Veggie Tales!!

This past weekend we had an awesome time with my mom and dad and sisters and their families when my parents took us all to see Veggie Tales live!  It was a super cute show and the kids had a really great time!

 Me and Leah before the show :)

 I love that this is the face you get when you tell Gabe to smile :)

 Hi mom!

 Just a little bit excited :)

 Veggies!

 Even Veggie Tales can't compete with nap time!  

Sera!  I think she was probably thinking...please get that camera out of my face Aunt Ashlie...I am trying to watch the show!

We are so thankful for and blessed to have such a great family to spend time with!  

Thanks a bunch mom and dad!

Birthday Party, Round 2

This past weekend we had round 2 of Hannah's birthday celebrations. :)  Normally we only do one party, but since her cousins were not able to come for her friend party we decided to have another party for family when they were able to come in this past weekend.  We had so much fun with everyone that was able to come and really appreciated getting to spend time with everyone!  

The birthday girl and her cake!

 Did you notice that all 5 cousins from my side of the family are in this picture? :)

 Blowing out the candle!

 So cute!  Hannah loves crafts!

 Mr. Blue eyes!  Love hime!

 Say cheese Bella!

Day at the Park

Last week my sweet friend Heidi texted a bunch of us moms and wanted to see if we would be interested in having a playdate at the park.  Ummm, yes please!  You won't have to ask me twice if I want to have some time outside with the kids while I get to visit with friends and the kids burn off some energy!  It was a beautiful day and we had a blast!  I had great plans of taking lots of pictures, but I may have forgotten to check and make sure that the camera battery was charged...oops :)  

 Mr. Cheesy!

 Beautiful Hannah!

My little Leah love!

Kids!

I could seriously just eat this little stinkers up with a spoon!  Love them so much!!

This and that :)

This little stinker cracks me up!  

 Mommy and Leah!

 Completely unacceptable, lol!  No crawling allowed!!

 Silly Hannah!  Nice lettuce in the teeth!

 Cheese!

 Daddy and Leah!

 Helping Grandpa Steve in the garden :)

 Silly boy and his shield!

 Hannah banana!

 So proud of the verses that Miss Hannah is learning in school :)  Hoping that she will hide these truths in her heart and that they will stay with her as she grows :)

FOOD!!

Leah is eating table food now...and as you can see, she really likes it!!

 And these two monkeys like their dinner too!

Six Years Old!!

 Six years old?!?!  How on earth did that happen so fast :)  It seems like just a week or so ago we were bringing Hannah home from the hospital and trying to figure out what this parenting thing was all about.  I cannot believe how quickly the time has flown.

My dear sweet Hannah Banana,
I can't believe that we have celebrated your 6th birthday already.  You are growing up much to quickly for your mama's liking :)  You are the sweetest and kindest little girl.  I am so proud and happy to have you as my daughter and sometimes I feel completely overwhelmed when I think of what a blessing you are to our family.  You are the best big sister that Gabe and Leah could ask for!  You are so good at helping them when they need an extra hand and I know that you love them both very much!  You are in the first grade this year and one of the hilights of my day is doing school with you and watching you learn.  Your absolute favorite thing to do right now is anything and everything crafty.  You love to color, paint, cut things out and are even learning to sew a bit.  Daddy and I love you more than you will ever know and are so thankful that God gave you us as our daughter.  Happy Birthday sweet girl!!

 We had Hannah's friend birthday party this past weekend and instead of doing a cake I made a bunch of cupcakes and then each of the kids got to ice and decorate their own cupcake.  This was Hannah's finished product!  Lots of icing and sprinkles, just the way she like it!!

A super cool shirt that she got that she actually got to color!  How fun is that?!?!  I think I may steal this idea for birthday gifts in the future :)

7 months old :)

I cannot believe that this little love is already 7 months old!  Where does the time go?  Leah you are 7 months old and you are more and more of delight everyday.  You are the happiest and sweetest baby in the world.  You are already starting to try and crawl and even pull up on a few things.  You  LOVE food!  You are willing to try anything and seem to like most everything :)  I think that baked potatoes and applesauce are your favorites so far :)  You are still nursing about 3 times a day and once or twice in the night.  You are taking 2, 2 hours naps during the day and you like to suck your thumb to put yourself to sleep.  We love you so much and think your are the sweetest addition we could have ever asked for!

School is in!

Well I am a bit behind in the blogging department, so here goes yet another attempt to catch up :)  We started school with Hannah almost 3 weeks ago, and I am just now getting around to blogging about it.  Life with 3 littles gets pretty busy!  But I really wouldn't have it any other way!!  We  are doing first grade with Hannah this year and we are using My Fathers World first grade and doing Art With Children as well.  So far Hannah's favorite things are the math worksheets and the art projects.  She is doing really well so far and enjoying first grade :)

Here are some pictures of her first day.  We went shopping and let her pick out a first day of school outfit :)  She is such a little fashionista :)  I am really proud of my big girl!