Sister Missionaries

We have been so blessed to have Sister Missionaries in our ward the past year.  The past few months we have gotten really close to Sister Huffner and Sister Worthen!  They have helped us with our tree mess clean up!  They have come over for dinners and to teach us the discussions.  The kids get so excited any time they see the sisters!  The last time we had them over we had a great time!  Sister Huffner pulled out Lily's wiggly tooth!  We had a great discussion and then started our goodbyes.  Sister Worthen was finishing up her mission and left October 17 for home.  Sister Huffner was leaving the area to go north because they were closing our area for the sisters.  We still have the elders, but we have had to say goodbye to our sisters.  We will really miss them!  We have grown so much from them!  It has been amazing for Lily to have the sister missionaries in our home!  What great examples they have been to her!  And to the rest of us!  We will miss you both!

 Lily and Sister Huffner after she pulled out Lily's tooth!

 Sister Huffner and Sister Worthen with the kids!

Happy Birthday Lily!

I cannot believe that my first born is SIX!  She is so beautiful!  We love Lily and all her love for life!  She has a thirst for knowledge!  She wants to know everything!  She loves to read and do math as well as draw, sing, dance, swim and play hard!  She also started piano lessons and loves them too!  This past year she has been an amazing big sister, a great help around the house, and a wonderful friend!  She is so much fun!  We love you Lily!

 Daddy was in Florida on Lily's actual birthday so we SKYPEd with him after school.  We sure missed him!

 Showing Daddy her new haul of chapter books!  When we asked her what she wanted for her birthday and she said a chair or desk to read on! So she got one and some fun books to read on it!

And of course she chose to read and try out her chair as soon as she was done opening her gifts!  She is so amazing!  Here is to another amazing year with our beautiful Lily!

It's Bowling Time!

This year for Lily's birthday party, we decided to do it at the bowling alley.  She was so excited to be able to invite her friends to go bowling!  We had a great time!  The kids are so much fun to watch as they lug the heavy balls and try to bowl!  I was so blessed to have a kind friend volunteer to take pictures of the party for me!  What a great day it was!  We love Lily and are so glad we got to celebrate her!

What Makes You Happy?

What makes you happy?  So many things make me happy.  My family, the gospel, being surrounded by nature are just a few of the things that make me happy!  The missionaries set up a chalk party in the neighborhood park as a way to share with others what makes them happy, The Plan of Salvation!  Anyone was welcome to come and draw what makes them happy.  The kids had a great time drawing and playing around!  We are sure happy to have such great missionaries to share times like this with!