Jadon loves Jesus!

This is 8 year old Jadon and he is a new follower of Christ!  We were so happy to hear that he asked Jesus to be his Savior.  Actually his testimony is a lot like mine.  He couldn't get to sleep one night because he knew he was lost and separated from God by sin , so he prayed and asked Jesus to save him and went back to sleep, secure that he was now a child of God.  He went to school and told his friends but didn't tell his mom and dad (Todd and Heather) until the following Sunday, April 30, 2013

Now he gets to be baptized!  Glory!!  Jadon is #6 of our ten grandchildren to become a Christ follower.  It's just like their first birth, each one is so exciting!

Jadon also played soccer this spring and did a great job!  He played hard and learned a lot.

So proud of you Jadon Creed Wallace!

Love, 

Mema

Miss Haven is 7!

Haven Elizabeth Wallace entered this world on June 3, 2006, so she turned 7 on Monday. 

Her birthday party was on Saturday evening at her house, so on Friday night I asked her if she wanted to go out for dinner with me.  We were going shopping until she decided that she wants to buy another American Girl doll and would just rather have money to go towards Sage, the new doll.  So I was thinking we could go to Olive Garden or some place like that, but when I asked her for her choice, she said "Sonic, and we can eat outside."  So, we went to Sonic and ordered at one of the patio tables and waited for our food.  When the language around us got a little colorful, and smoke was choking us, we went to the zoo park to eat our meal.  Then we went to the pet store and then to Wal-Mart to buy new goldfish for my water pond.  Haven found some nail polish she loved and a princess bouncing ball.

Saturday night, we joined Nana and Papa, Uncle JC and Aunt Misti, Kyla, Haley and Tyler, Great-gram Maxine, Uncle Matt, Aunt Lindsay, Gavin, Cael and Ava at Haven's house with her family.  Todd grilled burgers and hot dogs and they were delicious!  

Then she opened her presents.  Haven is so careful to read each of her cards out loud.

Then we all loaded up and went in to Doling Family Center to swim.

Great party, Haven!!  I know your cousins had a good time swimming.  Others of us really enjoyed the hot tub!

Well, I can't believe you are 7 and will be in second grade in the fall.  You are so charming and have such a beautiful smile.  I really enjoy talking to you because you are so open and have a variety of interests.  I hope you have a wonderful summer vacation and look forward to spending more time with you.

Love, 

Mema

SDC Trip #2

Cozy and I have been trying to find a time to go to Silver Dollar City and finally we got to go on Friday, May 31st.  Lindsay had home visits, so we had Gavin, Cael and Ava.  Cozy's main goal was to ride Outlaw Run, so we got there early so we could get a good place in line.  Little did we know that season pass holders can get in an hour early, so since we got there at 9 am and ride gates don't open to the public until 9:30 am, we headed straight for Outlaw Run first thing.  The flashing light said "5 Minutes" to wait in line.  Woo hoo!  So Cozy got on by herself, because neither Gavin nor I were brave enough to go with her.  She loved it!  It was still a 5 minute wait, so she got right back on and rode again.  That seemed to be the theme of the day. We rode each ride at least two times because it really wasn't very crowded that day.

Here's Nana and the sweeties we share.....

Cael loves the Ladybug....because he can ride by himself he says.

 Ava and I on the caterpillar.  She loved to go high.  Nana and Cael were on the butterfly.

 Nana and Ava on the frogs....

 I tried to get a picture of Gavin on that round ride...whatever the name of it is.  I don't know how to mark where he is at....but he's right .....................................there  \/

Nana and Cael on the swings.  Cael got to ride the swings 3 times.

We're on the train....

They wanted a front row seat for the show....

Cael was so excited  to ride the target ride....we stayed on and rode a second time.  The first time we got on it didn't take us long to realize that nana and mema had to sit on opposite sides of the boat.  lol!  Just about had a tip over.

What a great day!! Thanks, Cozy for persevering in spite of all the times we had to postpone.

Love you,

Donna

Miss Ava's 2nd Birthday

May 25 happened to be Ava Hope Wallace's 2nd birthday and it also happened to be the Saturday of her birthday party.  We joined the rest of her family at her house to celebrate with her.

Lindsay fixed a delicious taco bar which went well with Ava's Dora cake.

One year makes a big difference in how the birthday girl views opening her presents.  She loved everything!

Miss Ava, you are such a precious little girl!  I love how you can already count to 10....in English and Spanish (thank you, Dora).  You love animals, you like to be funny and laugh so cute.  I love your little pony tails and how you love to sing and dance. You are the youngest and will always be our baby.  We love you very much!

Mema

May Trip to Houston

I have missed one post in March and that is my annual trip to Houston for the kids spring break. I would have gone, however, the Bischoffs would not have been there.  They went to Guatamala for a family mission trip that week.  Although I missed being there with them, I was so excited for them to get to go and minister for a week as a family and for their kids to get to experience their first international mission trip with their family.

Gary and I usually try to go between Lucas's birthday on May 3rd and Micah's birthday on the 20th.  This year, as last year, we were there for Mother's Day.  We drove down on Friday and got up Saturday morning and went to Ruthie's soccer game.

Bless her heart.  She didn't feel good that morning, but went to her game anyway.  It's Upward Soccer so only 4 girls play at a time on each team.  Ruthie (the one with the stray strand of hair hiding her face) with her friends.

  Go, Ruthie....

Keep hydrated, Ruth...

The score was tied and Ruthie made the winning goal, then went to the bathroom and threw up. Poor baby!

Happy 14th birthday to Lucas Andrew Bischoff!   I just can't believe that he is going to be a freshman at Jersey Village High School in the fall.  sniff, sniff....growing up too fast as they all are.

Lucas chose a Reese's Peanut Butter Birthday cake.  Wendy created this fun cake.

Happy 11th Birthday to Micah Steven Bischoff!!  Micah will be in the 6th grade so he will move to Cook Middle School in the fall. Seriously, Micah?  Big change.

 Micah asked his mom to make him a pizza birthday cake.  Isn't it awesome?

Here's me with my beautiful daughter and grandchildren on Mother's Day!  Ruth Ann still felt a little sick so Pappy stayed home from church with her.

Monday morning, Micah woke up sick, so Pappy stayed home with him while I went with Wendy to the Zumba class that she teaches at HFBC.  After the class, she went over to the daycare area to lead a Zumba class for the children.  It was sooo cute!  She used a lot of the same music, just simplified the moves for the little ones.  They loved it and just moved and danced.  Some of them had their own moves they chose to use.

We were so sorry to miss Micah's baseball game Monday night, but sure didn't want him to go and throw up like Ruthie did.

Tuesday, Gary went to the golf course while Wendy and I went to Le Madeline's for lunch, then to a new cupcake store that Wendy had seen.  These are the yummy cupcakes we chose to buy and share with the others.

Bailey had a 6th grade Awards Program in the afternoon.  I was really glad to get to be there for   her school program and she was glad we were there.  

7th Grade, here she comes.............

Tuesday night, Lucas had a baseball game, so we all went to the ball park and watched Lucas play center field, catcher and short stop.  He got a good hit, walked and struck out against an 18 year old pitcher.  Most of the kids on these teams were older than him but he did a great job.

Wednesday morning we got up early so we could kiss the kids all good-bye before they left for school.  Lucas and Bailey had to be there at 6:30 am for FCA meeting.  Then we headed for home.  

 I got to swim every day and do my water aerobic exercises.  We always play board games and go up to the school yard to play ball and walk.  As always, we had a wonderful time and hated to leave.

Until next trip,

Mema