Gracie is 6 months!!

Our Sweet baby girl is 6 months old! Here are her 6 month stats: 14 pounds 15 ounces and 25 5/8 inches. New this month: she has started eating rice, cereal she is babbling like crazy, and trying to blow raspberries. She is also quite the news-pews, always trying to keep up with her brothers. When we place her on a blanket on the floor with toys, within seconds she has rolled to be wherever her big brother are. She is just a pure delight to be around. She melts her Mommy and Daddy with her contagious grin, and she keeps the boys laughing as well. Here is a photo montage of her last month. It is so hard to believe she is halfway to being a one year old!

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We have a 4 year old!!!

Yesterday was our sweet Luke's 4th birthday!!! We still can't believe how fast these years are flying by! After church Luke got to decide what he wanted for lunch and he picked Mexican food. So we headed to our favorite local Mexican stop for some chips and salsa, quesadillas and fried ice cream! In the afternoon it poured rain with thunder and lightning, so we decided to stay home and celebrate with our family. (We are still working on the horses, Kathy- I will touch base with you and find out when would be a good time to visit. We would love to meet your horses!)
We also got to talk to Grandpa and Grandma on the phone, and skyped with Grammy and Papa.







Happy 4th Birthday Baby Boy!!!!

Strawberries!

We love strawberries in our home. So today we planned a fun family outing to go pick strawberries for ourselves! It was our first time doing this as a family. We had a great time. The day was beautiful and all day Luke and Ben kept saying, "This is such a fun day!" Mommy and Daddy agreed! Luke has been asking to go to a farm to see horses for his birthday on Sunday. So we have been to a farm and now we are working on the horses part!

Getting ready to pick strawberries.







Picking strawberries was so much fun for all of us! Ben was meticulous, asking Daddy "Is this a good one," before picking every berry. Luke on the other hand had his bucket full in no time!











Even Gracie loved the strawberries, although it will be some time before she can actually eat them!




We now have enough strawberries to feed an army, so if you have any good recipes to use up fresh strawberries, please feel free to leave a comment and let us know!

Happy Mothers Day!

We had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. Jeff's parents were able to spend the weekend with us, and even though I had to work all day Saturday, we had all day Sunday together! We are so grateful for our Moms and the impact they continue to have on our lives.

Here is Jeff with his Mom.



Ben and Gracie with Grandma.



I am so grateful that God has given me the awesome responsibility to be a Mommy to my three! To think just three years ago on Mother's day we were anxiously waiting for news of a referral for our boys!!





Today was also a special day, because we dedicated our sweet Gracie in church this morning. Dedication is just a way of standing before our church family and friends symbolizing our commitment to raise Grace in a way that honors God. We also acknowledge that she is a gift from God, on loan to us for just a short time.





In the afternoon we spent some time just playing at the park.




What a wonderful Mother's Day!!