We love you Papa Frank

Ricky's Papa went to heaven on Wednesday, he had an unexpected surgery that he had to go in for... and unfortunately his body could not handle it. We had all been warned that it was very serious... but we never lost hope that he may come through it. Ricky, Karly and I made it there just in time to be with him in his room when he took his last breath, along with all of his loving family, it was truly amazing to see how many people fit in that room. He was so loved! It was very hard for everyone... and is going to be for a very long time. He was an amazing man! Please keep the whole family in your prayers.

Nana has been with him since they were in sixth grade! Kathie, Ricky's mom, is truly daddy's little girl. And Ricky and his sisters... to say that they were extremely close to their Papa is an understatement, not to mention all of his great grandkids!! And I have only known him for close to 10 years now and loved him so much, he always made me feel like family (even telling people I was his grandaughter before Ricky and I were married :).

We love you so much Papa... We will miss you more than you will ever know! (And we promise to teach Karly the one-two's... she's almost got them down ;) Papa and Bella

Easter... Prayer Request... Birthdays... Wedding planning... and SMILES!!!

Well....we had a busy past couple of weeks... so this is gonna be a long post!

FIRST OFF....HAPPY EASTER EVERYBUNNY! We had the cutest easter bunny outfit for Karly!And she was the happiest bunny!Ha Ha... love it!Ricky and Karly... aka Ricky Jr. Jr... no DNA test needed :)We got up to my moms house early... Karly was a happy girl watching her grandma make her famous pies.....mmmmm!Then we headed over to Auntie Sues... she got a kick out of Karlys outfit!Owie Monkey found all his Easter eggs!Jenna had fun looking too... isn't she getting so tall! LOVE U BIRD!The Armstead Sisters! (My mom got Karly her little short outfit for Easter... THANK YOU!)We had a great time up at Auntie Sues house... thanks for great food and company! We love you guys!.... Then it was time to head down to Kathies house for another easter dinner!Paulina and Bella looking gorgeous as usual!Bella was so cute hunting eggs.Dayton, the expert egg hunter!Carlos.... so cute!But Macy was the one to find the last golden egg :) The gold ones had CASH... now you understand the excitement in her face! Kathie got Karly her pajama set and easter bunny ears! So comfy and cute... THANK YOU!Papa Frank loves to get a good look at Karly... and here is where our prayer request comes in. Papa was diagnosed with cancer and started chemotherapy for it this week. Most of you have met Ricky's family and understand how extremely close they are! This is a tough thing for any family to go through... so please keep Papa Frank and all of the family in your prayers... We love you Papa!Karly was exhausted by the end of the night.... slept from 9pm til 7 the next morning! We had a great Easter and are so blessed to have such great families!!! LOVE YOU!

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The day after Easter was Kathies Birthday... so we got all geared up to go wish her Happy Birthday!I love this outfit on Karly... she looks like a little school girl!Michelle and Kellie did an awesome job of putting on a surprise lunch for their mom.... Everything was beautiful! Bella, Karly, and MacyKarly laughing at Macy!Lovin on Grandma for her Birthday... Happy Birthday Kathie... We Love You!We also did somemore dress shopping for Katie this past week. She has it narrowed down to two gorgeous dresses, we had a lot of fun going to look with her!The Bride to be, Me and KarlyBecca, Amy and KatieMom and BeccaHappy Karly GirlMe and MomMy mom can always find the weirdest positions that Karly LOVES!!! This one made me laugh!My friend Rachelle came to visit this week too... She is due to have her baby Kayla in June!As you can see... Karly has discovered smiling in a big way this past week.... she had gone through a little spell of colic for a while there, but we can all tell her tummy is starting to feel a lot better now...LOVE HER!

Wedding Planning & Day at the Spas!

Well as most of you already know... Katie and David are getting married!!! We were all so excited when they announced their engagement, and now that they have booked a date (September 18, 2009) we are all kicking in high gear to get everything planned :) On Tuesday we did our first wedding dress trip...Katie and David are absolutely perfect for eachother and we are so happy for them!We were not allowed to take pictures of Katie in the dresses, so Tracy volunteered to take some shots :)Karly was such a good girl... slept most of the time in her car seat...Then Tracy got some lovin time in!Katie was pooped by the end of the day... She looked ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS in all of the dresses (perfect body, beautiful face... I mean how could you go wrong :) We all can't wait to see her on their special day!

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Before we looked for dresses we used half of the day and went out to Glen Ivy... First time for us girls, my mom treated Katie Amy and I THANKS SO MUCH MOM!... and Tracy showed us around, and treated us to a lovely green paint treatment... LOVELY!!! THANKS TRACY!

Step 1... rub mud all over yourself :/Step 2: Lay out in the sun and let it dry :)Step 3: complain to Glen Ivy for making towels for skinny people... ummm HELLO CAN'T FIT IT AROUND MY ASS!!! :) Just kidding, I didn't really complain... but come on people!Mom and Amy enjoying the water!We had a lot of fun... just what we all needed! Karly got to spend the day with her Grandma Kathie and Auntie's Michelle and Kellie. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING HER! It is so nice to be able to leave her with people that you know adore her and that she adores too!!! LOVE YOU GUYS!

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Some extra shots... of course...

Sunday night we a birthday party for Carlos... loved her little outfit!Just relaxin... watchin TV :)Ricky and our big boy King... big sweetie!
My sweet little angel all in pink!

LOVE HER!