SCHOOL YEAR STARTS

This morning I got up at 5:45 went biking and came home to start the day. It's hard to believe that the summer is gone and school is here. The girls where all excited about going back to school...thank God that my kids love school. Grace was alittle nervous...starting kindergarten and being away from mom is a really scary thing for a 5 year old...secretly she was probably excited to break free from me!!! I read her "The Kissing Hand" (just like I read to Faith and Cherish on their First Day of School) and we both cried and cried. By the way if you've never heard of the book it is a really great book to read for the first day of school....it's by Audrey Penn. Got to the school and everything went well...except for Chance he's so mad because he can't go to school too!!!

Pictures of Stacey ~ One Year Old

Here are Stacey's picture from Penny's Studio. The ladies there are great, the manager let me help take some of the pictures (cause I work at a penny's studio) and then she told me next time I'm in town give her a call we'll go out and she'll show me around!!! How cool and they always remember my name and that I'm from ND!!! Love it!!! Enjoy the pics...Stacey did awesome!!!

A Night with Friends

The other night went over to Jeff and Lana's house. Had a great time talking and playing games!! The 3 boys made their own fun by taking all the couch cushions off and piling them in the middle of the room and then jumping on them (kept them entertained for hrs.). I got a picture of Chance flying through the air....so cool!!!!

Southern Cooking

We are going to a friends house tonight to visit and play cards with 3 other couples oh and all the kids....we are hoping they go to bed early!!! So the boys are all out golfing and we women are at home cooking (big surprise)!!! So I was trying to decide what all to make to munch on. I knew I was making pinwheels and then decided to make Fried Pickles (a great southern dish). So I'm sure I'll get crap about being a hillbilly again tonight...nothing new there!!! Anyway I thought I would take a picture of them because they looked so good!!!!

Dance Camp

Faith Rose Ann (our Oldest) Grace (youngest girl) & best friend Sadie


Cherish feeling like crap...poor girl!!

Yesterday our girls had Dance Camp. They all had a blast except Cherish didn't feel good in the afternoon and ending up lying on the stage....we don't know if she had alittle bug or if it was from the heat (because it was so hot in the gym)!!! I took some pictures but picture in the gym don't turn out the best!!

Need to catch up...

~Our Special Gift~

Daddy sleeping with Stacey - they both get tired mid-day for different reasons!!

I'm going to try to do better at this blogging thing:) I flew out to Tennessee for our Family Reunion and my Sissy's 1st Birthday. It is amazing how much she grew. She walking and starting to talk in English, Chinese and some unknown language:) I told my step-mom that I'm going to have to start trying to learn Chinese!! Plus it will be nice when we go on our trip to China.

I had an amazing time and wish I didn't have to come back. It was so hard to leave this time with Stacey getting older...she starting crying because she knew something was up and that just make me cry harder. But I'll be ready to travel again in October!!

She hated her cake - she hates being messy:)

Faith when to Bible Camp for the second year and loved it. She has made some really great friends from around the state. Faith with Jena from Fargo - one of the Staff.

Now for the last two weeks I'm Spring Cleaning....maybe Summer cleaning to get ready for Daycare to start Aug. 18th.....school starts Aug 20th.....Preschool starts Sept. 2nd!!!

She so happy when it's time to eat and she'll eat anything!

Enjoy the pictures!!!