Celina Balloon Festival

First Day of School

First day of school pics for our crew!  They all love their classes and are having wonderful years so far!

Savannah is THREE!

This sassy little thing turned THREE a few weeks ago.  I can't believe our littlest is 3.  Life has definitely gotten easier in some areas since leaving the baby world, but it has also gotten harder in other areas.  This one definitely gives us a run for our money!  She has an amazing vocabulary and many people have commented that she sounds like a little adult.  This can be so cute, but it can also create sentences like, "Mommy you are frustrating me so much, that I may have to yell at you." Uh no ma'am!  We have definitely had to ramp up the discipline, and are hoping we can survive this threenager!  Having said all of that, she really can be such a sweetie.  She still continues to be our snuggliest kid.  She is probably attached to me more than any of the other kids were.  She had a little bit of a rough start going back to school, but is a champ now.  She loves to play with her babies, and her favorite is Baby Isaac, a giant baby she named after her cousin.  She can keep up with all the big kids, and will try almost anything they are doing.  She has freakishly good balance.  She can run down a hill and look like she will crash at any moment, and never fall.  She also will jump off of very high walls.  I think there is no way she wont fall, then she jumps off and sticks the landing like an Olympic gymnast, haha!  She will also hang from the monkey bars at school and insist she let go by herself, and again land like an Olympian.  Not sure what this means, but it is funny to see!  She loves her siblings and will play school with Audrey for long periods of time.  She loves going to their sporting events and will cheer them on, when she isn't running around like a crazy lady.  I say crazy lady, because at Luke's last game she literally ran around and was screaming, "I am a crazy lady"!  She cracks us up, to say the least!  She is obsessed with Dora, and that is pretty much the only TV show she will sit still for.  She loves her dance class, and loves that she gets to do it with her BFF Rebecca.  She recently went in for her 3 year check up, and here are her stats:

• Height: 37 in (3 ft)- 51%
• Weight: 29 lbs 6 oz- 37%  

Here are her yearly photos:

We love our Sassy Savannah with all our hearts, and couldn't imagine not having her in our family.  We pray she becomes a woman of God, who puts others first, and shines her light brightly!

Audrey is FIVE

This precious child is now 5! She is just the sweetest and most loving girl around.  She is probably our easiest going kid, and has a heart of gold.  At five years old, Audrey loves arts and crafts and will draw for long periods of time.  She wants to read so bad, and will practice daily writing letters and sounding things out.  She LOVES anything My Little Pony related and sleeps with about 10 ponies each night. She is currently in dance and on a soccer team.  Her soccer team is called the Sparkle Ponies, who do you think came up with that? =)   She has improved in soccer a ton over the past 6 months, and was beating her brother in the backyard last night.  She recently learned how to ride her bike without training wheels, and loves it.  We live in a very hilly neighborhood, so she hasn't been able to conquer getting out of it yet, but can ride for days on flat ground.  She is an awesome swimmer, and was a little fish by the end of this summer.  She still loves bugs and will hunt for them in the backyard by solo or with a buddy.  She is not scared of holding lizards and other critters, and loves her bug display case in her room. She is our quietest child, but if she warms up to you, she can let the crazy out!  She is a little mama.  She would rather be "taking care" of Isaac all day, than playing with the cousins.  We have to tell her to get out of his face quiet often. Ha!  She loves going to church and making up songs about Jesus.  That is pretty much our Audrey girl in a nutshell!

Here are her 5 year old stats:

• Height: 43.25 inches (3 ft 6 in)- 68%
• Weight: 39 lbs 4 oz - 48%

Here she is over the years.  

We praise the Lord for this girl!  We are so blessed by her, and pray that she continues to love and serve the Lord and be the sweet girl that she is!