My Year in Review - iPhone Style

All my friends are doing these awesome blog posts about their resolutions or doing year-in-review photos. I have started in my head a few of those blogs, then get that sick feeling in my stomach that I can't do it. That I can't live up to the expectations.

Who's expectations? I'd love to post witty stuff every day on my blog, or have a "purpose" to it. I'm just not that organized ! My blog has taken on a modge podge of topics, events and thoughts.

As I plugged my phone in today to charge it, I started laughing at some of the photos on there. I got my phone the middle of last January, when we moved here to Tennessee. Some photos have been uploaded to Facebook or emailed to friends. Others have just sat on my phone.

SOOOO here is my year in review.... iPhone style. I hope you enjoy it!

(please don't be offended if you are not pictured, I have no rhyme or reason to the pictures that are captured!)

This photo is a favorite of mine - Quinton

Loving Ronald... before this McDonalds was torn down

An unusually snowy February for Jackson

First time bowling!

Helping clean the bathtub in the rental house

Watching the Lady Bulldogs!

Is this wrong to post????

In Walmart after I told them that Anakin turns into Darth Vader

The fun swing at Union - why did they take this down??

A sign at Union. I guess they sell Pot!?!!

Our trip back to Arkansas for Dan's graduation - our newfound peace and quiet... HEADPHONES!

My dress up Easton

Quinton not to sure about the jumping in Memphis

Easton LOVES IT!

Dalton thinks it's the BEST!

Watching the house burn down across from church. It was a great lesson for the boys in fire safety and the important jobs of fire fighters

Blast from the past pen that I found!

For all my Chase/Bank One/First USA/ First Card peeps

Scary Pirates

Park with friends, what a fun swing!

Construction on our house

Visiting Florida with the "cousins"

Jess and I on the airplane landing in.... HAWAII!

Hawaii for Renee's wedding - a trip of a lifetime!

Dalton learned "shaka" when I got back :)

2nd time bowling - Maria comes to visit

In Springfield, MO climbing with friends the bridge over the busy road

Two peas....

A beautiful Ohio rest stop on our way to Michigan

Visiting Papa's shop

Boy's first day of TN Pre-school

The playroom in the rental house before the pack up to move

MOVING DAY!

Dalton LOVED this chair he found at Sam's Club

Missionary Dinner with the Talley's. The kids loved the spider!

My Star Wars boys

Construction begins! Note Quinton's tool belt, hat and tools :)

St Louis for "So You Think You Can Dance" Live Tour!

Fun time at the park with friends

They LOVE the car wash! That was not always the case. They used to SCREAM whenever we would go through a car wash.

Dalton and Grammy pretending to go on a trip at the Children's Museum of Memphis

Being like "policeman Uncle Dave" as they call him :)

My weekend with 5 boys

Quinton pretending to be our foreman fixing the floors

My perfect Christmas ornament I found to remind me of my time in Hawaii! Love those sea turtles!

Quinton said this is Mommy & Daddy's wedding. Awe!

My children are products of their grandpa... "Live Long and Pros-e-per" (prosper) as they say.

Quinton dressed as Frosty the Snowman

Quinton dressed as Santa. He loves dress up and he loves Christmas!

Where did my 4 year old Dalton come up with that as a pose??? Cracked me up!

I let my boys make their own sandwiches. This one is Dalton's concoction of peanut butter and chocolate covered raisins. He said it was good.....

PANERA IS OPEN IN JACKSON!!!

Dalton and his muffin

Quinton enjoying his muffin

Of COURSE Easton picked a big cookie!!!

In Michigan for Christmas... have to hit the shooting range with my dad!

Our trip from Missouri to Tennessee - the last leg. Poor Quinton!

Out of ALL the toys the boys got for Christmas, these are the three gifts they chose for show and tell.

Quinton's Frosty from Grammy & Papa

Easton's General Grevious from Great Grandma TenBrink

Dalton's whoopee cushion from Easton

Dalton came down with this outfit all by himself. 1 part lightsaber, add belt and hooded frog robe = 1 Jedi in training!

If you stuck with me through all those photos, thanks for viewing my year in review... iPhone style!

Which picture caught your attention and made you laugh??

Because of Isaac

A blogging friend of mine (whom I have briefly met in person) has had a difficult road of infertility. Through that battle they have adopted, then found out they were pregnant. They now have two boys about 6 months apart, and are expecting a third!

Wendi has a heart for those still on the road of infertility and posted recently about that. If you are silently dealing with this issue, or have friends that are dealing with it, here is the post with a few resources.

Their heart is also for those that want to adopt children. Even though they are deployed to Turkey, they have started a non-profit support website for adoption. They are highlighting a family to help raise money for their adoption. They are prayerfully considered, and have to be adopting through Bethany. I have more details listed below.

Before I leave you with the explanation from Wendi about "Because of Isaac", I would like you to prayerfully consider donating to their cause. Here is a link to "Because of Isaac" and the link to Wendi's Blog.

From Wendi:

BECAUSE OF ISAAC

Only the announcement of the adoption/birth of our children have I been this excited to put up a post on my blog. I am so very excited tofinally get to share this with the world.

The goal of Because of Isaac is very simple: We want to help raise funds to help childless couples adopt. We are starting with a couple very near and dear to our heart: JB's older sister Elizabeth and her husband Grant. But it is our hope that if this first adoption goes as planned, we will be able to spread our wings and continue onward ... helping more and more childless couples hold their child for the very first time just as we did with our little Isaac.

But we need to your help!

In order for this organization to get off the ground, I am seeking the support and prayers of people close to us. Blog readers. Facebook friends. Family. Friends. Acquaintances. While we will be moving forward with advertisement of various means, the way that this will most be spread is by word-of-mouth. Or by word-of-web!

Please take some time to visit our website. And then I am asking you to do the following:

1. Pray for this organization and for Grant & Elizabeth.

2. Post a link to: Because of Isaac on your blog. Post it on Facebook. And send an email to those in your contact list.

3. Pledge to donate $100 BUT ...

4. ... if you cannot financially donate $100 would you pledge (to yourself) to FIND 10 people to donate $10 each? If we can find 250 people to donate $100 (or a combination there-of) we will reach our goal of $25,000 -- the estimated amount for Grant & Elizabeth to become parents. I have nearly that many people who read my blog each day.

I am so very excited to share this with all of you! How amazing will it be for each of us to know that we contributed to a family's creation! Please spread the word today!