Brace Face!

Well it's official! Makenna now has a mouth full of metal. She was nervous on the way to the orthodontist. but, she did an amazing job sitting in the chair for the hour and a half that it took for them to polish, glue, and rubber band her teeth. She looks so cute and will have a beautiful smile at the end of this journey.

P.S. "Brace Face" is a loving term on endearment in our house!

Night out with my Girls!

If you have girls between the ages of 4yrs-12yrs. Than I am sure you know all about High School Musical. My girls LOVE anything to do with HSM! A year ago, along with my parents and the Stants, we bought ticket for all of us to go and watch High School Musical on Stage at the Broadway Palm. It was a long year to wait for July 10th to arrive. But to quote Makenna, "It was worth the wait." I am so glad my girls have a love for the theater like I do. It was so fun to watch their eyes and smiles! Our next play: The Jungle Book....this time we are taking the Boys!

Pet # two!

Makenna recently acquired her very first pet. A hamster named Oreo. He is a cute little thing who likes to bury himself in all of the wood chip. All the kids have gotten a kick out of watching him run around and play. The kids love to put him into his plastic ball and watch him roll all over the house.

Sunflowers

Ever since I was a little girl I have always loved to look at and watch sunflowers. I love the bright colored petals, the dark centers, and deep green leaves. Perhaps that is why my favorite flower arrangement ever given to me was one made up of sunflowers, and why they are now in the decor of my kitchen. But, what amazes me the most about them is how they follow the sun. Even before their beautiful blooms appear the first leaves on the stem bend towards the morning sun. All throughout the day as the sun makes its trip over the bright blue sky the flowers bend and follow the sun until it disappears behind the horizon. There is a spiritual message to be learned by these flowers, one that I was taught by a primary leader long ago. Just as the sunflower follows the sun all throughout its beautiful existence so should we follow THE SON, the Son of God all through out our gift of mortal life on this earth.

Feelin' Crafty

I have spent the last few days being crafty! I must say that I have missed being able to spend time tuning into my creative side. I think that I need to make time more often to enjoy this side of me. The FHE board I made for our family, and soon will be adorned with head shots of each family member to mark our assignments. The other projects I made as gifts for my sister and two of my friends. If you have any cute craft ideas that you think I would enjoy making...send them my way! I am always looking for something new to try my hand at.

Drive In Movie

We had a new experience this past weekend with our family. We took the kid's to the drive in movie to watch "UP". The kid's got a big kick out of being able to watch a movie in the back of the van in their PJ's. We had a great time and the kid's keep begging us to go back next weekend! It is a great way to spend time with the family without breaking the bank!

Life lessons can be hard to learn.

We have had a sad couple of days around our house. Our sweet little pet chicken Angle Rose has gone on to a better place. Yesterday, after church, we had plans to have FHE with Matt's family. Emily had every intention of putting Rosie in her cage while we were gone. But, Emily hit her head on the corner of a dresser drawer and the blood started to gush! For such a little wound there was a LOT of blood. That was enough to put us behind schedule and we rushed out the door and forgot about Rosie! She has been left out before with no major problems so we thought nothing of it when we realized when we got home what we had forgotten to do. I told Emily that she would probably find her outside asleep somewhere. Well... after an exhaustive search of our little backyard we came up empty. She just diapered! Poor little Emily cried her little heart out. It can be really hard to learn the "Circle of Life" lesson. We will miss our little friend and have already printed pictures for Emily that she has placed in her room so that she can always remember her first pet.