Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Heart to Heart

January has come and gone so quickly. Sometime you gotta take time to stop and smell the roses and hold on to dear memories....
Photobucket
Girl Scout Cookie time came and went for Jessica! She has been waiting for this. She sold a total of 44 boxes of cookies. She earned enough for her 2012 cookie bar patch. Way to go, Jessica. We can't wait until the cookies come out next month!Photobucket Jessica has also been working on her daisy patch for girl scouts!
Photobucket
Jessica's friend, Meredith gave Jessica a thank you card for coming to her sweet and sassy birthday party and for her birthday gift!
Photobucket
Here is Meredith and Jessica in Kindergarten at school! They are learning how to put sentences together!
Photobucket
Last Sunday, Jessica learned about Jesus in Sunday School.
Photobucket
What a friend we have in Jesus!
Photobucket
After Sunday School, we went to Maya's 5th birthday party! She held it at the ice skating rink! It was so fun and it was Jessica's first time ice skating!


And here was Maya ice skating. She already skates like a pro!
Photobucket
Jessica did a great job! She held on to the wall the first couple of laps, but after that Jessica didn't need to hold on to the wall! She wants to take ice skating lessons! She maybe dreaming of becoming a figure skater!


This January, it has been unusually warm. I found some yellow daffodils blooming in our backyard in JANUARY! Wow!
Photobucket
This might be the sign of an early spring this year! We sure hope so! We are looking forward to warm weather! It will be Groundhog Day in a couple of days, so we will see if he will see his shadow!


Earlier this month, Kayla got a good report card. She took the Iowa Skills Test and was ranked in the top percentile in different subjects for the nation! We're very proud of Kayla! We hope she keeps up the good work. We will see what February will have in store for us!

Monday, January 9, 2012

A New Year and New Beginnings...

Here is Jessica below being adventurous at the mall after New Year's. She loves the bungee jumping.
Photobucket
Instead of bungee jumping at the mall, Kayla goes shopping!
pink and gray


A week after New Year's Day, Emmy and Elly had a camping theme birthday party. It was a great hit. The kids had so much fun! Here were the kids "fishing" below...
Photobucket
Jessie loves to blow bubbles
Photobucket
Everybody ate cooked out hot dogs and made s'mores! Emmy and Elly had everybody sing happy birthday to them and they received so many gifts!
Photobucket
Everybody jumping on the trampoline!
Photobucket
The kids enjoy cake time!
Photobucket
Near the end of the party, Jessica enjoys being pushed on a swing by Sissie and Daddy
Photobucket
Photobucket
This was the car ride on the way back home...
Photobucket
The day after Emmy and Elly's birthday party, Jessica got invited to another one! Meredith in her Kindergarten class had her birthday party at the Sweet and Sassy!
Photobucket
Gracie and Jessica!
Photobucket
The girls had so much fun dressing up as princesses and partying!
Photobucket
I think 2012 is off to a good start. Let's hope it continues to stay that way:)