Happy 4th Birthday, Asher!

Dearest Asher,

It's hard to believe that today you are 4!  We remember the anticipation of your arrival and how excited we all were to be getting another baby boy.  Out you came weighing 10 pounds 4 oz!  You were a big baby.  And you are still a big boy today, you weighed in this morning at 40 pounds (practically the same weight as your brother and sister now!).  You are now 42 inches...taller than any other kid of ours at your age! 

You love everything Lego these days.  That makes Daddy very happy.  It's amazing to watch you look at the Lego directions and figure out how they go.  You are very good at building things. 

And you love to sing.  Right now, you are a humming your own tune while building a Lego.  The perfect day, quite possibly! 

Your favorite foods are pizza, macaroni & cheese, and peanut butter & jelly sandwiches.  You like most fruits and tolerate most vegetables.  You'd rather have desert first, though.  Who wouldn't? 

These days, Mama is still your best friend, but you are developing a strong friendship with your brother and sister also...especially your brother.  You want to do everything he does...except go to school.  :)

We love you sweet boy and are just so blessed to have you in our family!  We continue to love watching you grow and develop into who God created you to be. 

Love, Always and Forever,
Mommy and Daddy...
Mia and Calvin

Happy 9th Birthday, Sweet Mia!

Dearest Mia,

We can't believe that you are 9 today!  This is your last year of being a single digit!  That just can't seem possible, but it is.  This year you sprouted up another 3 inches!  We couldn't be happier that you keep thriving.  Calvin and Asher are going to have to eat more vegetables to keep up with you!

Since May of this year, you have been seizure free.  We are so grateful for each day that God grants you without a seizure.  We continue to pray that God will keep you seizure free and hope we never have another one again. 

This year we started a new school and you've adapted and embraced this new school.  You've always loved learning and you continue to enjoy school.  You have such a nice, caring class and we are excited to see your new friendships blossom and grow. 

You keep doing various activities.  You love riding horses at MARE and you especially love going to AWANA.  It's neat to see you take a verse and apply it to your life. 

We can't wait to see what year 9 holds for you.  We trust God completely for His plans for your life.  We are just so grateful that He chose us to parent you.  We love you sweet pea!!!

Love Always,
Mommy & Daddy & Calvin & Asher

Happy 6th Birthday, Calvin!

Dearest Calvin!

We can't believe you are six!  You've grown into such a nice, helpful, young boy.  We love you so much.  You sprouted three inches this past year and have hit the big 4-1 in weight!  As you can imagine, you are a tall, lanky boy...just like your dad was at your age. 

This year you are starting Kindergarten and we are so excited for you.  You know so much already, but being in a class of kids that are your age will be so much fun for you. 

You and Daddy went on your first mission trip with our church this past June.  You had a great time and want to do that again.  We love watching you develop a heart for helping others. 

You love God more than us and that makes us very happy.  Things are very black and white to you, we love watching you ask questions about your faith and making it more real for you. 

We pray that God would continue to mold you into the man he would want you to be.  We pray that you would fiercely love God and want to serve him always. 

We love you sweet boy, our sonshine!

Love always,
Mommy and Daddy, Mia & Asher 

6th Birthday Bash

Today we celebrated Calvin turning 6.  Family came over and a few of his friends came over and we had a nice, small party for him.  He has been obsessed with Pokemon since the new Pokemon Go app and so that is what his party was all about.  It was a big hit.  All the kids had fun and of course, the birthday boy learned more things about Pokemon then he had ever known before...we may have created our own little pocket monster.  Here are a few pics of the day. 

Summer

I feel like it just started and it is almost over all at the same time.  The kids and I have been just relaxing at home, not really doing anything.  It's hot outside, so we try not to be out there in the afternoon.  I have a million things on my to do list and absolutely no motivation to do any of them. 

Thankfully my kids don't realize that other kids do a lot more things during the summer.  They are perfectly content to hang out with mama all day and color and paint. 

We do have a tiny trip planned at the end of the month to Monterey.  The kids have been asking to go to the aquarium and we thought we could go for a couple days.  Brad will be finished with his class he is taking at the local community college and it will be a nice end to his hard work. 

Mia continues to be seizure free and we continue to praise God.  We have slowly started weaning one of her meds and will continue to slowly do this for awhile.  Our prayer is that she would remain seizure free without the third medicine, but it's going to take us quite awhile to wean.  Thank you for continuing to pray for her!