Kids Birthdays!!

Wanted to take a minute and highlight my favorite four and their birthdays this past year!

Isaac turned six in March and had a Super Mario Bros. birthday party. This was his first year to have a party with his friends and it was so neat to see! He had five of his buddies over and they had an absolute ball! It was neat to see how a group of little boys play! Isaac is a great little boy, always a super hero boy at heart. This year he is getting into sports, playing basketball, baseball and football. He also has developed a love of danger and speed, and comes to life on his four wheeler!! He started first grade this fall and is doing amazing! He is reading so good and has only missed one word so far on all of his spelling tests! I am so proud of this boy!

Lily Claire turned four in June! Hard to believe my little girl is getting so big! She LOVES this yellow Sunshine Bear so it was only fitting that we had a CareBear party for her. Mommy made her birthday cake too! We had a perfect summer birthday party for a little girl with pools, a waterslide, and cooking out! It was a great day to celebrate Lily with our family and friends! This fall she started her second year of preschool and is on the road to starting kindergarten next year. I told her that mommy will cry when I have to put her on the bus :) But she has always been my go-getter so I know she will be more than ready to go with the big kids! This girl is my kooky, spunky, funny girl and we all just love her to pieces!

And Luke... he is something else :) Oh how we just adore this energetic little guy! He turned two in July and he is pure John Deere for sure! He has loved anything with wheels since he could grasp a toy truck and it quickly turned into a love of tractors, trucks, airplanes, buses, and semi trucks!! He had his party with family at the Yogi Bear Campground in Knightstown. He LOVES Yogi Bear, and was so excited to see him at his party!! He still talks about that day! Luke is also our climber! He tries it all! I find him on my countertops, the piano, jumbing from couch to couch in the living room, and he already can climb out of his baby bed! I am expecting big things out of this little guy :)

And our big girl Grace LeeAnn turned eight in August! This last year Grace has become very into fashion and all things "popular", as she would say. She is very aware of what is new and in style, and has developed her own unique, kinda funky-rockstar style. She does have a liking for skulls, hence the birthday cake :) She had a pool party with her friends this year, and had so much fun! They all got along great, swam in the cold water for a bit, and then mostly played dress up! She started 2nd grade this year, and is again at the top of her class and doing wonderful! She loves to read, do crafts, scrapbook, and listen to music and dance. She is coming into her own as a young girl, and we both still have lots to learn together :) I am so very proud of her and the young lady she is becoming!

Back to BLOGGING!!

Well, it has been a little over a year since my last post! And an eventful year it has been!! Since Luke turned one back in July 2009 I have been slowing "coming into my own" as I would put it :) I am realizing that our family of 6 is complete, and the future consists of raising and growing our family into what God has intended us to be. I am setting new goals for myself as a mother, wife, and woman of God. One of my goals is to get BACK TO BLOGGING!! More to come soon :)