Counting our Blessings

April 26, 2014

Fall pictures 2013

A quick photo shoot on a beautiful fall day!

January 12, 2014

We had a fun celebrating Hannah with a "Frozen" party....ice skating with our good friends and seeing the movie Frozen and ice cream sundaes! It was all four of the kids' first time on ice skates, but they did a great job!

Waiting for the ice to be resurfaced...

Outside the ice rink...LOVE these four!

Birthday pile up!

We spent a fun night at Great Wolf Lodge just before Christmas and called it a birthday celebration for both Hannah and Lizzie!

December 3, 2013

Happy 7th Birthday, Hannah!

To our sweet Hannah,

You truly are such a sweet spirit. You play so well with all three of your siblings, looking up to Clara and leading both Eliza and Isaiah in all your games. You are the one that both Eliza and Isaiah go to for comfort, and you are always quick to wrap your arms around them and snuggle them. You are determined and strong, and have shown an absolute love for gymnastics this year. Your very first session, the coach told us to start saving our money! You have a natural way of flipping through the air and quickly learn new skills each week. You spend most days in a gymnastic leotard, usually hanging from your bar or upside down on a mat in the playroom! You love to be first with the news (just like your mommy) and can entertain any group of kids with make-believe fun. You have a quiet, sweetness about you and don't often beg for our attention, but will slide up next to us for a hug without a word. We love you more than you'll ever know, sweet girl!!!! Happy birthday!

November 1, 2013

Dress-up days....

I asked Clara to fold the towels today, and when I came out to check, she had this maid costume on that she had put together!

She is such a funny, creative kid. She is constantly dressing up as different characters!

All three girls got into my closet to borrow shirts this afternoon. They each gave me a pose for the camera, with Isaiah not wanting to be left out!

Happy Halloween!!

We had a fun playgroup Halloween party with some of Eliza and Isaiah's friends. Clara and Hannah helped out so much with the crafts and games. Here is Isaiah, hanging out with his friends Sam, Everton and Jackson.....The girls spent more time at the table coloring and doing crafts, while the boys had fun with cars!

Pumpkin carving night....Hannah is really into photo-bombing all of our pictures lately!

Isaiah wasn't too sure about the gooey pumpkin, but made a good effort with his fork to pull it all out!

Goofy girl...

and sweet girl!

Clara picked out a complicated design for her pumpkin, then watched patiently as Daddy carved the whole thing! Very true to this one's personality....she is all about the creative, fun ideas, then likes to sit and watch someone else do the work ;)

Lizzie had no problem squishing that goo with both hands!!!

Looking at the lit up faces...

Sweet pumpkins!

Another Hannah photo-bomb

Precious smile...

Heading out to trick-or-treat with our friend, Asher...we had last minute costume changes earlier that morning by Clara and Hannah. That makes two years in a row for Clara changing her mind on Halloween.