Adoption Fundraiser Yard Sale.....

Adoption Fundraising

Yard Sale

Sat. April 18th,2009

The Harper Kids are having a GIANT YARD SALE for our friends The Spencer Family. For those of you in the Midland/Odessa/Lubbock areas, we are having a Yard Sale to help raise funds for the Spencer Family to help bring their sweet son Pavel home. If you have any items that you would like to DONATE to the Yard Sale please email me at wah3@Hotmail.com & we will make arrangemets to pick them up. The kids are also in need of canned sodas & individually wrapped cookies, brownies, goodies that they can sell the day of the yard sale. We can take any items you my have, but are in need of LARGE items such as furniture, appliances, golf clubs, etc....You can follow the adoption journey of the Spencer family at bringinghomeboys.blogspot.com

Please Help Us Bless Them!!!

While we were eating...
... they were hungry

While we were playing...
... they were restrained



While we were tucking our kids into bed...
... they were alone

While we turned up the heat...
... they laid in the icy cold

While we wrapped our children in blanket sleepers...
... they laid in their own excrement

While we sang songs and listened to music...
... they listened to the screams and cries of those around them

While we rocked our babies...
... they silently rocked themselves

While we hugged our kids...
... they scratched at their own faces and pulled their own hair for stimulation

While we cried over scraped knees...
... they moaned in their loneliness

While we brushed our daughters' beautiful hair...
... they had their heads shaven to stave off the lice

While we fought off the flu with love and nourishment...
... they got the flu and went Home.

No longer suffering... but so many more still are.

Yes Lord!!!!!!!!

Here's a little entertainment for all you guys....It's always a concert or a dance off at our house. And of course someone usually gets hurt before it's all said and done. This time Emmy hitting her head on the brick right at the end just when everyone was having such fun. She did survive however & was able to rejoin the concert. Enjoy!



***Pause the music at the bottom of the Blog to hear video***

Valentine's Day FUN!!!!!

Look what we made!!......The kids had fun decorating there own cupcakes & then of course eating them. Tate decided that Valentine's was a cool holiday after all, since he got cupcakes & candy; but he does NOT want any KISSES!!! That's totally gross he says... Sid & I had a romantic date to the Wash-em-Up laundromat to wash our bedspread that Emmy had pee-peed on & then purchase a Memory foam mattress for our bed. What a Romantic evening. LOL!!! Oh, I almost forgot...we went to Sonic too!! Aahhh, the luxuries of a moment away from 7 children. LOL

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Happy Valentines Day to ALL the people we love...........

Happy Birthday Lacey aka SWEETPEA!!!!!!!!!!

Happy

14th

Birthday

Lacey!!!

At 11:21pm on February 9, 1995 our 1st born came in to this world! It seems like just yesterday. We were only at the hospital a mere 20 minutes when she made her arrival, delivered by the nurse without a single push!!!!! She was ready to greet this world in a hurry and has never slowed down. She has grown into a beautiful, funny, sweet, outgoing, LOUD, compassionate, and loving young lady. She is a leader, a good listener, an amazing friend, a servant to others, and a great "Big sister". She will stand up for her family even when she is annoyed by them. She supervises the laundry room & makes sure we all have clean clothes when no one else remembers. She reminds her parents often when rules and chores are not just right, in case we don't notice. She always says "I LOVE YOU!" & would do anything for anybody. Today.....we celebrate 14 years of joy, fun adventures, tears, laughter & look forward to many more!!!! We are forever changed because of Lacey Shyanne Harper.

We love you & are very proud of you Sweetpea!!!

Wendy's Nursing NEWS......

OK..... for those of you have not heard, I finally made some decisions on work. Wahoo!!!! So I just finished an entire week of hospital orientation which went really well. However, it was quite boring & I am thrilled it is over. lol Sooooo...next week I start orientation in the NICU unit at night. I think I will love it but I have soooo much to learn. You can not walk into a NICU and see those tiny little gifts from God & not walk out a different person. How could anyone think there is not a GOD! I am also continuing to fill in at the eye surgery center where my patients are sweet little elderly men & women whom I also love very much!! And then in addition to that the college has hired me to tutor students & to help as a clinical instructor. How weird is that to go from student to instructor, and even weirder (is that a word) for them to call me Mrs. Harper!! Ha! Anyway, I guess if you can't make your mind up on one thing just do it all!! :) I feel amazed and blessed that everywhere God has placed me he has used me so much even in just the smallest areas. God has filled me with a new fresh desire to draw nearer to him & to depend on him for everything. To seek him more in prayer & to dig into his Word. I could not ask for more. An amazing husband, beautiful, healthy children, and a heart that longs to know Him more. May God Bless you & pull you closer to him.... Love ALL of you.... WH:)

S-Y-D-N-I-E Wins School Spelling Bee!!!!!!!

Wahoo!!!! Sydnie won 1st place in the Spelling Bee at her school this morning against 29 other kids. She did such a great job! We are so proud of her. She will advance on to the regionals on Feb. 28th @ 9:00 at the Midland College - Allison Fine Arts building, for those of you who are interested in attending. The winner of the regionals goes to Washington D.C. Cool.....So... anyone interested in volunteering a little time to help quiz her on words over the next month, let us know?!@?!@? We will make it a team effort so she gets a little practice in everyday.

Congrats Sydnie!!!!

We are Proud of YOU!!! :)

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