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 Last month we went down to Naples, FL for my cousin Tiffany & Chris' Wedding. This was Jody & I 1st time to ever go to Florida.  It was very  pretty but quite hot & muggy in June!  I wanted to share a few photos from our trip.   Pictures below are from Naples Botanical Gardens, Everglade Swamp Air boat tour, Beach Sunsets, Tin City, and Tiff's wedding.   - Enjoy

Naples Botanical Garden

Everglade Swamp Air Boat Tour

Today Jody & I hosted lunch for our Mommas & Grandma Anita.  I was very excited to use our china for the 1st time.  Our dishes are very special, because my Grammy Reid gave them to me, since she no longer uses them and had several sets. I remember using them at my Grammy's house on special holidays growing up.  Our table looked so beautiful!

Wishing all you amazing moms a wonderful Mother's Day!

 

Chicken Parmesan- Yummy-O-Yum!

 

Love, Faith, & Courage

Kaci's story has been published in the Guymon Daily Herald.

Click here to read it!

Please keep my beautiful cousin Kaci & family in your prayers!!!  We need a miracle God!   THEIR BLOG

Pray, many prayers....

As your visiting this page, please say a prayer for my Kaci and her family. She has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Today, she is undergoing a biopsy and Ryan her husband is updating everyone on her blog-http://theronnes.blogspot.com/

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. —Philippians 4:6

Congrats Liz!

I am very proud of my cousin Elizabeth who received her masters this past weekend from West Texas A&M University in Business Admin.

My pictures are not the best, but here they are (aunt Carolyn).





I wanted her to show off her master's hood!




Business Class ( Liz in on the far right)

Gray Be Gone!

My Aunt Carolyn decided to color her hair while we were in Guymon last month. We were all shocked but very happy for her to go out of her comfort zone. We all loved it and think she looks so much younger- Hope your still loving your new look Aunt Carolyn! :)

Before...

And After...


During....

The Awaited Arrival

Berkley Elizabeth Ylla is here! She was born on Monday June 29, 2009. She weighs 8lbs./14 oz. Aunt Sonya and Uncle Nick are the proud parents and brother Reed is thrilled too.

Berkley has tons of hair, long fingers, and perfect lips. Berkley is pretty and seems very peaceful. I just love her!

Aunt Elizabeth with Berkley Elizabeth :)


Holding baby Berkley for the 1st time

"Every good and perfect gift is from above.” – James 1:17

Sonya's Baby Shower

Saturday we celebrated with Jody's Aunt Sonya at her Baby Shower in Edmond. My mom came down for the weekend, so she joined me and we also picked up my new mother (Jody's Mom) on the way. We had a great girls afternoon!
Baby Berkeley Elizabeth is expected to arrive on June 29th and we can't wait to see her! Sonya had a beautiful shower and looked so adorable. She also received a lot of nice gifts and tons of clothes!

Sonya with the ladies that made the shower possible, her hostesses!

Sonya and her Mom

1st card brought tears to her eyes- dang hormones!

"Blessed" How cute is that!


Elizabeth (Mom), Sonya (Aunt), and Anita (Grandma)


Sonya and I Cheese'n

Congratulation Riley!

May 17th Riley graduated from Hammon High School. I believe he graduated with about 16 classmates!!! It was neat to see how a very small town does graduation. They even had a reception afterwords with cake and punch.
Jody, Lauren, Cur, and I drove up to the Clinton area to attend his Graduation and see some of the family. We enjoyed our time and had a good visit. Congratulations on graduating and we wish you the best at S.W.O.S.U.

Riley is so talented that no one knew he could play the piano also! He is very good at playing the drums and guitar.


Riley's Valedictorian Speech


Some of the Shepherd Grandchildren.... (left to right)
Daniel, Jen, Cru, Lauren, Riley, Jody, April, Mackenzie, and Tucker


Shepherd Grandchildren w/ Grandma and Grandad Shepherd

My curly headed nephew whom I adore

Jeff, Stephanie, and Teagen came up for my shower and when they arived at my apartment, they knocked on the door and had Teagen standing there by himself. He was wearing a shirt I had made for him. It was so adorable to see him standing at my door with that T-shirt on, it truly made my day....

He is at such a fun age right now, it was such a joy to see him. Hope he remembers me when they come back for the wedding.

Here are some pictures of my one and only nephew Teagen and his 1st trip to Oklahoma!

Teagen's 1st adventure at The Elephant Bar





This is my favorite..... he's posing for the picture


Teagen and I playing chase as he is running and laughing

What a Wonderful Shower

Here are some pictures from my shower on March 21st. It was wonderful and we got so many nice gifts...Thanks so much everyone!

My friend Melissa created a Smile Box slide show here if you would like to check it out click here!

My Aunt Carolyn also just started a blog and she has some picture from the shower on her site as well.

Birthday Time

Nick, Lauren, and Reed all share January Birthdays!!! We celebrated with them at Jody's mom's house a few weeks ago. We had Sunday lunch, played games, ate chocolate cake, and hung out. We all enjoyed ourselves. Happy Birthday you three!


The trio blowing out all those candles!