Big Girl Stuff!

Snuggles with Mom when Daddy's Away

 Randy was away for the night to attend a Master Teacher event so us girls had a sleep-over in Mom & Dad's room.  It was a crazy windy, stormy, Tornado watch night, so this worked out for all of us!







With Randy out of town I decided to bring both girls to Kendra's bridal shower.  It turned out they really had a wonderful time and were so excited to be part of the fun!  Having Gigi and Cami there too made it all the more special!  They especially enjoyed the games!

Stella, wise beyond her years...

We have been so sad to learn how very sick Neice is.  For a while, we only told the girls we needed to pray for her because she was sick, but as time has moved on, we have named her illness what it is, Breast Cancer, and have answered all of the questions they've had.  Here's a picture from a fundraising event at the Riverview to help support Denise and her medical expenses.  While we couldn't make it for the actual event, we stopped by toward the end to see everyone and were so glad we did!

Also shown, is Daddy to the rescue!  Claire lost the coloring page she had worked so hard on waiting for dinner.  Daddy went beyond the porch to retrieve it!



Claire brought home this spectacular art one day.  I'm pretty sure she drew this after school at Allison's.  Stay tuned because this little artist has a piece of artwork in the Tri-County art show!  We are excited to travel to Watertown to see her work on display!













Over the weekend, Stella had a birthday party at the mall which Claire was not invited to.  Many times the girls bring one another to tag along, but this time I asked Claire if she wanted to have some special time with mommy, which she agreed to.  I took her to the salon for her first pedicure and she really enjoyed it!  We also had lunch together and ran a few errands.  It was nice to have some 1-1 time together (and mommy really enjoyed the pedicure too!)