Good Times

Hello All,

We've been enjoying good times lately. Saturday the 4th was Chloe's 2nd Birthday Party (that's her cake to the left), during which, we crammed 21 people into our house! We had dinner, watched Planet Earth (that wasn't planned but everyone was glued to the tv), opened presents, ate birthday cake, and then watched some more Planet Earth. The bottom of the ocean is captivating, what can I say?

Then last weekend/week we went up to Amarillo to surprise Casey's brother Chris for his birthday. Once we got there though they (Chris and his wife Megan) turned around and surprised us by announcing that Megan is pregnant. Yeah! Their first little one is due in the middle of June and we're quite excited for them. We stayed with them Sunday through Thursday and then headed home. (That's Casey and Chris above.)

And finally, this weekend we went out to Grangee and Dodad's house (Casey's Grandparents) for dinner. Chloe got to play with her second cousins Sam and Charlie and her Great Aunt Jennifer. She had a great time. She's giving Dodad a high five there in the picture.

And that about does it for us so far this month. Hopefully we'll have a costume for her soon and go do some Fall Festival stuff. Maybe I'll attempt to cut Mickey Mouse out of a pumpkin. Although, they have a plastic one with light included at Walgreens that would be a lot easier.

Anyway, I'll try to get pictures on to Flicker later this evening.

Love to All,

Crystal

Ridiculous

Hello,
It's ridiculous how bad I am about keeping up with this blog, I know. I wasted nearly half of my picture allowance last month over in Flicker simply because I didn't upload any pictures! So this month I'll have to be super stingy as I choose which ones to put up there. Sorry guys.
Anyway, our precious girl is officially 2! Yesterday was her birthday, which she shares with our friend Karen Bull, Happy Birthday to You! (I didn't realize that till I saw it on your blog, ha!) She's already had two parties and her big party isn't even until Saturday.
Chloe's Nanny and Great Aunt CC (Casey's Mom & Aunt) can't come this weekend, so we went over to Nanny's house on Saturday to do a b-day lunch. She got Minnie Mouse ears, sunglasses and a set of Clubhouse Characters to play with. Then CC got her a very neat book that shows animals actually moving as you turn the page. (That's her Nanny in red.)

Monday night, Casey and I stayed up until 12:03am- the exact time Chloe was born two years ago- and prayed over her. Later in the day, Casey actually got to come home for lunch, and then after dinner we went ahead and let her open nearly all of her presents from us, which was a surprisingly large number. She got 5 precious outfits, a whole bunch of new crayons, a couple of new coloring books, a little Mickey Mouse Clubhouse ball, a sippy cup with her name on it, and some glowsticks, which she got a good giggle out of last night.

The fun's not over yet! I'll post some pictures from the party sometime next week.

Have a Good Week!

Time Flies Part II

Hello,

I'm so sorry to keep you all in suspense for so long regarding the Bull Family. They arrived in Russia after a fairly smooth trip and are adjusting well so far. There's a link to the bullherd, under "Our Favorite Websites" over to the right, if you'd like to keep up with them on your own, since I'm so terrible about keeping the blog updated. Thank you all for your prayers! Other goings on in our life... My family threw a baby shower for my sister the first weekend in September. That's a picture of the party crowd, taken from the landing. My brother-in-law is the only one who doesn't know whether it's a boy or a girl, so we had to hide any telling gifts before he came home. We had a good time, and they are now well stocked with diapers.
Casey and his dad share the same birthday, so we spent this last weekend celebrating the two of them with a bunch of surprises. That's Casey's dad, Jimmy, with Chloe and infront of his cake. It was a surprise party, and boy was he surprised. You can see some more pictures over on flicker, as soon as I get them in there. I guess I could put on of Casey up too huh? Since it was also his birthday!

Well, that's what we've been up to. Hopefully, I'll get the pictures up on flicker later today.

Love to All,

Crystal

Time Flies

Hello,
Time flies! I hadn't realized it had already been nearly 2 weeks since I'd last been on here. We aren't terribly busy though, so I don't know.... We did go to a few "Going Away" parties for our friends the Bull Family (that's John Bull with Casey in the picture). They're a family of 6 moving to Russia this Tuesday for 3months-to whenever God calls them back. They're going to help bring the love of God to children who have reached the age limit in their orphanages. They'll be housing a few girls along with their own 4 kids and leading Bible Studies regularly as well as teaching the girls life skills. Please help us cover them in prayer Tuesday as they make the long journey, they leave at 2pm. Thanks!
The Ross Family

More Family Fun

Hello!

We've been having a lot of family fun lately. Friday night we celebrated Casey's grandfather's 80th Birthday! Click on the flicker link to see our pictures.

Sorry

Hello All,

One of our friends asked the other day how we knew the newlywed couple pictured in the last post. It occured to me that I should probably start labeling our pictures better so that our friends know who it is we're talking about, and sometimes displaying in pictures. Soooo, I've gone back to Flicker and added descriptions to our pictures so you know who it is you're seeing. Sorry for my obliviousness.

Blessings to All,
Crystal

Update

Hello,

We've been busy visiting with family from out of town (for Grannie's B-Day- Crystal's Grandmother) and going out of town to visit family (for Ashley & Aaron's wedding- Casey's dad's soon to be daughter-in-law and her new husband). Click on the flicker link to the right to see some of our pictures.

Blessings,

The Ross Family