Haley's 16th Birthday!

This girl (:

She's my sweet, sweet other daughter...

my precious friend....

Hadlee's favorite person...

and my student:)

She truly has brought so much 

love and joy to our lives.

Totally didn't expect this or plan for this...

But can't imagine our lives without her!

Haley has amazing parents who have

become our dear friends...

I'm thankful that they share her with us!  :)

I love having an extra daughter!  

And even better, Hadlee 

loves having a "sister"!  

I love that Hadlee has Haley to 

look up to, talk to, and love!  

They are CRaZY about each other

and I love it!!!

Our girl turned 16 in February!!!

I thought the words to this card were perfect...

Since her life is so busy with softball

and such, they have postponed her

Sweet 16 celebration (she got a car for

her birthday though!!!).  We love that

she can drive over anytime now.

Troy made steaks one night so 

we could celebrate with her.  

Speaking of, Troy loves her like his own, too!

Happy Sweet 16 Haley Girl!

This girl has one of the kindest

spirits I've ever known.  I have yet

to hear her say something ugly/negative

 about ANYONE.  There are NOT many 

people I could say that about.

She is mature, grounded,

and has a deep love for the Lord.

I'm blessed to know her and 

have her in my life.  

Our Hudson

I can't even imagine our lives

without Hudson Jack Pierce.

He is SO into football these days...

especially Aggie and/or Midway football.  

He watches the Midway highlights 

video ALL.the.TIME!!!!!!!!!

I opened his iTouch the other 

day to find THIS picture as his screen saver;)

He might think he's a big time football

player, but he still loves to drink 

his milk in his sippy cup!!!

(warmed up in the microwave

for 45 seconds of course!!!)

Maybe that milk is why he's such

a big studly five year old football player:)

Doing an Aggie run-out (:

Thankfully, he's got some smarts, too;)

He is very into writing out words,

asking about letters and numbers

AND keeping a journal!  

ReD Day for the American Heart

Association.  Of course he chose 

his red Midway jersey...which actually

used to be Walker's.  Walker wore

it at the exact same age:)

Huds went to his first birthday party 

that he was invited to by one of HiS

friends ~ Peyton, a boy he played tball 

with last year....

He had an awesome time!!!!!!!!!!!

Precious Julia was there, too:)

Happy Birthday, Peyton:)

Hudson absolutely adores 

anything and everything about

Baby Bax.  It's so sweet!!!

AND he is also VERY into

Mrs. Janice's new house that is

being built!!!!!!!!!!

And of course he loves everything

about being with Mrs. Janice

and Adrienne.  He is going to miss

them soooooooo much next year.

I can't even stand to think about it :(

Recently Walker pulled out his 

Crocodile Hunter shirt that we ordered

for him from the Australian Zoo

so he could be Steve Irwin;)

For a few days, I thought Hudson

was going to go down the snake/

crocodile phase like Walker did;)

He texts and face times me from 

the other room all the time...

I absolutely love it.  

He really is pure love and joy.  

I am so lucky to be his mommy.

Especially when he comes running

in from outside to give me a 

flower he picked.  He is my heart.

Mommy loves you, Hudson.