Happy Birthday Phoebe!!

Phoebe is celebrated a birthday this last week -- She's 17 (can you believe that???)

She is creative and yet careful with her words

She is athletic and beautiful

She is determined and diligent

She has amazing talents -- dancing, baseball, music, graphic design, photography, videography, attention to details, patience with little ones, good listener, and so many others

She's quiet and loving

An amazing bowler, left handed

 She's also a wonderful friend and companion

She's one of my two sisters :)

She has a special relationship with this little man - Dean, whom she baby sat for about a year

She has a passion for Truth

She has a great sense of humor and loves to have fun

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Phoebe, you are an amazing gift to our family, and I am so grateful that 17 years ago, the Lord answered my 5-year-old prayers for a sister, with you!

You are my best friend, my confidante, my pilgrim through this world.

I love you!

Happy Birthday and many many more dear.

abby xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Pray for Phoebe!

Our beloved Phoebe is ill right now (we think its food poisoning).  Please pray for her... she would be blessed your prayers.

Thank you!

The Life of Phoebe-dee

Three sisters - Abs, Jo, and Pheebs

Before I existed

That's Phoebe, at the bottom of the photo

This was a few months before Jaden was born

Phoebe, as a flower girl at Uncle Jim's wedding

Phoebe and me

Kautt siblings - summer 2003 (Phoebe's in the middle back)

This photo was taken on the day of my 6th Birthday party

Cheese!

What a cutie-pie

This photo was also taken on the day of my 6th Birthday party

Silly siblings

Twelve years ago

With Dr. Jobe and Jenna Dee Martin

With Dr. John Morris

Nine years ago

Goofing off

With cousin Janice

We love you, Phoebe!!!!! 

Editor's note: as you can see, these photos are not in chronological order. =)

Today is...

...Somebody's Birthday. :)

To the bestest Phoebe in the whole world,

 

 

HAPPY SWEET SIXTEEN!!!!!

I love you to the moon the back (=

~Jo <3

"Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established." 

Proverbs 16:3 (KJV)

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you."  

Isaiah 1:5a

" For You formed my inward parts;
         You covered me in my mother’s womb.
 ¹⁴ I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
         Marvelous are Your works,
         And that my soul knows very well.
 ¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from You,
         When I was made in secret,
         And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
 ¹⁶ Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
         And in Your book they all were written,
         The days fashioned for me,
         When as yet there were none of them."  

Psalm 139:13-16 

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One young girl, one unborn baby, and one very important life-changing decision - Read the story of Anya Murray, and find out why she is pro-life.  Very touching.

Frozen

On the first day of February, a frigid ice-storm from Canada directed its nastiness towards the residents of mid-western and southern states, dumping several inches of snow and ice in its wake.  Here in north Texas, ice layers the ground, and freezes the air.

The frozen gardens

Currently, it feels like 6 F. and that's windchill only.  In real degrees it's about 16 F.

Frozen ground

Some people are using the phrase "super storm 2011" as if this is going to be the last bad / cold weather we're going to receive this winter!   I kinda doubt if this is the last of the harsh winter weather.  We usually have at least a couple of bad spells in February, and then at least one in March, which is usually a very windy month.

Phoebe 'skates' on the icy alley

Looking down the alley

Icy all around

And what's with all of the hype surrounding 2010 being the "hottest year on record, since 1998"?   I think this has been one of the coldest, meanest winters I can remember, and last winter it snowed 5 times.  I mean snowed.

~Me~

I just hope that wherever you are, that you are blessed with warmth and a roof over your heads!  God help and protect those who are homeless and without shelter at this frigid time of year. 

They're Back!

Abby and Phoebe got home safely this afternoon (around 3:00p.m.). We are all glad to have them back! Photos of their trip will be up soon, I'm sure. :) Aunt J. came down, because Poppy (Mom's Dad) and Grams (Mom's Mom) came to drop off Abby and Phoebe. 

Oh where, oh where, are my sisters?

Stunning!

Abby and Phoebe are on there way to...... COLORado! And, boy do I miss them!!!  They bought a small Canon (digital) camera for the occasion. I hope they get a lot of good photographs. If there is a slack in posting, just know that I am probably cooking, doing laundry or some other chore. Above are some photos of Joel, Abby and Caleb's trip to Colorado last year.

Phoebe

The 28th of August was Phoebe's Birthday. Can you guess how OLD she is now? 15! I can hardly believe it. :)
Below are some photos of her Birthday and the day after (we continued her Birthday celebration for two days).

The chocolate/peanut butter cake

The salad and fruit our friends the Smiths brought

A delicious meal!

Phoebe, Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Cake and ice-cream

Discussion

The Birthday girl-- we LOVE you!!