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End of Year Parties

It is hard to believe that another school year has passed.  BBQ had her end of year party on Tuesday, it was so cute.  They sang 5 or 6 songs for the parents and came home with journals and certificates for the year.  BBQ really grew a lot this year and I do not mean in height.  She is now a proficent reader and writer!

Here are the 4 amigos, best friends.

And then on Thursday, Sweet Girl had her camp out (during the school day) and class party.  She had a great year as well and really surprised me on how fast she picked up on multiplication.  Her class party was so much fun!

Look Baby Girl got to join in on all the fun.

Our fab 2nd grade teacher!

The kids started dancing to the Cupid Shuffle, in fact more boys were dancing than girls!

 Bouncy house fun!

Sweet Girl with her best friend, H

So that is the end of this school year, we are excited to see what the next school year holds.

She makes cupcakes look good...

We all so enjoy our Baby Girl and the fact that she is crawling all over the place has just made us enjoy her all the more.  She is especially entertaining to the the girls, in fact BBQ was teaching her how to crawl through our coffee tablethe other day.  Everyday is a new adventure for her.

It is bitter sweet knowing all these firsts are our lasts - well at least until we have some sweet grand kids!  So even though Baby Girl's crawling is a lot more work for me, I so enjoy watching her explore and gain her Independence. 

At the park ..

I had good intentions, I am not sure how well it really worked out though.  After picking the big girls up from their slumber party I decided to take all three girls with me to the park.  The farmer's market was open and there would be an art festival going on. Well, little girls who have been to a slumber party are not usually in the best mood the next day and they were not that excited with the heat or anything for that matter. 

I had my mind made up that we were going to have fun - just us girls.  So we went and picked out fresh strawberries (and I am pretty sure we paid more for them than we would have from our local grocery store) and then bought a sweet basil plant to start an herb garden.  Then baby girl was hot and hungry so we had to stop and feed her before walking through the art tents. 

I wish I could say they were wowed by the art but it was more like...I am hot, can we get a lemonade??....Its hot!  We did however find a small shade spot and enjoy the drums being played on the stage for awhile.  Our final walk through the art did produce a neat art exhibit that the girls were asked to help with. 

 They helped make a tree from recycled plastic and cardboard that we use everyday.  And then I realized to quit on a positive note, so we headed to our nice cool house for lunch.



Our Family's Dedication

Baby girl came into our life in August and stole our hearts...but it was not a surprise to GOD that she was always suppose to be, it just surprised us.

 So there was nothing more special than standing with the love of my life and our 3 daughters and committing before our church to raise Baby Girl to know her creator.  I have no doubt that GOD has great plans for our little girl and she is surrounded  by people who adore her and want her to receive all that GOD has in store for her.
 

We were so blessed to belong to a church that is like family to us and has helped our family to grow closer and closer to Christ.

I am so thankful to have the support of our family who joined us for breakfast and church service to witness our commitment.

We are just blessed beyond measure!

It was a good day..

 I was so proud of BBQ when the night before she asked us to read the story of the death and resurrection of Jesus.  It was a wonderful idea and we may have found a new tradition.

 Wow, those Easter baskets are so full!!  Books, CD, Movie, stickers, makeup, baby clothes and lots of goodies.

 BBQ really wanted a recorder, how crazy is the Easter Bunny.

Baby Girl got some rubber duckies, bubbles, 2 new dresses and new books!

 All the girls together for a picture before church.  I love that all the girls matched this year and I love the fact that they wanted to match ( I was happy to coordinate).

  

  Can you tell how much they love Baby Girl and she loves them?

Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma and Papa's house has begun!

 Baby girl had a little help from Daddy

 Sweet Girl got a lot of help from her friend, Luke.  It was really hard to get her to slow down so I could take a picture of her.

BBQ loves the hunt, she was very determined to find as many as possible with no help.

 Who could resist that face???

My baby girls.  Can they just stay this way forever?

We tried to get a good cousin picture for Nonnie - it was just too late in the day for the babies.

But boy the big kids know how to take a great picture!  And look how they coordinate!