Daddy and Viviane at the Park

Liz's involvement in LMC gave me some time to spend with Viviane, so we decided to go to the park. The weather was beautiful. Viviane enjoyed the swings and the slides very much. Then we headed to the pond to see the ducks. As we walked Viviane chanted "See-the-ducks!" over and over. It was great! We saw lots of geese and a couple of ducks at the pond. Then we headed to the "Island" where we saw these beautiful flowers. Thankfully I had brought the camera and Viviane was pretty cooperative so I got some shots with her in the flower patch. I cannot thank God enough for Viviane. Like a flower, she fills our lives with fragrance of God's beneficence.

Happy Birthday, Viviane!

It's our sweet little girl's 2nd birthday already! Time has flown by...it's so hard to believe she's all toddler now! Viviane is truly a blessing from our Heavenly Father, and we praise Him for His goodness in giving her to us! He has blessed her with excellent health and development these first 2 years, and she brings such joy and liveliness to our home.

On Saturday, we celebrated with a family birthday party. Viviane so enjoyed having Nana, Aunt Amy, Zack, Emilee, Grandma & Grandpa, Uncle Nathan, Aunt April, Claire, and Caleb here! (We missed you, Poppa, Aunt Alicia & Uncle Steve, Aunt Jenny, Uncle Lance, Ellie, Micah, & Anna!) Her cousins built a great fort in the living room out of blankets, and they all had a ball playing in it. She also thoroughly enjoyed her cupcake and opening gifts. Thanks for celebrating with us, everybody!

Today is "the big day", and Viviane has had a blast so far! She got to play outside with Micaiah and Miriam for almost 2 hours and had a birthday cupcake for dessert after lunch! We're going to have dinner and some play time at the McDonald's Play Place before church tonight to continue the celebration. Then, tomorrow night we'll have a birthday dinner for both Viviane and Auntie Donna (whose birthday is Saturday) with the Bixby "Clan" to round out the almost-week-long celebration :-)

Happy Birthday, Viviane!

Snow and a Party at Nana and Poppa's!

We drove up to Charlotte last Sunday just before the big snow storm to visit Nana and Poppa for a couple of days before heading to Asheboro, NC, for a missions conference. What a beautiful winter wonderland we saw Sunday night and Monday morning! Nana and Poppa had a snow day on Monday, and Michael's sisters Amy and Alicia (along with her kids Zack and Emilee) came over for part of the day. Viviane had lots of fun playing with her cousins, and Nana made a "between-the-birthdays" cake for Emilee and Viviane. We had a little cake party to celebrate Emilee's February birthday and Viviane's March birthday. We made lots of fun memories!