A Sweet Gift

While we were out in Arizona, I had the opportunity to meet up with some friends from Kenya ... friends that I hadn't seen in almost 10 years! While we were there, Keri presented us with a very precious and sweet gift. She had contacted me just after Jonathan had died and wanted to know if she could make something for Andrew out of Jonathan's clothes. I sent her all of his favorite clothes ... t-shirts, dress shirts, and pants. And she did the rest! The outcome is absolutely fabulous and something we will cherish for a lifetime. She made a quilt and a pillow. The pillow is called "What's in Daddy's Pocket?". It is made from pockets off the shirts and pants of some of the clothes. She had put little toys in some of the pockets for Andrew to find!

These pictures don't do justice to the quilt and pillow, but I want you all to see them.

Arizona ... in September

Okay ... so I am finally getting around to updating the blog. A lot has happened since my last post (well, since my last post about Andrew and I). We have been on a second family vacation ... to Arizona with the Stonecipher's. It was a great time to visit with family and to relax. We stayed with Randy and Bev Tozer, that is Jonathan's uncle and aunt. They have a beautiful home and had plenty of room for all of us. And they had a great pool! Andrew and I had fabulous time in Phoenix ... enjoy the pictures!

Papaw and Andrew hanging out by the pool

Sarah was our "resident chef" while we were there! She made an incredible pasta dish! It was the biggest bowl of pasta that I have ever seen!

Doesn't it look delicious?!?!

Andrew jumping to me ... well, he thought about it but never did!


Hanging out in the pool - Andrew loved the water!



Andrew and I - this is one of my favorite pictures!

The whole group of us ...

Andrew and I sharing ice cream at the train park
Waiting to ride the train at the train park


Going down the slide ... look at Andrew's hair ... gotta love some static!






Matt and Sarah - after one of our delicious dinners!

Papaw and his three boys!

Levi ...

Hi... Sorry for not posting this sooner. I've had several people ask me just today about Levi. He is doing well. He was discharged from the hospital Sunday morning. They even went to church on their way home! I know that Bonnie is so glad to be out of that hospital room! Thank you so much for each of your prayers. We appreciate it so much!

And just until I get some time to update the blog with some fun pictures ... here is one from Halloween. Andrew and I went with Avery and Granddad to the Harvest Festival at Josh and Bonnie's church ... we were a cute bunch! Avery was Snow White and Andrew and I were Thing 1 and Thing 2 - from Cat in the Hat.

Levi ...

Just wanted to let ya'll know that Levi passed his hearing test today! Praise the Lord! He will have to have another test in three months just to monitor it. Thanks so much for all the prayers. He has about 5 or 6 more days in the hospital, so please keep praying.

Levi Update

Hi. Just wanted to let you know that Levi did great with getting his central line placed today. I talked with Bonnie around lunch time and she said that they came and got him around 9 am and he was back in the room around 11 or 11:30am. And that he did great with everything. Thank you so much for all your prayers. Please continue to keep our family in your prayers.

Here are some pictures of Levi taken today after his central line placement ... (courtesy of Bonnie)