One down....two to go

A few weeks ago Elijah became a Christian! He is five years old. It was so sweet to hear him ask Jesus to come into his heart. He was baptized yesterday. He said "momma it felt so good to be baptized." Of course I was under the impression that he was speaking spiritually and all. Nope, he said "the water felt so good." Oh well he is only 5 years old. Abigail said she is not ready yet. That is fine. She has to make the decision for herself. Isabella is still working on getting cereal down her throat instead of out her mouth. She might take a while. hahahaha. she is getting cuter by the day. I will try and post new pics of her soon. hope you enjoy the video..
by the way..elijah was asked if he wanted his daddy to be the one to do it..and he said "nope..i want bro. joe." so there ya go.

Please do not Fear...We are still here

To all of my faithful readers (all of about 3?? hahaha) We are still here. We have been very busy. This week was our annual vacation bible school. I have told some of you that this is the biggest outreach our church is involved with. We had around 300 people a day involved with VBS. It breaks down to be around 200 students and 100 teachers and volunteers. Our church is filled with school teachers. This allows us to hold our VBS during the morning hours. We start at 8:30 and finish around 11:30. I think that is the reason we have such a huge turn out...ya know free child care. hahahaha. This year I was the secretary. After this week, I have a new respect for secretaries. It was one crazy day after another. In the end, this was a life changing week for some of our students. Decisions were made, and the angels rejoiced!!! The theme this year was Outrigger Island: Living God's Unshakable Truth. So many of the rooms were decorated in a Hawaiian theme. I am including some pics of decorated rooms, and students having fun. Enjoy!!!

SCHOOL IS OUT FOR SUMMER!!!

Hallelujah......another school year is done!!! We know how to celebrate!

The kids attended a birthday party and hung out with their friends. I am including some funny pics of isabella because they are too cute. i am learning how to use this new camera, and everytime the flash would go off, isabella had a "deer in the headlights" look. thought you would enjoy. I hope to post more cute pics later. We plan on enjoying our summer vacation this year. Unlike last year, when we spent most of the summer in shock because of the shock of a new baby was here. and i had morning sickness on top of that. I am so thankful that part is over with!!! I love having her here! And now, i can enjoy the summer too!!

And the award goes to....

ABIGAIL BURNS

Abigail had her end of the year awards day in her class. This is what she came home with:

Outstanding achievement in First Grade Science

Outstanding achievement in First Grade Reading

Outstanding achievement by making the Honor Roll each nine weeks

Outstanding achievement in First Grade Math

Outstanding achievement in Accelerated

Reader

Outstanding Mathematic Achievement in

Computer Lab

Everyone received the last award, it was for participation in First Grade.

the top boy and top girl in each category received an award. The Accelerated Reader award was only for the top student overall. Needless to say I was a very proud momma!!

The GREAT DEBATE

So I have been told that Isabella "looks just like elijah." More than once I have heard this statement. There were only two people who thought Isabella looked like Mike. Everyone is pretty much in agreement that Isabella is "Elijah in a bow." I thought I would let you decide. I have posted pics of abigail, and elijah at different stages of their lives...and of course Isabella has only one stage right now. Tell me what you think...who does she look more like??????

Three Months..

Just wanted to give an update. Isabella is three months old right now. She is 14 1/2 pounds and 25 inches long. She smiles all the time. That is not totally accurate. She smiles when she is not hungry or sleepy. Just wanted to share this cute pic. She is absolutely adorable. I feel so blessed to be her mom. I am thankful for each day I have with her. Of course, I feel blessed to have the other two as well. hahaha. I will definately post pics of them soon.

We do feed her...I promise

Isabella LOVES to suck on her hands. Ever since she realized she had them, she has put them in her mouth. I just had to get video of this to show you what I mean. She puts her WHOLE fist in there. You would think she was hungry! Trust me, she is fed!!!! Quite often to be exact. She goes to the doctor on tuesday of next week. We will see how big she has gotten then! enjoy.