Psalm 89:1
"I will sing of the Lord's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. "

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Bella turns 4!!!

Happy Birthday to my sweet Bella Grace! We started and ended the day "sweetly" to celebrate her 4th birthday. She's only been waiting about 6 months for this birthday! We had cinnamon rolls for breakfast and then met Gigi up at Crown Center for tons of fun!



We went to Kaleidoscope first to do Bella's favorite thing... crafts! Then we went to the fudge store and watched them make fudge for a few minutes, played in Santa's playland (practically by ourselves, it was awesome!) got a picture by the antique Santa, saw the gingerbread village, walked across The Link to Union Station to see and ride a train, threw pennies in the waterfall, then walked all the way back for pizza for lunch and an early present from Gigi! Phew, both kids were asleep in the car and took naps when we got home!














After naps we had another special guest... Grandpa Bob! He came into town to celebrate also. We went to Monkey Business as Bella requested, then ate at Chili's and came home to open presents and eat cookie cake! What a fun day!









Bella, I love you so much and I'm so blessed to have you as my daughter! You make us laugh every day! You are so clever and have a great sense of humor! You love having special mommy time with just girls and no boys, and I love it too! You are doing so well in preschool, speech, BSF, and Awana's! I'm so proud of the verses and the truths of God you are learning and applying in your young life already! You are so active and adventurous too! You love dancing, running, playing games, and being silly. Bella, you are a wonderful big sister and help Benjamin out a lot when it comes to behavior and what he should or shouldn't be doing. He looks up to so much and loves you dearly! Thank you for being patient with him and loving him too! We all love you so much Bella Grace! Happy 4th Brithday!

Merry Christmas!

The kids were up at 6:30am with so much excitement!

They were greeted by some angry birds and Benjamin went on full attack!





They were amazed to find the empty plate of cookies and glass of milk we left out for Santa. The carrots were even gone that we left for the reindeer! We wanted them to have plenty of energy!




After our breakfast of snowmen donuts and breakfast casserole we headed over to Gigi and Papa's house. This year the adults exchanged gifts from World Vision. There were fruit trees, goats, chickens, ducks, food, and a bike all exchanged to families in need. Those are definitely the best kinds of gifts!

Benjamin's favorite gift was his bike! I think it was a favorite of all the kids!


Bella's was obviously her "Tangled" doll and dress!


Benjamin always has so much love for Porter!

The boys in their lion hats, Sophie in her giraffe hat, and Bella in her Angry Bird hat!


Gigi got a growth chart for the kids. They all loved getting measured!





Aunt Val showing Bella how to use her new Bella Dancerella mat and ballet bar!


Sophie and Bella opening together.