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02.12.2010
Quick update...I am sick...like the sickest I have been in a year.  Hard to lift my arms...don't want to shower sick.  I am going to the dr in a half hour.  I wanted to get these pictures up, as I have vowed to keep blogging, even if I am sick.The worst part is Abby has something too...she has a fever...I have the chills and a low temp...weird.
You just can't have enough Abby...or any of my kids, in my honest opinion.
I just love them and enjoy the heck out of pictures.  I find myself looking at them over and over again, reminiscing all the time.  It brings me back to when they were smaller and at different stages.  If my house was on fire, you know what I would grab....well my computer cause all my pictures are there, and my family albums.
Here are some pictures that Stacy took of Abby just a few weeks ago when we were in Charleston.  We spent the day talking and eating Mexican food...2 of our favorite things.  You can see Betsy too...her sulky look again.  I love it even though she is being a stinker.  And yes, once again she is dresses like a princess, this time in blue.
I promise next post is biz!  Better late than never, I have my favorite pictures of 2009 to show you.  I am almost done with the slideshow..

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01.25.2010
Nothing is more wonderful than having your children photographed by your best friends.
Beth and Stacy both recently shot pictures of Abby when we each got to spend a day together.
She is growing so fast it makes me sad and happy at the same time.
I am excited to watch her grow and learn and smile and giggle...but sad as she gets more independent and well... just older.  The same goes for all my kiddies.  Betsy is potty trained...an a lipgloss- crazed three year old.  At our house, dress up is an all day, all night kind of thing.  We finally just had to say "NO, you cannot wear this stuff to school, or bed."  
I can hardly believe that Wesley is starting Kindergarten in August.  Do I know where, no, but still it is hard to swallow.  It will work itself out...these things always do. 
Bill leaves for his trip abroad in a few weeks and I am already mourning his absence.  It is horrible that I do that before he is even gone..but something I just can't help.  Without further ado...let's enjoy these sweet kids (and a shot of Billy) of mine.  You can also enjoy my best friend and her sweet boys...all three of them.  Thank you Beth for these fabulous pictures.  I will treasure them forever.  The picture of Betsy frowning in the field...may be my current favorite of her.  I can't stop looking at it...and Abby...deep sigh...these pictures capture her as she is right now...wide eyes...big cheeks...my sweet sweet surprise baby ;)



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Beth Caporaletti says:

There is nothing like seeing all of our children together like this. I love you Ashley and I am so thankful for our friendship!!!
BFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, soul sister, confidant....!!!! :) You get the point!

(02.04.10 @ 12:38 PM)
Rebecca Daniels says:

OMG Ashley - that pout is the cutest little thing and I love Wes's hair!!

(02.04.10 @ 04:27 PM)
kristin williams says:

Betsy cracks me up ;) pics are just lovely!

(02.08.10 @ 08:49 AM)
Deitra says:

Beautiful Family!! I love the pics!!!!

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12.16.2009
The dvd sale will be extended until the 24th.  Half of the proceeds will go to Hope Epidemic.

Here is more info and you can read more on the website www.seacoast.org

The lack of clean drinking water steals the lives of 5,500 each day--that's more than war, natural disasters, AIDs or even hunger. It is a silent killer--one that quietly preys on the world's most marginalized and forgotten people. Today, 1 in 8 people in the world live without clean drinking water; that is about 1 billion people in the world. The lack of clean water and sanitation results in approximately 1.8 million children dying every year from water related diseases.

The Hope Epidemic is about more than helping solve the world's global water crisis; it is about truly spreading the gift of living water, the gift of hope, to our friends, co-workers and communities. It has been said that people can live 40 days without food, 3 days without water, but not a second without hope. Jesus cried out in John 7:37-38, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."  Jesus is our hope.

If anyone wants to save the change they would spend on drinks (coffee, red bull, soda) for the next two weeks we will be collecting until Christmas Eve.  Please let me know we will be collecting and taking to the Columbia service on the 24th. 

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To order your dvd go here find "PUBLIC STORE" from there you will click the "dvd sale".  You can pay by PayPal, credit card, or by check. 

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