LOVE this little lady!

Yesterday, she went to get her MMRV booster so we can sign her up for kindergarten. She told the nurses, "I'm not scared of shots." And, she WAS so brave and cooperative. They had her count with them (brilliant move, nurses). She was so proud of herself. And she thought it was the funniest thing that there is an illness called "Chicken pox." She thought it was "Chicken Bocks". It IS funny when you think about it. I'm so proud of her & will miss spending so much time with her when she starts school.

New calling

Troy was sustained this month as the new bishop in our congregation. I think he's incredible & will do really well at it. I think it will be a great blessing and learning experience for our family. But, I also anticipate that it will be very busy (time-wise, it is like a 2nd unpaid job) and a bit of an emotional roller coaster. He'll get to help people prepare for missions and marriage, but he'll also help with funerals or other tragedy and counsel people with serious personal & family challenges. So, send a prayer our way if you can. We have had so many amazing bishops who have helped our family so much. We want to be like them & lift and serve and love well.

Snowy pictures video

Hope everyone's holidays were as memorable as ours. Happy 2017! We made a video with some fun snow pics. It's about 10 winters in 90 seconds.
https://1drv.ms/v/s!ApepkJloW7NEl37dpnAb0u5QvcWn

Christmas Card pictures

We were hoping to get something like this...
But with pictures we often get mostly this...

We had fun, though!

After a very warm fall, we had snow today. Makes it feel like Dec!


(He's hoping his nice smile will keep him on the nice list!)

Baptism

Such a happy day!

He's a sweet kid.

But the weekend sure tuckered him out.

Summer Summary

With school starting, I have a bit more time to document our adventures.

Our baby turned 2 in July!

Miss H was the party planner & did a great job. The theme was "Bubble Guppies". It's so cute to hear a 2-yr old say "guppy guppies".

When it was her birthday, the party planner decorated her own cake.

Her favorite gifts were a new jacket, calico critters, and a quilt for her bed featuring her favorite color. This is the 1st quilt I've ever done all on my own- binding and all.

We also took a trip at the end of summer to Ohio to see family. It was lots of fun! We visited a "rocket park" on the way.

Now we're blasting off on a new academic yr.!

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July!

The shot with just 2 kids reminds me of when we only had 2 kids...

8 yrs and many, many diaper changes ago.