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2012-01-14T06:42:00.000-08:00

Some of our winter 2011 memories include...baking cookies, licking the spoons, singing loudly as we bake, the West family took our kids for an overnight in a hotel and to Rain Forest Cafe, Daddy Mel performed some kereoke and Memommy taught me how to make her pecan pie!! Daddy Mel's basketball goal was the bomb digity!!!

2012-01-14T06:32:00.000-08:00

Christmas 2011. We continue to be humbled and blessed beyond measure. The day after Thanksgiving our home flooded. But inspite the mess, we still decorating...even if a wreath was hung to a stud! Memommy, Daddy Mel, Sunshine and Kerstin spent the night with us. On Christmas eve Owen opened and dino kit from Pastor Isaiah and we had a blast! Owen also performed his first piano song...Jingle Bells for the family! I was offered a part time job at Providence that begins in January and am thankful for the opportunity to keep the kids at the school.

celebrating daddy!!! thanksgiving!! grandparents day!

2011-12-19T04:57:00.000-08:00

november is so busy for our family! troy's birthday was the day after thanksgiving this year! bill and rebecca and memommy came for thanksgiving and we also had a few friends who had no family in town! daddy mel and memommy attended grandparents day at providence! i took mckenzie grace to a local poduction of the nutcracker and it was such a magical experience for her. i couldn't stop watching her glowing face!the day after thanksgiving we awoke to busted pipes and a flooded downstairs! the movers arrive on the 26th and we will then know what we are up against!! trusting....

tcu!!!

2011-12-19T04:51:00.000-08:00

daddy mel always treats us to a tcu game in the fall! this year we got to celebrate with the sigma chi class at joe t garcia! then on saturday we went to the game!

dallas texas american girl doll store!

2011-12-19T04:44:00.001-08:00

mckenzie grace finally got her dream...her dolls name is madeline grace! we had lunch and the quads came for austin and the sielings from pine cove!

creative home birthdays!

2011-12-19T04:38:00.001-08:00

november was a busy busy month! mckenzie grace had a baking party at home with our special friends from school and church! owen had a father son angry bird party!! we praise the Lord for a community of friends who love the LORD!

2011-11-15T03:03:00.000-08:00

my baby girl is five! we celebrated...and celebrated...and celebrated....

a baking party at home...rise and shine celebrations...lunch and cupcakes at school..dinner with aunt kerstin....i love you little girl!! you screamed the first two years of your life...you kept me on pins and needles for two years...now i simply enjoy everything about you!!!

Halloween 2011

2011-11-14T16:42:00.000-08:00

we continue to celebrate kerstin's success and healing! my astro boy and snow princess....then in honor of daddy mel...

go horned frogs

fall 2011

2011-10-01T05:18:00.000-07:00

fall fun! owen and daddy are doing bsf together...mommy and kenzie girl are doing bsf together...owen is loving soccer and kenzie girl is our ballerina and gymnast! we are so thankful for friends and the many opportunities we enjoy! the sad face is our boy trying to deal with loosing his first game. mommy has not done a good job of providing opportunites to loose! since he has been able to "play" games...mommy always let her kids win...the joy of trying to undo the mess i made!:0) both kids love their daddy! they enjoyed a night out at an astros game this summer!

more pine cove

2011-10-01T05:13:00.001-07:00

pine cove

2011-09-01T03:36:00.001-07:00

pine cove continues to be a family tradition that brings memories galore...spiritual growth...

owen loved his "chival rush", his best friend at camp is tommy green from baton rouge, kenzie girl loved the horses, daddy acted like he was 20 at the pool...and we even won some of the games...(we are the old parents) so that is a big deal

"FIRSTS"

2011-09-01T03:30:00.001-07:00

july was a month of "firsts"

owen presented the gospel to a friend for the first time

mckenzie-grace got her first haircut

owen lost his first tooth!!!

owen wanted to take memommy to the jungle for her 90th birthday

2011-07-14T17:44:00.000-07:00

2011-07-14T17:34:00.000-07:00

summer time! summer time!!! we celebrated the fourth of july at the country club and got to dunk daddy in the dunking machine! we have been to dallas and got to spend the day with the lipe family! we took memommy to rain forest cafe for her birthday lunch! and we praise the LORD for kerstin's amazing recovery!!!

my girl

2011-07-01T07:37:00.001-07:00

I LOVE YOU
MCKENZIE GRACE

2011-07-01T07:32:00.000-07:00

we are ever so thankful for the braxton family and the friendship we share with them! i simply love being a mom! our house is always full of kids...swimming..playing...crafts

we are slos so proud of daddy!!! he won a huge golf tournament at Raveneaux and we got to cheer him on!! owen said, "let's run out to daddy like david toms kids did!"

memories

2011-07-01T07:22:00.000-07:00

the last few months have been filled with lots of memories! in may we had daddy mel, sunshine and memommy in for a crazy week-end of celebrations! soccer games, baseball games, ballet recital and owen's baptism! we got to celebrate memommy's 90th birthday, go out with lots of old friends in dallas and also enjoyed the byron nelson! we continue to taste and see that the LORD is GOOD!!!

2011-06-21T16:06:00.000-07:00

OUR THIRD YEAR IN A ROW!! THE QUADS CAME FOR A WEEK OF VBS!!! BUT the best part for owen was that his daddy was his leader!!! we love you qauds!!!

2011-06-21T15:46:00.000-07:00

i continue to stay humbled at the journey of life! i love being a wife and mom and am so blessed that troy's job affords me to be home with my children. his job also affords great experiences for our kids! one of my all time favorites was mighty warrior and princess camp. i taught owen's class and mckenzie-grace got to be in a class with one of her best friends! they learned who they are in Christ and that a true warrior/princess will always be victorious when they trust their Lord and SAVIOR!

being a mom....a dream come true

2011-05-10T05:34:00.000-07:00

Sunshines Six Flags Tradition!

2011-05-10T05:28:00.000-07:00

every year sunshine spoils our family and she and daddy mel take us to six flags to celebrate owen's adoption! mother's day continues to be one of my favorite holidays! being a mom is EVERYTHING i ever dreamed of and more! my man took the kids on an all day adventure on saturday to create many sweet memories on sunday! they filled my cup! a new bike so i dont have to run after my bike riders anymore...my favorite flowers for my rex garden and a charm braclet...thank you family! owen is turning into his daddy!!! baseball is his gift!!!!!

april

2011-04-24T14:19:00.000-07:00

what a glorious month april was for the pierce family! we had dear friends from denmark visit us for a few days! daddy mel, sunshine and memommy came for grandparents day at providence! owen was thrilled to have the oldest grandparent! thanks memommy!!! we experienced our first entomology exhibit and our owen was a grasshopper! daddy was home on good friday after much travel and we celebrated our risen LORD together as a family!!!

a memory...we visited one of the pro softball fields that troy once played at

2011-04-10T19:03:00.000-07:00

spring is here...new memories are made

2011-04-10T18:53:00.000-07:00

we had a wonderful time in gatlinberg tn. troy and i bought a time share there in 2000 on our honeymoon and 11 years latter went back with our two amazing kids. mckenzie-grace got lots of ice cream and daddy and owen did lots of "dangerous adventures"! we went on a long hike to celebrate adoption day! we went fishing and what the kids caught...we ate!!!!! dixie land stampede and more! owen has started playing soccer and time is simply going by too fast!

Abe Lincoln

2011-02-16T10:49:00.000-08:00

today was a special day for me! i continue to remain humbled and thankful that troy's provision allows us to attend providence. today owen perform in the presidential wax museum play. he was abe lincoln...said his lines like a dream and then led the national anthem...one of his best friends was laura bush!!! also, owen's youth pastor, isaiah came to support him!!!

2011-02-11T11:31:00.001-08:00

the second annual daddy daughter dance!!!

christmas new years and troy at the rose bowl

2011-01-01T16:02:00.000-08:00

fab fall

2010-11-03T18:44:00.001-07:00

the meletios came to celebrate fall with us! our church hosted a fun festival....we enjoyed mommy time while the kids played!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

summer fun

2010-08-03T17:21:00.000-07:00

we spent two days in port a with the mercer family making memories in the sand!

then the mcfarlanes came for a few days then off to pine cove!!!

pine cove year two exceeded our expectations...the kids had a blast!

Healing

2010-06-04T08:08:00.000-07:00

Kerstin's journey began February 9th and my health and journey with Rex began April 17th!

Kerstin is recovering well, Rex is home with the Lord and my body is healing daily. In honor of Rex we took Owen and Mckenzie-Grace to the zoo to see the T-Rex exhibit...owen has also mastered the bike without training wheels..thanks to his daddy. Thank you spring, austin, dallas, baton rouge, bsf, providence, houston northwest baptist and people around the country and world who have loved, served and prayed for us!!!! we love you!

2010-04-23T09:53:00.000-07:00

april has been a wild month for us! kerstin continues to make progress, the kids are growing and remain so flexible as we have constant change in our lives. baby BOY pierce is still fighting as i am now on bed rest. he is 4 months old now so we continue to pray the Lord will heal me and keep him strong! the meletios came to visit...easter was awesome and we thank the Lord for friends and family who have taken such great care of us!

our joy!!

2010-03-24T04:33:00.000-07:00

we continue to be blessed amidst kerstin's suffering and journey to healing! we are thrilled to find out im pregnant..shocked...but very happy! even more happy to find out not just a few weeks but almost completing my first trimester!!! the kids and troy have been so flex so i can help dad with kerstin...the kids have enjoyed...the zoo with daddy mel and sunshine..outdoor fun with dad...thank you for all the continued prayer and words of affirmation regarding kerstin and our baby to be...

DADDY IN CHARGE!!!!!!!

2010-02-21T16:18:00.000-08:00

daddy is so awesome! he dressed the kids in matching shirts and got their golf shoes...and off to the country club they went...9 holes!!!!! thank you husband for being there so i can be here with aunt kerstin!!!!!

february

2010-02-07T14:34:00.001-08:00

happy new year! we continue to be blessed with health, happiness, employment, ministry and friends! troy has completed a year at cal dive international as vice president and considers it a dream job. owen is in his second semester at providence and mckenzie-grace is in a mothers day out two days a week at our church! the kids and i are still serving in bible study fellowship, the dar and im still with marketplace ministries. the kids and i got to celebrate daddy mel and sunshines birthdays and mckenzie-grace had her first spa treatment and daddy-daughter dance! we are BLESSED!

2009-12-24T20:44:00.000-08:00

2009-12-24T20:38:00.000-08:00

december was a wonderful month for our family!! the kids and i did many fun things, owen performed in his first choir program and was a wise man in the school play. we got to watch daddy mel receive a standing ovation from over 7,000 people at his tcu graduation and simply enjoyed family and celebrating JESUS!!! we also got to spend the night at the gaylord in dallas and make fun memories in the ice cave.....

our brown eyed boy turns 5

2009-11-19T04:30:00.000-08:00

"i loved our hot cocooo party in the backyard mom and kenzie girl prayed for me without fussing...oh yea da da matching me was cool too!"

2009-11-19T04:29:00.001-08:00

owen awoke to his family singing, presents and cake...bsf with mommy and sister and another cake...and when asked how he wanted to spend his day..he decided he wanted to dress up like lsu football players, daddy dress alike and mommy let kenzie girl take off her smocked dress and bow and dress like a football player too. played football at the park and went to red robin for dinner...five years ago...he was gifted into our family...wow....
mommy also came to his school with a 3 foot t-rex cake..he had to be blue because b was the phonogram of the week..."TJ" is a bear his aunt diane gave him when he was born and TJ read a story to the class

owen turns 5!!!

2009-11-19T04:20:00.000-08:00

kick off to owen'sbirthday week!

2009-11-19T04:15:00.000-08:00

owen begins his birthday week in baton rouge at lsu homecoming. we stayed with our dear friends the aucoin family..lynn and i shopped and the dads and kids played football and soccerr. troy took owen and aucoins to the game..tall gating i got to see former pi beta phis...and sunday we got to attend the aucoins church

2009-11-11T13:03:00.000-08:00

our mckenzie-grace has turned three!!! i can't believe it. it has definately been the longest three years of my LIFE! i love her strong will, determination, joy, charm, manipulation...need i say more but at 40....im a little tired at the end of each day. we had pink waffles and punch, her brother prayed over her and she got the royal treatment

fearfully and wonderfully made on november 8,2006

2009-11-08T18:06:00.000-08:00

The Lord blessed our family with mckenzie-grace three years ago today. She is smart, strong-willed, determined, sassy, friendly and keeps mommy humble. We celebrated her birthday week with her first manicure, a starbucks date with mommy, daddy mel went to her class to eat cake, daddy mel took her to toys r us, we had a super party at an exotic animal farm and then today she was princess. Her gentlemen escorted her to her morning family gala..pink waffles, pink punch..presents...her daddy praising her and her brother praying for her.

2009-11-02T04:53:00.000-08:00

we continue to make loads of memories...we had several fun fall festivals.....sweet sweet memories

2009-10-26T14:31:00.000-07:00

fall is continues to be filled with fun and memories galore!!!!!!!!!!!!! we were spoiled rotten at the recent tcu ballgame where owen and mckenzie-grace got to run on the field and "sunshine" had special cakes made! the kids have various costumes and below went to the houston childrens museum for lots of fun and games. owens school hosted a hoe down and owen rode a bull and mckenzie-grace had her first dance! we are rejoicing in answered prayer...blake got a miracle car from a friend of mine in bible study fellowship...soooooooooooo no more car pooling!!! GOD is GREAT~

DISNEY 2009

2009-10-05T19:34:00.000-07:00

FALL IS FULL SWING

2009-09-22T04:50:00.000-07:00

WE ARE BUSY AND HAPPY! BLAKE IS TEACHING MCKENZIE-GRACE ABOUT TATOOS...WE GOT TO MEET AUDREY AN...WE SPENT A WEEKEND IN PORT ARANSAS...OWEN STARTED SCHOOL AND THE KIDS AND I HAVE BEGUN OUR MINISTRY IN BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP!!!! WE LEAVE FOR DISNEY ON FRIDAY!!!!

Blessed with Blake!

2009-08-24T18:08:00.000-07:00

blake moved in with us a week ago and we are enjoying making new memories together....

Pine Cove Family Camp

2009-08-19T16:44:00.000-07:00

our family had an absolute ball at camp. zip lines, swimming, dressing up in costumes for theme nights, great Bible teaching and so much more!!!!

ice cream bandit...busted

2009-07-20T06:27:00.001-07:00

perhaps the next time my darling diva steals ice cream...she shouldn't use the wall the wipe her hands?

2009-07-14T17:46:00.000-07:00

we continue to have a wonderful summer..astro games..tea parties..galveston...the zoo...we are so blessed~

FATHERS'S DAY

2009-06-23T11:56:00.000-07:00

we got to celebrate the two best dads in the world! for the second year in a row, daddy mel came and we had a two day extravagaza for troy and dad filled with many many surprises...the kids made presents for their daddy who they love so so much! this week the quads are visiting and attending vbs with us...im teaching crafts and we are having a blast!

summer fun with friends

2009-06-07T15:49:00.001-07:00

we got to spend a week in baton rouge with the aucoins...owen enjoyed playing with the boys and elizabeth and olivia helped with my precious high energy diva mg. olivia came back with us for a week...the mercers came from austin and troy gave kathryn and i two nights OFF!!! yahooooo

last day of bible study fellowship

2009-05-13T17:45:00.000-07:00

today was our last day of bible study fellowship. mckenzie- grace completed her first year and owen his second...they studied the life of moses and loved it. owen was sad moses had to die but he said, "mom...he disobeyed..it had to happen!" i asked him if he ever disobeyed and he said' "not too much" and diva darling said, "i never disobey mommy..i'm a good princess....

happy mother's day

2009-05-10T15:30:00.000-07:00

what a glorious day! troy took the kids to lowes and they made mommy beautiful planters and gave them to me this morning...we went to church and then spent the afternoon in old town spring! great place...yummy lunch...then we surprised kids and took them swimming....they LOVE their daddy and owen said it was the best mothers day ever!!!!...because his daddy "catched" him in the pool!!!!

Daddy teaching Owen to play golf!!!

2009-05-09T09:37:00.000-07:00

Owen enjoyed an afternoon at the club with daddy....we think he has a great swing!

2009 Spring Texas

2009-05-06T16:18:00.000-07:00

What an adventure we have had as a family. In February, the kids and I moved to Houston and enjoyed "close quarters"! Troy was blessed with a corporate apartment and we loved being together as a family. We closed on our home in Spring and moved in at the end of March. We LOVE IT!!! Troy joined the country club and has new golfing friends, the kids and I joined BSF and I am also serving as a chaplain for one company in Tomball. Troy enjoyed a week fly fishing with his friend, John Allert, in Arkansas. John is on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ and invited Troy for a week of fun and fellowship. I love being a full time mom and pretty much play all day and inbetween unpack a box or two!

I took the kids to Dallas to see Miss Patty Cake, who has been teaching our kids about Jesus for several years...then Sandy treated us to our first Six Flags experience..thank you...Sandy!! It was a fun fun time and I definately felt 40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2009-01-01T16:01:00.000-08:00

happy happy new year!!!

CHRISTMAS!!!!

2008-12-25T18:07:00.001-08:00

Pictures

2008-12-25T18:05:00.000-08:00

2008-12-25T18:01:00.000-08:00

2008-12-25T17:58:00.000-08:00

we had christmas dinner with one of my best friends and her family!!!! our kids are the same age so the adults can actually have fun!!!!

Pictures

2008-12-25T17:52:00.000-08:00

CHRISTMAS!!!!

2008-12-25T17:37:00.000-08:00

Christmas 2008!!! December was busy...
I got to attend Troy's first Christmas party at CALDIVE and I must admit..I was so proud to stand next to "Vice President Troy"....it was a magical night....I am so proud of him!! We celebrated Christmas early with dad's side of the family. My sister is working retail now so we had to enjoy her on her only day off. Memommy took the kids and I to a fab kids celebration in Dallas and many memories were made..we also got to spend an afternoon with one of our best friends ABBY!!! We were not included in Troy's side of the family festivities ...sooooo....we created an open house on Christmas eve for friends and family who had an afternoon free to enjoy food and friends. Santa even came by and brought goodies to the kids...daddy mel and sandy and I made a yummy spread!!! Christmas day was one of my favorite so far. My dear husband is such an amazing dad. He was more excited about Santa than our kids...he even help owen spread reindeer dust..to ensure santa stopped at the PIERCE HOME! I continue to stand in awe as I watch him grow deeper in love with me, our kids and our family. Having never experienced unconditional love from a mother or father...he POURS it out on us....he serves us, works night and day for us, gives all he has for us and makes us feel safe and secure. He has three aunts he loves dearly who also spoiled our kiddos rotten and as a mom... i love love seeing my kids loved!! Thank you to everyone who reached out to us and showered us with special cards and meaningful packages for owen and mckenzie-grace. we are blessed!

THANKSGIVING!!!!

2008-12-25T17:34:00.000-08:00

so much to be thankful for!!!! troy loves his new job and we miss him so much. we focus on all we have and try to stay busy as we only get to see daddy a couple days a month!! i tip my hat to single moms....it is "tuff" as owen says....he is in love with his daddy!!!

LSU

2008-12-25T17:28:00.000-08:00

GEAUXXXXXXXXX TIGERS!!!

We got to celebrate Mckenzie-Graces' birthday in Baton Rouge at the LSU game of the year! WE stayed with dear friends and had a blast!!!!!!!

MORE..birthday and fall memories

2008-11-05T04:41:00.000-08:00

owen and mckenzie-grace got their first "wheels" and were the cutest clifford and lion that austin has ever seen!!!

Fall FESTIVAL

2008-11-05T04:35:00.000-08:00

we celebrated fall in many ways...neighborhood party, church festival and then daddy mel, sandy, becca darlin and bill came to celebrate our two little pumpkins turning 2 and 4 this month!

friends dallas fall fun

2008-10-29T15:14:00.000-07:00

we had a wonderful 10 days in dallas! the kids got to be with their friends and mommy got to have fun too!!!!!

Fall FUN!

2008-10-29T15:11:00.001-07:00

TODAY WAS PJ DAY AT SCHOOL!

DADDY CARVES PUMPKIN

2008-10-13T12:03:00.000-07:00

yesterday daddy let mckenzie-grace and owen pick out a design and create pumpkins and mommy read the pumpkin gospel!

TCU

2008-10-07T08:22:00.001-07:00

goooooooo horn frogs. daddy mel and sandy bought us tickets to the tcu game. owen and mckenzie-grace got to jump in castles, have face painting done....and owen ran 100 yards on the field! fun fun times!

WELCOME OCTOBER

2008-10-07T08:19:00.001-07:00

we kicked off october with a trip to see veggie tales live! then home to paint pumkins!

pumkin patch

2008-10-07T08:15:00.001-07:00

memommy and becca' darlin' took us to the pumkin patch and the kids ran for two hours!!

halloween options

2008-09-26T12:19:00.001-07:00

roarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

bark bark bark

seaworld

2008-09-26T12:14:00.001-07:00

daddy will be traveling for several weeks so we treated the family to lunch with shamu!!!

First Day of Kingdom Kids!

2008-09-09T10:09:00.000-07:00

McKenzie-Grace and Owen are going to school on Monday and Wednesday and love learning about Jesus and playing with friends!

PORT A

2008-09-09T10:01:00.000-07:00

We spent four days in Port A with wonderful friends! Mckenzie-Grace and Owen love love love the water and sand!

Canada 2008

2008-08-20T06:42:00.000-07:00

Canada 2008... Daddy Mel went with our family to Canada where we met Uncle Bill and Becca Darlin for a week of fun! I also got to go away to a glorious hotel for time away with a dear friend from Australia!

2008-08-20T06:39:00.000-07:00

A day with our cousins. Owen and McKenzie-Grace got to spend a fun filled day with Kendall and Kailee!!!

Franklin Family Ranch

2008-07-21T17:55:00.000-07:00

This weekend we celebrated...my stud- muffin husband's successes. He has been named VP for Safety at Cal-Dive Int'l. We had great family time at a glorious ranch generously given to us by the Hendrick family.

2008-07-21T17:52:00.000-07:00

Little Eyes Upon You

There are little eyes upon you

and they're watching night and day.

There are little ears that quickly

take in every word you say.

There are little hands all eager

to do anything you do;

And a little boy who's dreaming

of the day he'll be like you.

You're the little fellow's idol,

you're the wisest of the wise.

In his little mind about you

no suspicions ever rise.

He believes in you devoutly,

holds all you say and do;

He will say and do, in your way

when he's grown up just like you.

There's a wide-eyed little fellow

who believes you're always right;

and his eyes are always opened,

and he watches day and night.

You are setting an example

every day in all you do;

For the little boy who's waiting

to grow up to be like you.

Author Unknown