A couple of sweet friends and I had the chance to go to the beach for the weekend.  It was such a wonderful time getting to know each other better and just relaxing in the peace and quiet of the salt air!  We hope to make it a regular thing.  #everyotherweekend #alldayeveryday #hopethedadsdontmind #thatswhatshesaid

 Love these girls!

Wait, is that a selfie stick you're using?! 

Beach picnic

Oops, car trouble

Someone is a smarty pants!! 

Mothers Day 2015

Children are a heritage from the Lord,

    offspring a reward from him.

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Like arrows in the hands of a warrior

    are children born in one’s youth.

Psalm 127:3-5

Love my mama!

Great Wolf 2015

We consider it such a blessing to be able to visit the Great Wolf Lodge to honor the memory of our sweet Jordan each year.  We enjoy being able to just be together and enjoy the craziness of the water park.  It's become "our thing".  This year there was hardly anyone there which the kids loved.  There were no lines for the slides.  We pretty much had the place to ourselves!

This was us our first year and then this year!  Wow!

We always take a pic here before we leave!

So much sweetness!

Jordan Robert Duke~5 years

5 years ago today was a day filled with pain, with grief, with overwhelming sadness. But God....  
I labored all day long. Only to give birth to our 4th son in the wee hours of the following morning, who had already gone to be with Jesus. 
My body was weary, broken. But God....
I wasn't sure how I would go on. I wasn't sure I could go on. But God....
He restored me. He gave me the verses:
Weeping may remain for the night but joy comes in the morning Psalm 30:5
I giveth and I taketh away Job 1:21
He knew my pain
He saw my hurt
He felt my sadness 
He loved me through it

Vanished, The Lost Colony

Well, the boys finally convinced me to do a show with them....and it was so much fun! Now, don't get me wrong,  I didn't have any speaking parts or anything.  We had a blast!

Friends don't let friends do yard work alone!

Friends who come and help you do things like haul mulch (and a lot of it) are just plain awesome!

O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A

Jaxon was recently in the production of Oklahoma with HPCT.  I think this may have been his favorite show yet!  It was full of amazing talent!  Knuckle-head broke his finger exiting the stage at the end of Saturdays show but....the show must go on and he sure did!  He performed that show and the Sunday show before going to urgent care on Monday and then to an orthopedic surgeon on Tuesday.  Way to go mom, right ;).