Shower Prep is Full of Surprises.

 The dogs are ready. Thank you Adorable and Beautiful for always filling my camera roll with your pup pictures.

I walked into the room to see this. My heart sore. Twin Beautiful is the youngest, she has never had this bonding time with an unborn baby. I love all the teaching and learning that is happening with sisters in this picture.

J and I then headed to the store with or shopping list.  We had plans for big chicken wing dinner but needed supplies for the party the next day. While we were at the store we got a huge surprise. The T family arrived to attend the shower, and actually help like they always do. Larry even helped us prepare dinner.

We are beyond blessed to have the T family as our friends. They go out of their way to constantly love on us. They are part of the family and are always there for the big events. They decided to visit at the very last minute because the kids schools had closed so their trip to Dallas turned into a trip all the way to St. Louis.

So many schools are closing, I can't even think about all those things. We heard from Mary and SLU has closed for a few weeks so we would go get her when she returned. The kids would all be doing online schooling for their college classes. This was all for two weeks. But we idon'thave time tot talk about his because we are preparing for a party and thrilled that Larry, Kat and Troy used the school closings as an opportunity to visit. For now we feast and then prepare for the shower.

I added a ton of pictures because they all show the people I love. I missed Bear. The girls were all here. Their boy friends were there to help, or to eat ( not sure which). We did a huge family rosary at the end of the day to include The T family and the extra friends. You can't get better than that! We prayed for the "storm" that we all could feel was coming but no one could identitfy. We prayed for our health and we prayed for all those that would be effected by the Wuhan Virus. We prayed for those whose schools, especially the colleges that had closed or kicked the students out for the next few weeks. We prayed for those that were not with us, namely Bear and Mary. We prayed for that Grand Baby that got us all together today! 

R Family Arrives In Time For Stations

 We were so excited that Pooker and JavaJava made the trip into town so we could honor them with a Baby shower. The world is starting to get iffy out there and it was so comforting to see and hug our family. This weekend was meant to be a fun weekend. J and I would need to be preparing for the shower but the rest were meant to have fun with each other. Family time is so important. Bear would be missed, but we would call him as much as possible.

 JavaJava made sure to bring some of the beers that the girls had helped him brew when they visited Texas last month. How cool is that?!?

After eating we moved into the dining room to pray the stations. 

I love praying with these people!

Some Went to TX

Goobers, Possible, and Bagel reorganized their lives so that they could go visit Pooker and JavaJava. Pooker is getting bigger everyday with that baby! The first stop was WhatA Burger ad then a bunch of other familiar type adventures. 

They had Mexican food, slumber parties, learned all they could about the brewery.

The Six Brothers Brewery was established by JavaJava and his brothers. They have been creating their own beers for a few years and opened the brewery last year. Pooker and JavaJava decided to move to Abilene to be near JavaJava's family and to help brew the beer.

To this crowd there is nothing better than a little sister time.

O'Day Park With Big Family

We were all together and headed to the park to play. One never knows what this family will do. They had a blast. We have wonderful pictures from the day.