Happy Birthday Hannah!

Do my kids really have to grow up so fast?  Hannah is eight today!  As I watched her this month, I realized how big she really is.  She is quickly becoming a young woman....I'm not ready for that yet!  Where'd my baby go?  But 8 is so fun!  She is so sweet, helpful, caring and responsible.  I love her enthusiasm for EVERYTHING (well except for chores maybe)!

BJ ate lunch with her at school to day and later I went for her birthday celebration...a half-hour dedicated to celebrating Hannah.  I showed her class pictures of her at each year of age. Oh, that was amazing!  She is such an amazing girl! Her dinner choice was pizza and fruit, followed by presents and then ice cream and a chocolate cake decorated with horses (she is in love with them!).

                Happy Birthday Hannah!  We love you and are so glad you are a part of our family!

Addie's First Day of Pre-K

Addie started preschool two weeks ago!  Two and half weeks before that, from 7 am until 8pm Addie had been asking me, "Mommy, is it time to go to preschool NOW?"  Finally I told her, "You have at least 14 sleeps until preschool starts."  Her little expectant face fell and I wished I could tell her it was time to go.  But the day finally came and every hour until noon was torture for her (and mommy too, to be perfectly honest).  But it was finally time to go.  Surprisingly she agreed to a picture with no protest.  After the second picture however, she said, "Mom, that was the last picture, right? Can I go to preschool now?"  As I dropped her off, she walked in the house, never looking back.  I guess she has no problems with independence!

When I picked her up, she was dripping with sweat (Miss Amy has a jump house as a reward for hard work) and beaming!  She talked about her day and her enthusiasm made me smile.  When we got home she asked, "Mom, how long until I get to go back to preschool?"... Well, at least she likes it!  Way to go Addie!

First Day of School

Monday was the first day of school for Hannah and Janessa.  They both expressed some bad feelings about going back to school, but after their first day they were so glad they went. When I asked Hannah how her day was, she replied, "Great!" How could it be said any better than that, especially with their giant grins to back up the comment? 

Happy Birthday Addie!

Happy 4th Birthday Addie!  Because she is SO big now, Addie asked for cupcakes instead of a cake.  We did her favorite thing and went swimming on her birthday.  Addie loves to help Momma cook and is on the counter constantly asking if she can watch.  Besides swimming she loves to play with her big sisters and be in charge of Brynlee.  She is most excited to be four because she gets to go to preschool!

She scored a lot of neat gifts and had a great birthday.  Thanks to Grandma, Nana and Papa for your thoughtful gifts. She loves them...obviously!

Graduation...Finally!

 On August 5th, BJ FINALLY graduated from POST.  Hallelujah! It's been a long 10 months, but well worth it. Congratulations babe!

BJ's big brother Travis and his family came down for the ceremony and we were able to play quite a bit during their stay. We feel so lucky to have had family here for the big occasion!

BJ's Mom was able to come with her friend as well! It is always awesome to see Grandma!

                          Our proud family...the girls were so proud of their Daddy.

Too Cute Not to Mention

These pics speak for themselves...

I Love to See the Temple!

On July 2nd,  BJ and I flew out to Denver for the day so we could go to the temple with BJ's Dad for his first time through.  It was such an amazing experience.  There were at least 15 people from Burt's ward there to support him and the feeling of love we had from them was overwhelming.  Afterward we met up with my sister-in-law and her hubby and my parents for dinner. It was so good to see everyone even if it was short.

 It was such a wonderful day; one we will remember forever!  Thanks to Jennie for watching all SEVEN of our girls the entire day and night on her vacation!  She is an angel and truly performed a miracle (you can be sainted now)!