Wonderful Blessings!

When we went to Monkey Joes for the birthday party that I posted previously someone stole Lilly's new school shoes from the shoe bin. I was a bit upset over it especially since our finances are a bit tight right now and this meant that I had to buy Lilly another pair of school shoes. Brian surprised me and bought Lilly a really cute pair of shoes this past weekend which Lilly loves and she truly believes that they make her run faster. The blessing in this situation was this afternoon when I received the mail there was an envelope from ZUMA fun center with a $50 gift card I thought this was a solicitation until I saw the receipt attached. Now this is not the same play place but it was a huge blessing now we can have a fun family night out with the children. They LOVE zuma and can ride go carts and play games all evening.
The 2nd Blessing was a gift card from Ruby Tuesday for just the right amount for Brian and I to enjoy a dessert and a soda on date night. I am praying for the Lord to open the door for us to start up a date night co-op with another couple so we can enjoy pursuing a closer relationship with each other.
God is certainly good ALL the time! I wonder what will be in my mail tomorrow?

Final pics from our weekend

Lilly had a blast at Monkey Joes today another first for us.
She had so much fun climbing on all of their blow up things. What a fun place for a little girl with so much energy. I even was able to slide down the slide with her which was fun.
Happy Birthday Raquel! She is one of Lilly's friends who lives across the street from us. After the party we were asked to come back to their house to enjoy a feast with all of their family and close friends. I love the spanish culture especially when it comes to parties with yummy food.
Monkey Joe made a special appearance and Lilly had to get a hug from the monkey.
We had one more surprise to finish off our weekend a sleep over for Lilly with Ashlyn another friend of Lilly's who lives two doors down from us. Landen has had fun today riding his dirt bike and hanging out with his Daddy again. Gabriel enjoyed church with Grammy and Pappy and then he came home to work on his costume. Now we are all settling down the girls are watching Cinderella, Landen is watching football and Gabriel is playing in his room. Brian is being a super sweet hubby and cleaning the house while I update our Blog. What a fun weekend we have had!

Lilly's first trip to Build-A-Bear was so exciting she really pondered which bear she would love 4-ever
How exciting Lilly found her song from one of her favorite movies the song "Take me out to the ball game". She chose this song for her bear and has now played it many times with delight.
Happy Birthday Jacob! (He has a liking for my blonde haired girly)
Lilly chose her favorite bear the velvet teddy and her name is... Juli
Juli all dressed up in her velvet jogging suit. (Lilly only kept this outfit on her bear long enough for this pic then she tore the clothes off.) What a fun time we both had at Build-A-Bear choosing the bear and then stuffing and fluffing and naming and dressing. Lilly really loves her bear and has carried it around ever since the party. After Build-A-Bear we headed to Sbarro pizza where we ate pizza and cookie cake to finish off Jacob's party. Gabriel spent the night again at Grammy and Pappy's house to play some more on the farm and to bake banana bread and play with his goats. Landen enjoyed an evening out with Brian finding his costume and having guy time. What a fun filled day.