The Cordle Fam

The Cordle’s and Garlington’s had a great weekend up at the lake in celebration of Mother’s Day…

We have just gotten back from a week of the beach and the lake. Top ten things I am thankful for that occurred on our adventure:

1. Lots of fun and laughter- with the Adams (Jeff sister family) family at the beach and the Beer and Hutchens family (My family) at the lake
2. Mary Joy and John Hayden loving on each other- especially JH sharing his ice cream with his little sis. Lots of Cousins to play with made the vacation that much more fun.
3. Inside heated swimming pool- praise God for who ever invented it
4. Romantic Evenings with my man
5. Reading the book the Shack- God really spoke to me and touched my heart in a cool way. My continual prayer is that I will be able to see people the way God sees people and love the way He loves them (including myself), this book is a part of that journey for me. Oh to love the way He loves- God please do this supernatural work in me!!
6. Being able to watch a Kite Surfer surf near our condo- Jeff wants to learn how to do this- so it was fun to see it up close
7. My nausea is beginning to taper- I think I felt the baby for the first time. So exciting
8. JH and Jeff going to see the Blue Angels they had a blast while MJ and I caught some rays on the beach- MJ looked fabulous in her bathing suit. People would just stop and stare at her cuteness
9. My husband and my children make me laugh- Jeff and his crazy stories, JH and his obsession with certain things, his own wonderful language,and his desire to watch a fishing video over a disney video- he knows the proper terms for certain baits. Mary Joy’s way of just enjoying life and her ability to charm a complete stranger.
10. God’s provision and protection for and over my family- The blessings are abundant!

Love, Joy

In honor of Mother’s Day, our great friend Todd has created a video for all you mothers out there…

Here’s the first round of race pictures…Enjoy!

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We tried to put photos on the photo section of the blog but it wouldn’t work, so they are posted on www.jadamsfamily.com. Check them out and meet the new member of the family…John Gracen.

Clark and Hays are dressed in gear that Gracen gave them. It is out of some movie. We had a blast with them….but were we tired after a week!

Here’s a slideshow from Mary Joy’s birthday party yesterday. It’s kinda long, so it may take a little while to load. Enjoy!

We are completing our few weeks of break… I am quite sad to get back into the real world. I just thought that I would put up a picture from today. Bo came in town last night and he took us out today on the boat. It was alot of fun. Right now he is cooking us dinner. What a great Big Brother. Here is us on the boat from this afternoon. I will put more pictures up later and write more about these past few weeks.