Look At Them Now!

*** I have worked so hard at trying to creatively place these pics with the correct names, but it's still not right. Help!

I remember being in the sixth grade and thinking, "WOW! Only six more years and I'll graduate from high school!" Six years sounded like so far away then. I thought being 16 was amazing and then leaving home, finding the love of my life, a wedding, and that first moment when we found out I was going to have a baby! It was official and I was so excited; my precious husband was in shock. With two more years to go at Texas Tech, living in a tiny apartment, working two extra jobs while taking a full load academically... well, I imagine he was in shock! We survived, had three more babies and watched them grow up so quickly right before our eyes. Birthday parties, baptisms, one-act plays, ballgames, first loves and broken hearts. Night-time prayers, dandelion boquets, first jobs, rebellion, open arms of love when they came back. College years, four weddings and then grandbabies. We had two of them for so long it seemed at the time, and all of a sudden here we are with EIGHT! Each one has captured my heart. Our youngest is two weeks old today; our oldest is 11 and in the proverbial sixth grade. Amazing! And here they all are.... beautiful, funny, challenging, delightful, and much too far away for this Gibbie of theirs.

Allie Jill P.

Jackson Selke P.

Cooper Aubrey P.

Skyler LeeAnne S.

Claire Alyse K.

Asher Case W.

Chloe Grace S.

Ainsley GraceW.