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My mother, my two aunts, and two cousins went to eat lunch at Handy Andy for Frances' birthday and mother's day. It was a much needed girls day! The afternoon was topped off with a MUCH overdue nap! Tomorrow is Mother's Day and also Liam Asher's baby dedication at church so I look forward to a great day with my 3 favorite guys!

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Got Faith?

He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.   Matthew 8:26

I felt it very necessary for me to include the above verse in this post as God showed us in a very real way 1 week ago today that we should always have faith that HE will get us through every situation and to never be afraid.  The southearn portion of Lafayette county (which is where we live) experienced something that has never (to my knowledge) happened here...a F3 tornado hit leaving in it's path horrible destruction.  Our home was spared, and we are very blessed to still have a roof over our heads.  The tornado hit on nearly every side of our home within about a 1/2 to 1 mile radius.  Andy and I were both working, and I was in the hallway at work when everything was happening.  The weather reports kept mentioning south Lafayette, CR 369, and the 7/9 intersection which just about pinpoints our house.  My boys were at home with their granny who only lives about 3 miles from our house so I was more scared than I have ever been in my entire life because I was so worried about my babies knowing that the tornado was heading toward them.  God kept telling me to calm down, and He gave me a sense of peace that I will never understand...but only after some serious praying.  God reminded me that day that He is always in control, and He will never foresake His children.  I have never in my short 26 years of life had a tornado hit so close to home so I have been eerily changed, but most of all I have been reminded that God takes care of His children when they seek Him first.  Fortunately Lafayette county did not have any fatalities, but other parts of MS and AL were not so lucky.  I am praying for these families that have lost homes and loved ones daily, and I know that my God will reveal himself to them and show them just as He showed me that He loves unconditionally and will never foresake you.  Below are pictures from our community that was hit hardest. 

Fortner family Easter 2011!

We had a great Easter weekend with family.  It started with an egg hunt and lunch at church on Saturday and dyeing eggs that afternoon.  On Sunday we woke up to find that the Easter bunny had left treats for the boys and then went to our church's annual Easter sunrise service and fellowshiped with a churchwide breakfast afterward.  We went home and napped for a short while and then we went to Andy's parents' house for lunch followed by our nephew Jace's 3rd birthday party.  We of course hid and hunted eggs Sunday at least 20 times.  Our eggs no longer resembled an egg after we were finished hunting.  Lawson really enjoyed Easter this year, and it was so much fun watching him look for the Easter eggs! Liam Asher did not really understand the whole concept of hunting for eggs, but he loved opening the plastic eggs to see what was inside.  I pray everyone had an Egg-stra special Easter weekend! :)

Lawson and Liam Asher with their cousin Jace at the church egg hunt.

The word gentle does not exist in a 3 year old's vocabulary!

The family after church...notice Liam is already starting to pick on his big brother by pulling his hair!

My sweet baby boys on Easter morning.

Of course we had to get the sports decorating kit for our eggs.

Easter is on it's way!

I took the boys to Peas and Carrots in Oxford yesterday for pictures with the Easter bunny and to make hand/foot print tiles.  Both Liam and Lawson were good great sports for it all, and I got a cute picture of them with Mr. Peter C. Tail aka the Easter bunny.  This is Liam Asher's first Easter bunny picture so I was excited to see how he'd react when he met him...he was kinda not sure at first, but he didn't cry so all was good.  I can't wait to the egg hunts begin because that's the really fun stuff! 


Well the blog master will not let me upload the picture of the boys with the Easter bunny because it appears to be a professional picture!  Craziness....I will try to upload pictures next time.

A little mud bath never hurt anyone!

Benson and Lawson after their mud bath!

Can you see me, Mom?

Liam is 10 months old and changing every day! Look at all those teeth!!

We are enjoying Spring and have been doing a lot of outdoor playing when it is sunny.  We had the Clements over for supper last weekend, and while the grown-ups and Liam were inside talking and finishing up supper, Lawson and Benson were outside playing.  We were watching them out of the dining room window, but no one noticed what they had done until they both came up to the window grinning from ear to ear and their teeth and eyes were just about all you could see.  They had jumped in the only mud puddle in our yard and were both covered from head to toe.  Needless to say they had the best time!  We had to strip them down before bringing them inside for baths.  We really enjoyed hanging out with the Clements and can't wait to do it again! 

Liam Asher is 10 months old and will be walking really soon.  He is the cutest baby ever!! He has 7 1/2 teeth and loves most all adult food in small bites.  Did you notice those eye lashes in the picture??? We thought Lawson had long eye lashes when he was a baby, but Liam's are the longest we've ever seen and many people tell us the same thing.  They even curl up on the ends when his eyes are open.  A girl would love those! He has the funniest personality and continues to be the more laid back of the two Fortner boys.  He loves his big brother more than anything in this world and is so happy when the two of them are playing on quilts in the floor or just playing in their bedrooms.  I love watching them play together and can't wait to see what the future holds for these two precious boys!!!

Tigers, monkeys, bears....oh my!

We took Lawson and Liam on their first ever zoo trip yesterday to the Memphis Zoo! My mom and I went since Andy had do some things at work and around the yard.  We had a blast...I think the boys even enjoyed it too! :)  I haven't been to the Memphis Zoo in probably 15 years so it was neat to go back.  I love seeing all of the wild animals up close like that.  Lawson was just the perfect age, and I really loved seeing his face light up with excitement each time we saw a different animal.  Liam did really well and even took a good nap in the stroller.  We will definitely be going back at least one more time this year.  We had a great weekend together, and the weather was perfect for an outdoor adventure!!!  We are happily welcoming the first day of Spring at the Fortner household today! Here are some pictures from our very fun weekend!

Rub a Dub Dub....

I had to share the pictures that I took tonight during Lawson and Liam's bath!  They were too darn cute not to share.

Notice Liam's spikey hair!

 I love that the boys can takes baths together now because it makes life so much easier!  Liam gets so excited when I start running the water, and he gets mad when I take him out of the bathtub.  He is going to be a little fish like his big bro Lawson!  Rub a dub dub friends and brothers for life!