Here are a few random pics of the last couple of months . . . we haven't taken a lot of pictures lately, shame on us . . . hope you enjoy them! This first one is of Gabs and Eli enjoying their easter presents from Nana Benezette.


Here are Andy and the kids while we were in Singapore last month (the day after Eli got out of the hospital with croup, his second time in the hospital in two months and not even for the same thing!!) we went down to see my sister and her husband . . . they are in the states now and we knew it would be a while til we saw them again . . . so we really wanted to make the trip down, we prayed that Eli would not have another attack of the croup . . . it is scary when your son can barely breath!! . . . He did fine and was healthy the whole time, God is good!

The men of the house!!

Eli looking very concerned . . . Mr. serious!

Andy and the kids in a park in Singapore . . . we love going down there for many reasons.

Eli the ant hunter . . . he is a nut!

Our cutie pies!!

More pics in Singapore . . . Gabs, all smiles!

In the same park in Singapore, we were waiting to meet up with my sis and bro in law.

This pic was actually taken about 45 minutes before we left KL for Singapore, Eli had just gotten his IV out and had been discharged, we were just waiting for the paper work so that we could pay the bill and hit the road . . . crazy times!! So glad we went down to see my sister and bro in law, it was an amazing time of fellowship, we love you guys!!

Thanks for checking out our blog once again, hope you enjoyed the pictures, sorry it had been so long since I last posted!!

Well . . . Gabrielle is now 5 years old!! Time really does fly, we are not sure where it all goes. Here are some pictures of her birthday party, we invited pretty much all of our friends over here . . . we ended up with more than 50 guests! They were not there all at the same time though, but we had at least 15 people in our house the entire time from 5 pm to midnight on her big day! This first pic is of the cake that I made for Gabby . . . we had a luau theme for the party, that is what she ended up wanting . . . it was a lot of fun =+)!
This year we splurged and got some helium balloons and she was sooo excited!! . . . and Eli giving her some birthday hugs.

Opening some presents . . . so much fun!
She got a new pair of pretty pink sandals from Ima (our Nanny and house cleaner, as well as dear friend)
Opening her present from Auntie Sya.
Standing by her cake . . . waiting to be sung to =+)
Waiting for Daddy to cut the cake and serve it up!!
Excited!
Opening her present from Papa and Nana Benezette
She got a kid learning laptop from them, it has all sorts of learning games on it. She really loves to play with it.
Opening the presents from Papa and Grandma Jackson, she loved getting the package, thanks guys! You can see the table cloth that you sent on the table behind her.
She got a mug with her name on it and an adorable outfit from them.
Posing with Rie and Farah and the barbies she got from them.
Playing with some friends in the mini sandbox that we got for her.
Wearing the outfit from Papa and Grandma. . . big smiles =+)
Thanks for looking at the pictures =+)

Eli's Hospital Stay

Eli's stayed in the hospital for two days and two nights, it was a roller coaster ride . . . they would give him meds and he would feel fine, fever down and everything . . . but then the fever would come back and he would get lethargic, like a rag doll. Thank you for all your prayer, Eli is now well and it is because you lifted him up . . . Thank you! It ended up being a severe tonsil infection, it took two days of intravenus antibiotics and 6 days of oral antibiotics. At one point his fever went up to 105 . . . scary stuff!! It is amazing we can rely on God and know that He is ALWAYS in control!



Sleeping the day away, I had never seen him like this . . . either he was sleeping or just laying there in bed . . . or wanting to be held.

Showing me his "spiderman hand" . . . he thought it was cool (until they would come to put the antibiotics in . . . he hated that and would scream the whole way through)

Eating a meal together . . . they gave me a complementary meal every time they brought one to Eli . . . and I gave it to Gabs =+).

Playing with the motorcycle that Gabby brought him as a get well present.

My pathetic little man =+(

Trying to stay awake . . . it's hard to do when you feel yucky!

Soothed by the thumb =+)

Gabby trying to cheer up Eli . . . she was in tears the night he went into the hospital, she was so sad for him that he had to get a needle.

This is the day that we went home, as you can see he is feeling himself again . . . all smiles!

Every time Andy would leave he would stand at the window and yell "Daddy come back to us!" =+)

Hanging out in the play area in the pediatrics ward at the hospital he was in . . . pretty cool!
Eli and a friend he made there . . . she had just given him that dinosaur book he is holding.

More playing while he was feeling good on the day we went home.

He kept calling this his guitar . . . it was folding chair in our hospital room.

We are glad to see our little man back to himself, thanks for all your prayers!!

Here are some photos from our Benezette family reunion . . . hope you enjoy them . . . this first one is of how Andy, my bro and his wife greeted Andy's brother Ben at the airport. His brother and family live in Mongolia . . . it was all in good fun.

Gabby eating the stinkiest fruit in the world . . . Durian.

The sibblings, Andy and his older brother Ben and their younger sister Paige.

Andy and Eli playing guitar together =+)

Andy and I and Ben and Drea.

The Benezette clan in Cameron Highlands (in the mountains here in Malaysia)

The ORIGINAL Benezettes =+)

Uncle Ben and Eli.

The cousins . . . ages 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 . . . it was nuts!!

Papa and Nana and the grandbabies.

And again lining them up in order of age.

Our part of the Benezette clan =+)

Choo choo!!

Andy and his Uncle Ed (his Mom's brother, not a true Benzette, but we let him have a shirt =+))

At Startbucks doing what we do best =+)

More of the kiddos

The two story bungalow we rented for three days, it was really nice!!

Holding a snake at a hindu temple here in Malaysia.

Waiting for a train at the station (about half of our group)

Kiddos with the same snake . . . they thought it was pretty cool!!

Me and my sis in laws and mom in law . . . we had a blast!!

Gabby and her cousin Cali eating Durian.

The kids eating Happy Meals . . . I wouldn't try to steal Cali's, she seems very protective =+)

Me . . . half way through the reunion =+) I am just teasing, it was an amazing time, such a blessing!! We all hadn't been together in 5 years!

Kissing cousins

Andy and his bro Ben

We celebrated Ayrik's b-day while they were here . . . the big man second from the right.

Gabby strawberry picking in Cameron Highlands.

Gabs and Cali

My cutie, I love this photo!!

SMOOCHH!!!Little thumb sucker!

The sibblings once again . . .

Thanks for checking out the photos . . . hope you enjoyed them!!