dontcha love those little moments?

Spent the morning at the kitchen table with Kate and Isaiah drawing turtles at birthday parties and teddy bears with fat tummies and elegant accessories and beavers with light sabers. Little kids are so much fun!

I finally realized that I'm not five years old anymore and sadly headed off to work on my National Merit Finalist Essay as WELL as my "Role of Religion" essay for U.S. History.

*sigh*

picture taken after the Saturday night performance of Cinderella

*really big smile*

Results for the NLE came in yesterday...turns out I was awarded "Summa Cum Laude", and I AM SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!! (Thank you, God, for giving me the patience/endurance I needed to study. Could not have done it on my own.)

Yesterday Karis turned nine years old!


We had a fun Dr. Seuss party...




And a bunch of yummy food. Dad grilled the best hamburgers ever - even though it was 60ish degrees outside. :) HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY to my sweet sister :)

And my Aunt and Uncle got all of us kids converse for our birthdays (we got to pick out the colors and such) and they arrived in a big box yesterday!!

(Kate and I's twinkie raspberry shoes)


I'm really glad God's always there, aren't you? He is such a faithful provider. There's no place I'd rather be than safe in His arms.