Emily's 7th Birthday

Well, my Princess turned "7" this past Tuesday. I still can't believe it, I think I am in denial, LOL. Anyways, our celebration started at the Olive Garden. As you can see Emily LOVES noodles.

We arrived home from Emily's birthday dinner to see this beautiful scene from our backyard.

We then got to the good part where we sing "Happy Birthday" have cake and open presents!

Happy Birthday my Princess!

Puppy Love...

Well, they are here!
Last night a little after 11 pm Popcorn delivered the first of seven puppy's!

This is Emily and Amy waiting with Popcorn for the big moment.

We have 3 boys and 4 girls.

One red and white boy and

two red and white girls

and the others are black and white.

Popcorn is a wonderful MOM and the girls can't get enough of the puppy's.

Our Day at the RODEO!

What a beautiful day it was yesterday for the RODEO! It was windy and fun and here are a few of my favorite moments captured on film.

Dad and Emily on the Fairiswheel.

Amy and me on the Fairiswheel.

The girls on the bumper cars.

The girls on a jeep ride.

Dad and the girls on a roller coaster.

The girls with a Texas size boot.

Emily coming down a slide.

The girls on a spin ride.

The girls inside a bear ride.

The girls on an airplane ride.

This was so funny to watch because every time these cars turn the corner it would go so fast it would jerk them. As you can see Amy thought it was hilarious but I think it concerned Emily.

The girls on a motorcycle ride.

My Favorite picture of the day!

Who can go to a Rodeo and not have cotton candy?

Oh, we had such a blast and it was the perfect day!

Chrissa ~ An American Girl Movie

A few weeks ago I purchased Chrissa for the girls to watch. I have been wanting to post how impressed I am about the movie. It covers bullying so well and several types such as cyber, physical, emotional, etc.

As I sat down with girls to watch it, it became a great tool for discussion. We talked about bully's and how they make us feel, who is a bully, are you a bully, what can we do to stop bullying.

One of the key things in the movie was you have to tell someone when you are being bullied because if you don't speak up the bully will continue to win.

I highly recommend this movie to all Mom's with girls. What a great teaching tool.

Back to School, Already

Wow, I can't believe that our two weeks has come and will be gone as the girls get ready to go back to school tomorrow. It will be a difficult journey as they have been going to bed around midnight and waking up between 10 and noon. What a rude awakening they will have tomorrow but they are excited about going back to school.

It was a glorious two weeks being with my family whom all are doing so well and are healthy!

I just got done filling out Amy's paperwork (11 pages) so that I can register her for Kinder next year. I can't believe that my baby will be in school all day next year. I know she will do excellent.

Oh, also the girls painted some ornaments as we do every year. They did them all by themselves and did such a fabulous job, don't you think?

I am so excited that on next Tuesday, January 13th I will be participating at Church in the study "Esther" by Beth Moore! I love Esther and can't wait to start.

See more about the study on Esther here: http://www.vimeo.com/1551900?pg=embed&sec=1551900

I have a Made UP Mind In 2009!! I will be devoting more time to God and my lovely family! I can't wait to see where He takes me this year!!

Welcoming 2009

We were invited to my friend Carrie's house for a

count down to noon

New Year's Celebration!

Carrie made the girls these cute party hats. Then she gave them a piece of card stock and asked them what did they think God wanted them to work on for the new year and for them to draw it and she gave a magnet for them to place on the back to hang on the fridge as a reminder all year.

Amy said that she was going to work on being nicer to her sister.

So she drew a picture of Emily.

Emily said she was going to work on being nicer to her sister.
She drew her sharing a dress with Amy.

Then they got to decorate cupcakes, that was so fun!
Here they are with their friend Ashlee eating lunch.

Then we had a count down at noon and celebrated by pulling the stings from some firecrackers!

What a BLAST that was!

Then there was more exciting news as Pip and Squeak our hens laid their first eggs yesterday!

As you can see Daddy accidentally broke one.

The girls couldn't bring in the new year with out their American Girl dolls.

Then we did our own fire works at our house before it got dark.

The girls had a wonderful day bring in 2009!

We can't wait to see what God has in store for us this new year!!

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

Christmas 2008

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The Night that CHRIST was Born ~ Bethlehem Nights

Wow, what an experience. The girls and I participated in Bethlehem Nights up at church last night. We first got dressed in costume.

We were in the kids corner where our assignment was to play games that were played the night Christ was born. There were marbles and dreidel which Emily plays very well.

Here you can see Emily signing the census.

Here is Amy signing the census.

The girls had so much fun. We were only signed up to volunteer for one hour but we ended up staying two hours.

Here are Emily and Amy with a Roman Soldier.

Emily went to jail and I had to pay two coins to get her out.

Then it was the most anticipated experience of the night. We saw the "CHILD"!

The girls were in amazement.

This picture would have made a wonderful Christmas card.

What a blessing and honor it was to participate with my girls in this re-dramatization of the night that Christ was born!