Visiting Harper, Mom and Dad

Harper & G-Pa working on pull ups

Play time

 Saying goodbye to Harper

We had a great time in Dallas visiting Harper, Mom and Dad. Harper is going to be 1 month old tomorrow. Happy Birthday day baby boy. He is filling out and is so cute. G-Pa and Harper had a great time playing pull up. Gran just loves holding him. We went to a baby shower and birthday party, ran some errands and just enjoyed our short time with the kids. Great Grandma Sanders will soon be flying to Dallas to meet her great grandson. Can't wait to take that 4 generation picture.

Happy Delivery

 First Check Up

April 20th at 1:12 p.m. Harper Samuel Ladd was born. He weighed 6 lbs. 8oz. and was 19" long. My prayer was to be there and it happened. How do you justify asking God for anything so selfish. I guess the next time I will go to him with that same desire.What an exciting event in the life of the Clement's and the Ladd's. I don't think I have ever been more proud of Angela. She was fantastic and to watch Zac love her and help her was amazing. From the moment Harper was born, Zac was right there taking it all in and expressing it with tears of sheer joy. It was a moment I shall never forget. Counting the days till we can see him again. Grateful for Skype.

False Alarm

Well, Friday evening we were having a quiet evening at home and preparing for all the stuff we wanted to get done around the house that we didn't get to do Spring Break when we got a phone call from Angela saying they were one their way to the hospital. She had been having contractions all day but now they were very consistent and the Dr. wanted to see them. We got in high gear and washed clothes and packed. Called to make sure the dog had a place to stay and Wayne made sure he had Tuesday & Wednesday evening services covered. Then we waited and waited and waited for the phone call to come. We got the call that she wasn't in labor, but they were going to keep her over night and have a specialist in high risk pregnancy's come in to do an ultrasound on Saturday because about 10% of the time when they checked the baby's heart rate it skipped. They believe that when this precious baby comes that the skip will disappear, but to be safe they will do a sonogram every week till the baby comes. So please pray for Angela and the baby. And of course Zac too. He is really taking great care of his love.

Spring Break

 Wayne and Zac each have their own way of putting the game together. :)

Whow! Spring Break did not last long enough. Traveled to Grapevine and spent the week at The Vineyard Campground. It is so beautiful there and we were able to relax and read and of course watch "March Madness".Spent some time with Angela and Zac. They are so exited about the coming birth of the baby.Her precious friends in Dallas gave her a shower today.It was so much fun. Some of her friends brought their baby's.It will be great to see them grow up all together.                                                                                                                      
 Mel, Suz, Ang, Steph, Linsday and Anne

Beautiful Sunday Afternoon

I think that maybe the winter blues are just about to be over. It is a beautiful afternoon. Watching the Daytona 500 and Wayne take a nap. Go figure.
Nine weeks till our long expected grand baby will be here. Wayne and I had so much fun shopping this weekend. I'd go into it but someone might be reading this........How in the world am I going to stand living 300 miles away. Thank goodness for Skype.
Well, instead of talking about this beautiful weather I think I'll go out and enjoy it. Have a great week.

Valentines Day

Well, I hope all you love birds got exactly what you wanted today. We had a nice quiet evening at home eating candy and watching TV. Our true Valentine present was to see Wayne's cousin, who is in the military home from Korea. We had "Thanksgiving" Saturday to celebrate. It was so good. Turkey taste just as good as it does in November and December. Angela, Zac and the pups came to visit and pick up the baby gifts. Had a good but quick visit with them. Today we also remember the two people we loved so much who demonstrated the greatest love. Seven years ago we buried this great love, but their memory lives on in our hearts. I had a friend tell me recently that she realized how fragile life is and didn't want to ever say "I wish I had......". So if I haven't told you lately I love you and appreciate you, I do.
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Cold Winter Days

Well, we sit here on another cold, rainy, windy night with the fire going. Nice and cozy, but ready for dry weather and the sun. What a great baby shower we had for Angela last weekend, but sad that we had to "Skype" her in because of the bad weather. Lots of wonderful friends and family and fun baby gifts.                    
I am reading "Believing God", by Beth Moore. The first sentence I underlined was in the Introduction which read, Faith happens when believers believe. Don't we know lots of people, maybe even ourselves who believe in God, but have trouble believing Him. Is. 7:9 reads, "If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all" The only way we are going to impact the world and the next generation is to prove that our faith in Christ is real and that is works.