Random pictures of Hannah

Thinking of Hannah. How fun it has been watching her grow. All the memories keep flooding back with each picture.

Crawling baby


One year

Two years

Three years

Four years

Hannah's 7th Birthday

I am little late posting about Hannah's birthday. I have been slacking on my blog. But here she is seven years old now. I remember just yesterday she was born and was so tiny and was the sweetest baby EVER. She is still super sweet but is not so tiny anymore. She is growing up to be a beautiful young lady. I wish they would all just slow down. So for her birthday it was all about her. First up was breakfast:

Hannah's breakfast of champions- choc. chip pancakes and bacon

The birthday girl

Then birthday gifts: chixos & an mp3 player
Next up was a mad rush to Chucky Cheese, Build -a-bear and MacDonalds.

We finished up with birthday cake and dinner at Firehouse Pizza.

How sweet is she?

Baton

This year Payton is still loving twirling her baton. She has been to three competitions so far. She has one coming up in May. Depending on how she does she may go to Regionals in June. She has gotten lots of second places and we are just waiting on her to get her first First place in her new age division. She wants it so bad. She needs three first places wins to move up so she can start doing a Show Twirl. I hoping this is her year.

Easter

Horsing around after church
This is what it is like to take a picture of a two year old

My sweet little boy

Payton looking oh so grown up

Hannah still missing her teeth

Look the whole gang and no one is crying

Our First Nature Study

A nature study was in order this winter. It was in honor of the new philosophy (Charlotte Mason) that I have been researching. I wanted to show the kids (and me) that even though it was winter... there is still lots of colors outside. So we set out to Forest Park Nature Center. The kids really enjoyed hiking, but it was still icy so we had to be careful. Parker found the color white right away.

Some colors were easy to see.

Others we had to hunt for..

My little troopers

They loved just watching

Happy Valentines Day

So in the rush of life Valentines Day is mainly for the kids in the family. I try and make it a fun day. We started with chocolate chip muffins for breakfast. Then a trip to Chucky Cheese. There was a bunch of homeschoolers there and the kids got to exchange 70 Valentines. So needless to say that they were loaded with candy that they sorted out when they got home. We headed straight to our TEAM homeschooling co-op after Chucky Cheese. The kids then got to play with the neighbor for a couple hours. I was so tired after all that running around that when Steve got home I was glad he had nothing big planned. He got a free redbox movie Knight and Day for us to watch after the kids went to bed. And he got Firehouse pizza for dinner. Sounds perfect to me.

The best part of Valentines for me was a present from Parker. We were cuddling on the coach after dinner. He wraps my arms around him and tells me he loves me. I tell him I love him too. Parker says "I love you more!". I tell him I love him to the moon and back. Parker says he loves me to the stars and back. This goes on for quite sometime. It melted my heart. I am trying to burn that moment into my permanent memory. I even asked God that night to have that moment come back into my mind when I am dying. Yes, it was just that special.

Payton's birthday

Payton turned 8 years old. I can hardly believe it.

The American girl doll of 2011
She re-named her Sarah.

What a better way to spend your day than at DISNEY!

Happy Birthday Payton!