropping, editing, etc.)OK I know this requires A LOT of explanation, but I followed the rules! This picture was taken Thanksgiving of 2003, when Jonathan and I were living in Fort Worth, TX while he was in seminary. We, along with my brother, his wife, and another couple friend of ours, set out to find the grave of Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK's assassin). He is actually buried in Fort Worth and very few people know about it. THIS IS HIS REAL GRAVE, NO KIDDING! I assume his family wanted him buried in an inconspicuous place b/c of the conspiracy surrounding the whole JFK assassination, and the media frenzy it generated. The funny part about it is he is buried to a comedian named Nick Beef, who bought the plot next to Oswald so people would be able to find it! You can't miss a grave marked NICK BEEF!!! I tried to post the link that explains the mysterious "Nick Beef" grave marker, but if you type in "Nick Beef" into google, it will direct you to the website.

Fun game! Thanks Kristen!

I tag Jen, Mary, Megan and Lea.