~Happy 25th Anniversary~

September 28th was Daddy and Momma's

Silver Anniversary!

~25 years of True Love~

"Behold, the eye of
the LORD
is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope in His mercy;

Psalm 33:18

We love you Daddy and Momma,
And hope you will have 25 more wonderful
years of
Love~Joy~Peace
and
~Happiness~

May our precious Lord Continue to draw y'all
Closer to Him!

Much Love From your Children,

Happy Anniversary

Uncle Tom's Surprise

Welcome to the July 4th celebration, or atleast that's what Uncle Tom thought....

Here he comes, unsuspecting ....that it's actually a 50th surprise party for him.
He was totally surprised!!
(The leaning (on purpose) cake made by the cake lady, Liv.)

Uncle Toms mother and sister (Mary)

Sweet lil Liberty.

Java Momma's Club Members.

Mrs. Stokes and Thomas

Rachel and Haley

Markie and Stacy

My favorite kind of dog :)

They danced all night....

(Sounds good, but the truth is far from that!!)

Fireside Chat (without the fire).

Uncle Tom and some of his guests.

Waiting for the fireworks.

(The fireworks show was incredible.)

Mrs. Stokes and Mrs. P had fun making these (far from professional) cupcakes,

but it sure was sweet fun ;) (literally)

Thanks for coming to the party.

We enjoyed your company.

Our Special Father

F aithful to the Lord and to his family.

A ffirming through God's Word.

T eaching and admonishing.

H onoring the Lord with his life.

E ncouraging others in the Faith.

R ejoicing in the Lord, always!

Farming is what Father does best.

He has taught us so, so much.

And he believes in HARD WORK!!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY

To the most wonderful father on earth.

Thank you, Lord, for blessing us with our dad.

We Love You, daddy,

Gabriel, Liv, Ariana, Christiana, Thomas, Jonathan, Mary and James Michael Monroe

Freedom Isn't Free

I watched the flag pass by one day.

It fluttered in the breeze.

A young Marine saluted it,

and then he stood at ease.

I looked at him in uniform

So young, so tall, so proud,

He'd stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him

Had fallen through the years.

How many died on foreign soil?

How many mothers' tears?

How many pilots' planes shot down?

How many died at sea?

How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?

No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of TAPS one night,

When everything was stillI listened to the bugler play,

And felt a sudden chill.

I wondered just how many times

That TAPS had meant "Amen,

"When a flag had draped a coffin

Of a brother or a friend.I thought of all the children,

Of the mothers and the wives,

Of fathers, sons and husbands

With interrupted lives.

I thought about a graveyard,

At the bottom of the sea

Of unmarked graves in Arlington.

No, freedom isn't free.

PoemWritten By: Kelly Strong

Posted by: Christi

Mothers Day

Happy (belated) Mother's Day

Who can find a virtuous woman?
for her price is far above rubies.

Her children arise up, and call
her blessed; her husband also, and he
praiseth her.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain:
but a woman that feareth the Lord,
She shall be praised.

We love you mamma!
And you are a proverbs 31 woman.

For Mother's Day we took a few days off and

went to our Grandmother's and Uncle's rental house in

Kissimmee, (being that it wasn't rented out),

just to have a wonderful and relaxing few days.

And seeing that mother's day was that Sunday, we kids planned

something special to do for Mamma.

Being that mamma is part Italian, and she loves Italian food,we decided to have

"Momma Mia's Italian Cafe''

come and cater for this special occasion.

Bonjora and welcome to "Mamma Mia's Italiano Cafe'".

Can I take you to your seat?

Tonight's special is:

Insasalata Ceaser

(Caeser salad)

Pollastro Al

(fettucini Alfredo)

and

Grissini

(Bread sticks)

and for

Disertare

Torta al cioccolato

(Moist layered Chocolate Cake)

Buon appetito!

Service with a SMILE!

She openeth her mouth with
wisdom; and in her tongue is the law
of kindness.

Strength and honour are her clothing;
and she shall rejoice in time to come.

"Can I get you some freshly grated parmigiano
for your freshly made salad?"

Next on the menu is one of mamma's
most favorite foods,
Chicken Fetticini Alfredo!

Yum Yum!
Liv outdid herself on this one!
It was fantastico, mwa

Our chef

Mamma was quite excited.

You know how those Italians get :)

And right before dessert,
there was some Live Italian music!

Art~

And last on the menu:

Mamma's favorite dessert!
Chocolate!! (With Italian Coffee, of course)

Yet, another masterpeice from Liv!

Are you hungry yet?

Precious Children (the littles)
and one
precious mother!

Some fun activities after dinner!

The Master Pool Shooter.

Poor Jonny, but I'm not sure why:B

Special time with big brother.


Y'all come back now,

ya hear?

posted by: Ariana