Happy & Sad...

Today we are thrilled that Jordan and 39 members of our church, the majority

being members of our youth group, left for Haiti to work in orphanages, build

houses and share Jesus. 

However someone is REALLY missing her brother....like cried for 45

minutes...solid.  As we were taking Nicholas over to play golf with some

friends we noticed all the flowers that were blooming in the park and my sad

little princess ask if we could stop and take pictures.  I had the camera as I

had taken pictures of Jordan leaving just a little while before.

We stopped to smell the flowers....

and dry her tears...

and smile at least a little....

Then the shoes came off...she is SO my daughter and she became a little

happier:)

We then decided a little retail therapy would be good for our spirits and at

that time decided we would do a little shopping:)  Gabriella is feeling much

better this afternoon and as soon as Jordan heard she was a little sad he

called to talk to his baby sister.  When Gabriella heard it was Jordan the

squeals began and she was beyond excited!  Life is good again!  Calls from

Haiti are a little expensive however if she needs to talk to him a couple of

minutes each day to get through this...we are more than happy for her to do

so!