Rachel's first day of K4!

Rachel's first day of K4 at Glendale Christian Academy (GCA) was last week and she was soooo excited! From the moment Pastor Garrett called to give the ok (he asked to be put on speaker phone, so she heard the news immediately and was ecstatic) she began chattering about how excited she was. Since then, every day so far has been started with excitement. She gets up, eats breakfast, and gets ready like a pro! We'll see how long it lasts...but ya' never know, she may just really enjoy it all of the time =) 

Since Robert is off on Friday's, he went to pick her up for school last week and had a cute surprise waiting. He was outside the classroom waiting and somehow Rachel's "exuberant" personality got brought up by another parent also waiting for their child. The conversation commenced and they were all laughing he said about Rachel's "wildness"......then the classroom door opened and out walked Rachel, holding a huge stuffed dog who was wearing a backpack filled with books. Robert said he was confused...and asked Sis. Aldridge (Rachel's teacher) what was going on. It was then that everyone discussing Rachel's "wildness" got the surprise of their life when Sis. Aldridge replied that Rachel was to be rewarded for being the most well behaved in class that week! Her reward was to be able to bring home "Judah" for the weekend and read books to him....needless to say, Robert said his mouth was hanging open in shock, LOL I told him that's what he gets for talking "smack" LOL heeheehee

Judah returned home today to the Kindergarten/K-4 class happily, after a fun weekend with Rachel!

Josiah is 1!

I still cannot believe how fast time flies when you're having fun! Josiah turned one on August 3rd and we celebrated in Texas when we went to pick up Rachel...then again here in Arizona weekend before this past one =) Josiah didn't care much about opening the gifts, so I did it for him...he sure does love all of his new toys though! As most of you know, I LOVE parties, so I had a blast planning Josiah's first birthday party and was plum tuckered out the day after. I had a cake mishap the night before the party and so me and my sister were at WalMart at 3:30 in the morning buying fondant, frosting, etc. in order to fix my creation...it ended up turning out cute and tasted great too =) Here are some pics of the fun celebration:

 Bread sticks in the shape of letters to go along with the pizza =) fun, fun, fun!

 The girls were singing "I'm a soldier in the Lord's army"...the "Go Fish Guys" version of it...as you can see, Rachel is very exuberant about it!

Last but not least, poor Jon and Chyra thought the party started after prayer service and so Chyra created these cute marshmallow pops that afternoon to bring to the party...finally after everyone urging her to "look" at the invitation (her sis, etc), she was shocked to find that the party was at 1pm and over by the time she was done creating...awe, I felt so bad for them! Anyhow, here are the cutest little marshmallow pops and they were soooo yummy too!

Hello Texas

Howdy Ya'll!

Of course, we went to Texas for 4th of July....figured that we needed a dose of small town for a few days =) The drive was long (10.5 hours) that lasted through the night, but we made it just in time to rest enough for the fireworks show that evening. My oldest brother (Shiloh) is a fireman and so it was fun to see him put out the little fires that ignited during the fireworks show!

It was very windy, which is why Robert and Josiah have such funny expressions in this picture. The wind was blowing in their face while watching fireworks:

Thursday was a day spent in Amarillo! My brother, Shiloh, is getting married in December and so we were able to visit with her and become acquainted with her (Jessica) and her son, Jadon. We went to the "Texas!" show that evening that is in the Palo Duro Canyon. The Palo Duro Canyon is the 2nd largest canyon in the World! The "Texas!" show is a history of the Texas Panhandle set in a musical format, very fun!

Friday was spent a'shootin' out in the middle of nowhere, texas! My mom loved to shoot but my sister was especially excited. I was surprised to find that the power of every gun is different! My mom's handgun didn't have nowhere near as much "kick" as mine.....I'm a little envious! Of course, a lot of folks are telling me I'm being a wimp and that a .22 is for sissy's and that I should be happy with the 380, but whatever! =)

When we left on Saturday, we forgot to put Rachel in the car and so she is still there in Texas...whoops......just kiddin' =) She is still there (as planned) having fun with her Papa, Nana, and Auntie "silly". We will go and bring her home as soon as she's ready! For now, it's garage cleaning time! =)

I hope that you all had a great 4th of July week also!

Stars & Sprinkles =)

The Sunday before 4th of July we decided to make something fun for our Sunday School bus riders. I just had to share the delicious "cuteness" :)

Polka dots and hot pink anyone?

At campmeeting one night while I was up in choir practice, Rachel came running up as usual to "sing" with the rest of us. That's when Sis. Jacqueline noticed that her and Rachel were matching! They both even had on pink shoes!!!! I was so awesome that everyone wanted a picture =)

Here is the navy polka dot and pink duo:

Siblings and friends, etc....

The other day I couldn't help but snap a pic of Rachel and Josiah taking a nap.....too cute. Of course Josiah awoke immediately after I moved the pillows away from his face. He likes to bury his face when he sleeps and is scares me!

Now, Rachel and Joel have a long standing friendship....as we all know, lol :) Josiah and Lacey have become quite the little friends....they argue very well :)

You will see below their argument over a book at our place:

What?:

Josiah decided to get in on the pic:

This book, Josiah wanted:

No! Lacey wanted it too! :

Chelsea says "distraction":

I wonder...will Josiah and Lacey be as close as these two? Time will tell :)

(p.s. they were standing like this randomly, there was a man across the street playing "twinkle, twinkle, little star" on his guitar and they were totally loving the song and singing along!)

Friends, ya gotta love em'!

Snap it!

Below is Robert trying to get Josiah's attention at SeaWorld for a picture...by snapping.

Now Rachel decided to snap too!

So cute!