Summer is here!!! The kids are enjoying the summer days!! Thought I would post a few photos for friends and family.

I know its late but Happy New Year!!!

I have not had a chance to post in awhile but I am going to try to touch on a few of our highlights.

Lets see.. First to mention is Christmas!! The biggest blessing was watching Raybon open his presents on Christmas morning!!! He was soooo excited!!! Brandon was able to be with us, so much fun!!!

New Information found out after MRI..........

We found out Christmas Eve that Raybon is not a candidate for implants and that the hearing aids really won't be too much of a help for him. I was dissapointed at first, but God is showing us everyday what a comnplete joy and blessing this really is!! Raybon continues to learn sign and goes to Atlanta School for the Deaf everyday. He loves school, his friends and most of all his teacher,Ms. Cynda.He is sooo smart!! We have a Deaf mentor that teaches us at home as a family. What a blessing this little boy is as he teaches us what a beautiful language signing is.

Hannah continues to excell in her Karate!!! She is amazing to watch as she is determined to be a Black Belt. She is currently a purple belt and pratices everyday.Keep up the hard work Hannah!!

Madison is still loving Gymnastics and is doing Chinese Dance. She is so talented and beautiful to watch when she competes and dances.

Leah is so busy with school and getting ready for College. I am so proud of her as she continues to be on the Honors List!!!

Abigail is busy having fun at school..not sure if she realizes that she should be learning (ha,ha.) She really does enjoy her school and most of all her friends.

Brandon is working at an Engineer company and going to school. So proud of you Brandon!!!

I will try to do better with my posts but as you can see, my family right now keeps me busy. I love it!!!!

October Festival at Church

We all had so much fun at Church tonight!!! Everyone looked so cute in their costumes. Well, I wouldn't call Michael cute in his costume but he sure did look the part.

Leah's Baptism!!!

I have great news to share!!

Leah made a decision to be baptised this past Friday!!

We had so many wonderful friends come over to celebrate with us....Thank you!!!!

Leah wanted to share before her baptism Ephesians 2:1-2 and 8-9. As a family I want to thank everyone for praying and a huge thanks to Megan and Josh Holt,Jan Smith, Courtney Turner and all the teen girls for being their for Leah.

Raybon's First Day of Hearing!!!

Well, Tuesday was an amazing Day!!! It is so hard to put into words the emotions that flooded over me. In late June we went for the first time to an Audiologist and sat in the hearing booth with no response to sound. It was so sad to see that he couldn't hear and didn't respond to any sounds. We then had scheduled a ABR under sedation. The results showed that he was not Profoundly deaf but moderate in left ear and moderate to severe in right ear!! These results were so encouraging because we knew that hearing aids would be a possiblity. We were not against the Cochlear Implants but prayed that the hearing aids would work. So, on Tuesday August 11th we went into the new Audiologist office that specialized in hearing aids for children and put in his aids. Our next step was into the hearing booth to see if he would respond to sound. Oh my goodness when the sounds started to come and he turned at every sound!!! I felt chills on my arms and tears in my eyes. God is so good!!!!

His hearing is like a newborn baby hearing for the first time so he hears the sounds but doesn't know what to do with it. He is having speech therapy and will attend Atlanta School for the Deaf in November. They will bascially continue his signing and teach him to speak.

I'll keep posted with the updates.

First Day of School!!!!

Some more photos of everyone's first day of school.

First Day of School for everyone!!! Our home was filled with excitement this morning!! Everyone was up way way early to start the day. I can't believe Summer is over!!!