Legacy Traditional District Spelling Bee Here We Come!!!

Miss Rebecca Lynn and I will be heading out early in the morning to Maricopa for the spelling bee! She came in fourth at her school spelling bee, she missed the word "solemn". She said "Mom, I have never even heard of that word!" We are going to have a great time, even if there is a torrential downpour going on outside! I am so blessed to have three great spellers! Eli started them off, Grayson kept up the tradition and Becca is definitely the youngest and proudest :)

Here's to a better New Year 2010...

What a beautiful day!

It's 70 degrees today and the sun is shining bright! Only five more days until Eli is feeling right :) Yes, I am trying to rhyme today... what a dork!
He will be going into the hospital on Sunday to prepare him for the surgery, we are so thankful for that! I feel more at peace when he is around a medical team that can help him at a moments notice.
Have a beautiful day, wherever you are!!!

It's around the corner...

YES, six more days until the transplant!!! I am getting excited for Eli! Oh, the places he will go...

"When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future." Bernard Meltzer

Transplant Date is December 23, 2009

It is official! The transplant is in TWO WEEKS! Thank you all for your love and support over the last 16 months!
I want Jimmy to know how much I love him and his selfless act to save my son's life. Thank you Jimmy, words cannot ever express my gratitude for your sacrifice.
It has been an extremely emotional day.
Love to All!
Malaine

Happy Birthday Mr. Teenager!

We know it's a little late bud, but we wanted you to know how much we love and appreciate you!
You bring so much laughter and joy into our home, we are proud of the young man you have become and look forward to many more days of Michael Jackson impressions :)
(p.s. just because you are thirteen doesn't mean you are way too cool to hug your mom goodbye in the morning! really, nobody is watching...)


We love you Graysoni!

LOVE is a tender act of endless
forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
Peter Ustinov

Happy Birthday Elijah Caine!

Here it is, the big TWO-ZERO!


Your Peeps love you! Love, Becca and Grayson



A Mother's love is something
that no one can explain,
It is made of deep devotion
and of sacrifice and pain,

It is endless and unselfish
and enduring come what may
For nothing can destroy it
or take that love away . . .

It is patient and forgiving
when all others are forsaking,
And it never fails or falters
even though the heart is breaking . . .

It believes beyond believing
when the world around condemns,
And it glows with all the beauty
of the rarest, brightest gems . . .

It is far beyond defining,
it defies all explanation,
And it still remains a secret
like the mysteries of creation . . .

A many splendoured miracle
man cannot understand
And another wondrous evidence
of God's tender guiding hand.
~Helen Steiner Rice

I love you Eli...

Happy Birthday!