A Sunbeam, A Sunbeam...

Mikail, Eli and I decided to have lunch at the Blue Lemon in Highland. To get there, we like to go over the mountain via Suncrest. It has been raining all week...maybe 2 weeks, it seems like FOREVER! We miss the summer sun badly. We reached the top of Suncrest and the sun was actually shinning! I said to the kids, WOW, the sun is shinning up here. Eli confidently replied, "it's because Jesus is up here!" I guess being up closer to the clouds means we are closer to Christ... (I wish).

Oh Teenagers!

So, my daughter Mikail came home from her last day of 7th grade looking like THIS.

What is a mother to say?

What is this school teaching these young minds?

I tried hard to act like I didn't NOTICE the obvious.

Then, she got right in my face and announced that she was the VIKING OF THE QUARTER!

OH.

This is a MAJOR award.

I had misjudged the poor girl.

We are so proud of how well she did in school this year.

She worked hard and was very dedicated.

It's so hard to have teenagers like this....JUST KIDDING Mikail.

WE LOVE YOU!

My Ellie

This is Ellie...she is 10, almost 11...she is wonderful at everything...school work, dance, art, family & friends, soccer, babysitting, swimming...we think she is pretty special and we all LOVE her A LOT...we are very LUCKY to have her in our family!

Eli's "Final Four"

It's official...Eli turned 4 on June 1st. He has waited, patiently, every day asking "when am I going to be 4?" I mean EVERY DAY for a year! This all happened because his best friend and next door neighbor, Jaden, turned 4 a year ago...can't a kid be the same age as his best friend? The only problem is...Jaden turned 5 this past February. You've guessed it! Eli is now asking when will he turn 5? We might have to possibly move!

Eli had his first "real" birthday party. He invited Jaden and Thomas. We went to see the movie "UP" and then ate McDonald's for lunch at home. It was a RAGER I tell ya!

Later that night we had grandparents over for dinner, cake, and presents. I think he had a good day with lots of spoiling! I hope he has a good year finally turning 4...and I can't wait for the question of when will he turn 5!