PINK…….

  

Can’t believe we let her do this…… but this girl is the BEST  daughter, sister, human being!  Honestly, she spoiled us for all of her other siblings.  We were lulled into thinking, “Hey, this isn’t so hard!!”  She is smart, funny, talented in many ways and very loving and caring of her sisters and family!

We just attended her 6th grade final awards ceremony.  She has had straight A’s all her years in school, had an essay published in the county wide school publication, had the highest average in Language Arts and got an award for one of the highest grades on the 6th grade Math EOG.

So yes, we let her get pink highlights in her hair.  It is a temporary color and will fade in a few weeks.  No damage to her beautiful hair!  And she is THRILLED with it.

And we are THRILLED WITH HER!!!

Blessings!

Dancing Girls

Samie and Sydney had their recital last week.  It is really hard to get pictures of this since one- they don’t allow flash photography during the performance and two- the lighting during the rehearsals is not the best for this amateur photographer.  So I will just tell you that they were WONDERFUL!!  So cute.  They both did so well.

I won’t leave you without ANY pics though.  Here are the ones they had done professionally.

Blessings!

Happy Birthday Sierra!

Today Sierra turned 5 yrs old!

 There was cake

 and presents

and sisters!

Happy Birthday Sierra!

Blessings!

REMEMBERING…..

To the men and women of our armed forces and their families…

THANK YOU!

It seems like so little, but they hear it so seldom.  So please, thank the next person you see in our armed forces or their family.

Thank you- Timothy and Shane, my stepsons.  Timothy is in the Army and stationed in Alaska.  He was in Iraq for over a year.  Shane is in the Marines and is currently in Afghanistan.

Thank you- My husband, my father and my grandfather for the service they gave.

And thank you to my cousin John who gave the ultimate sacrifice… his life, while serving in Vietnam.

BLESSINGS!

Chocolate Really Does Cure All!

OK, we were in Wally World yesterday and Syd got injured.  NO, we are not those people that let their kids twirl around and pull on each other and raise a ruckus in a store…..  OF COURSE NOT! 

But somehow her forehead connected with the concrete floor.  We were getting in the check out lane and Tim picked up a bar of his our favorite chocolate.  He held it up to Syd and said, “Would this make you feel better?”  She grabbed it and said, “YES!”  And this is what the girl did with it…….

  

Just goes to prove that chocolate really is the best medicine!  Funny, all this time I have been taking it orally.  Who knew it was to be applied directly to the boo-boo??

Blessings!

The Graduates

CONGRATULATIONS!

Thing 2 and Thing 3 had their preschool graduation last night.  The theme of their show was “Rumble In The Jungle”.  TOO CUTE!  Sydney has been fighting strep throat all week and was still a little peaked last evening.  To top it off, she fell the other evening and is sporting a nice bruise on her face.

 Sierra loves being the center of attention.

No matter how bad Syd was feeling, bring on a little cake and she perks right up!

 

         

Look out kindergarten here they come!

Blessings.

OK, if anyone can tell me WHY?? Live Wri*er will NOT let me post a photo album I would be very grateful!

My Song!

Dawn at Brown circus posted this and I just had to share!

I can SOOO relate!

We have a very busy next few weeks.  I will try to post pics when I can.  Tonight Things 2 and 3 graduate from Pre-school!!Lots of Kleenex will be needed.  Thing 1 is finishing up EOGs this week.  Next week we have dance recitals and Sierra turns 5.  The next week Samie finishes up school and then we are going to see the mouse!  Insert squeals of joy from all three things!!  And YES, besides the packing, I am soooo looking forward to this trip.

Please keep our family in your prayers.  I prefer not to go into what is going on, some of you know, but we are in desperate need of your prayers.  I am still debating on doing a post about our struggles.  Maybe someday I can…….. maybe.

BLESSINGS!