One Year Later! Frank Turns 6

1. What is your favorite color?Blue actually Red
2. What is your favorite toy? Legos and Lego Marvel
3. What is your favorite fruit? Pineapple
4. What is your favoite tv show? Power Rangers
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Peanut Butter and Jelly
6. What is your favorite outfit?Red and blue Outfits
7. What is your favorite game? Minecraft and Lego ninjago
8. What is your favorite snack? Bagels with Strawberry cream cheese
9. What is your favorite animal? The lions and the tigers and the monkeys
10. What is your favorite song?Everything is Awesome!
11. What is your favorite book? Franklin rides a bike.
12. Who is your best friend? Colin, Kendell and some kid named Jocelyn
13. What is your favorite cereal? Shredded Wheat
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play ball and play basketball and football
15. What is your favorite drink?Chocolate Milk
16. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween cause I get lots of candy! Isn't that cool!
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? My stuffed animals
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Cereal
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? CAKE!
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Fireman!
21.What do you like the most about mom? She is beautiful!
22.What do you like the most about dad?He is awesome and we call him amazing man.
23.What is your favorite thing about Addy? She loves to be silly and dance.
24. What is your favorite thing about Louie? He is cute and funny.

 My favorite memories:
 This year has been a big one.  You started school! It was rough on both of us as first.  I cried when they took us on the tour of the school but you were brave.  You rode the bus without any help! We got some calls from the Principal that you were having a hard time adjusting to school and I think it cause you missed me.  Once you got the hang on it you have been unstoppable.  Top reading group! Top math group! Lots of friends! I am so proud of how are you work in school and at church.  You really know your stuff.  You can retell me the whole story of Joseph Smith and the First Vision. You don't like to be called Frankie.  You love cuddling and are definitely a lovey dovey. I am proud to call you mine.

 Love you Frank to the Moon and Back!

Franky turns 5

1. What is your favorite color?Red
2. What is your favorite toy? Power Ranger
3. What is your favorite fruit? Strawberry
4. What is your favoite tv show? Myth Busters (Frank has been grounded from kid shows. Jake lets him watch Mythbusters and he loves it!)
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Cereal....I meant to say Macaroni and Cheese
6. What is your favorite outfit? My Yo gabba gabba shirt and my Power Ranger Pants and Spriderman underwear. (He actually loves this HUGE Jazz shirt that a friend gave him. He asked to wear it all the time. 7. What is your favorite game? Flip around, (this is not a game!)
8. What is your favorite snack? lunch
9. What is your favorite animal? Zebra
10. What is your favorite song?It's Summer from Frozen
11. What is your favorite book? My Little Ponies. I asked, is that a book and he said....They are making it tomorrow.
12. Who is your best friend? Miles Stout
13. What is your favorite cereal? Cherrios
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?Play Power Rangers
15. What is your favorite drink?Crush
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Mr. duck and Frabbit
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Cereal
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Macaroni and Cheese (I actually made this for his birthday)
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? A Transformer
21.What do you like the most about mom? That she kisses me!
22.What do you like the most about dad? He is silly 
23.What is your favorite thing about Addy? She is Silly
24. What is your favorite thing about Louie? He is silly too

 My favorite memories:
 You have grown so much this year I can hardly believe it! You did Preschool with Mrs Sue and loved it. You have the best imagination. We moved to Illinois and you seem to be adjusting well and loving it. Mostly you like it cause you have a new friend Miles and the Grobs who live right next door. You are so sweet and often offer me kisses which makes my heart so happy. You are clever and thoughtful. I am so happy to be your mom. I am thankful that I get to spend so much of my time with you. You asked me the other day if I knew what CTR meant and I told you I did. You said well then you know I need to Choose the Right. Later that night you made a bad choice and I reminded you about your ring and how we need to Choose the Right. You told me, "I forgot my ring in the car so I guess that is why I didn't choose the right this time. I better go get it so I always know!" You are determinded and strong. I love you buddy. I am so very happy you are part of my life forever! Love your Mom!

Adelaide turned 3

1. What is your favorite color?Pink
2. What is your favorite toy? Hello Kitty Drink Bottle
3. What is your favorite fruit? Watermelon
4. What is your favorite tv show? Bo on the Go
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Apples
6. What is your favorite outfit? Shorts and my shirt
7. What is your favorite game? The cat on (where she pretends to be a cat)
8. What is your favorite snack? Fruit Snacks
9. What is your favorite animal? Little Elephant
10. What is your favorite song?Bo on the Go
11. What is your favorite book? The Teddy One (No idea)
12. Who is your best friend? Londan Londi lou
13. What is your favorite cereal? Cherrios
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?Play with my friends
15. What is your favorite drink? Milk
16. What is your favorite holiday? Easter
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Books
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Cereal
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Macaroni and Cheese (I actually made this for her birthday)
20. What do you want to be when you grow up?  A Woman
21.What do you like the most about mom? Playing outside with her
22.What do you like the most about dad? Splashing in the water
23.What is your favorite thing about Frank? Playing with him
24. What is your favorite thing about Louie? Walking with him

My favorite memories:
We potty trained you and you were super at it!
You talk better then most 5 year olds!
You are very smart and silly.
You love to play.
Your favorite thing is sausage.
You love to cuddle your dad all day.

My sweet baby girl! You are so sweet and I am so excited and proud to call you mine.  I am constantly surprised by how clever you are.  I love your smile and your laugh.  I love seeing you learn knew things.  I am thankful to my Heavenly Father that he sent me you! I love you!

Rough Day

Today was a rough day! Like a cry in the tub with a small bowl of ice cream kinda day.  You think I'm kidding? I'm not, unfortunately! I'm missing home today and feeling vulnerable.  I think I'm getting sick so that makes me more miserable.  I really am trying to keep it all together.  I wanna be strong and take this in stride and become what my Heavenly Father wants me to be but IT'S HARD.  Pushing yourself into trials is difficult and trying to find the bright side of things is near impossible sometimes.  Today I'm sad and hopefully tomorrow I'm happy.  I'm gonna try to be! Jake starts classes tomorrow and I can tell his is nervous and excited which makes me happy.  I love watching him jump into things full force.  He is so clever! Illinois will grow on me, right?  I'll be happy right?  I'll enjoy this adventure, right?  Tomorrow! Tomorrow I'll see the brighter side of things. Today I'll go to bed early.

Chicago Children's Museum

My wonderful friend Lindsey Judd has been living in Chicago for the past year and having a friend so close made it essential that we make a trip into the CITY! 

We decided on the Navy Pier Children's Museum.  It was awesome! Lots of room and fun for all the kids. It was hard to get around will all 7 kids but it was worth it.

I loved driving into the city and I was so excited to show the kids the city.  They were excited by the trains that were everywhere and they thought the water (lake Michigan) looked awesome. Jake didn't get to come with us this time but it was nice to get out and see some parts of our new home. 

Here is Addy, April (Lindsey's) and Frank getting ready for the water room.  It was probably Addy's favorite part of the museum. Frank loved the ropes that you can climb from floor 2 to floor 3. I was terrified for him to do it but he was great. It was a good reminder that I can back off and let him be a kid sometimes!

Addy's new haircut was great for the water world! She looked so cute all day! 

 She also got to build in the tinker room.  This may be one of my favorite looks for Addy.  The most interesting part of the day was when I drove home and realized I felt relived when I reach DeKalb County.  I was relieved cause I was home.  I was amazed that I felt that way and it was nice to know that my spirit and mind are starting to settle here.  Happy hearts today and lots of fun times with friends.  I am looking forward to going with Jake into the city and watching theater and exploring such a great city.  We won't have a lot of time for that but we do want to make it a priority.  Jake needs to do some networking in the city so I'm sure we will be there some.  Thankful for days like today! 

GROWING!

Happy Birthday my Sweet BABY!

                                 LOUIE

Today is a very special day! It's my Louie Moss Suazos birthday! I seriously can't believe it has been a year since my special surprise came into my life.  Having Louie so early was extremely difficult. I remember feeling lonely and helpless but I also remember all of the amazing people that surrounded me with support and help me to float through the month long NICU stay and the incredibly hospital stay for me.  I am grateful for everyone that helped us through.

Dearest Louie,

    You might not have any idea but you are absolutely the most incredibly thing I have ever made. Yes, I know you have a brother and a sister that are incredibly awesome but you, my dear, are a fighter.  Your tiny body came into this world so much earlier then it should have and you fought from the moment you came out.  You have always been so sweet and you clearly prefer your mommy which makes me melt! You are beautiful and tender.  You are smart and silly.  You love to talk and you just started crawling the right way (you've been army crawling for a couple months.)  I've known you for eternity and I knew that was true when I first laid eyes on you.  I have never had my motherly instincts so aware and focused.  I knew what you needed and I wanted to protect you from all the troubles your entrance into the world might have held for you.  You, my son, are beauty and sweetness.  I could cuddle you forever and squeeze your checks all day.  I am so incredibly thankful to my Heavenly Father that he chose YOU for ME! You are perfect! Such love! (P.S. thanks for sleeping thorough the night! That's pretty great!)

P.S. Picture up above is Louie's fake bday cake that we let him dig into the day before we left Utah.  It was nice to have my family their even if it wasn't actually his birthday.

Illinois Just Gained a Point!

Today our neighbor gave frank a bike! 

HE IS IN LOVE! 

We haven't had a place where Frank could ride a bike so we haven't upgraded him to a two wheeler.  Illinois is beautiful and we finally have enough space in our front yard and the road 

that he can ride the bike safely.

 This is Jake adjusting the seat so it would fit him just right. Frank has been walking the bike around everywhere since he can't actually ride a two wheeler.  He has gotten frustrated because he can't ride right away.

Jake decided to show frank how to do it.  I loved seeing them both on the bike and trying to figure it all out together!
Illinois for the win today! I am happy my kids are adjusting so well. In fact they are in HEAVEN! They get to be outside all day and they have lots of kids right next door to play with.  I know Heavenly Father is blessing us because we are trying to do what he would want us to do. So you aren't Utah but you are growing on my one bike ride at a time! ILLINOIS!

Oh P.S. We went and saw campus today! Jake has his own OFFICE! The campus is huge and it was great to get to see where Jake will be working and going to class.  He was so excited and he has to write his own syllabus for the class he will be teaching.  

HyVee = Harmons

I know it's only been like a week since we got here but I'M HOMESICK! I want to go somewhere I know. Somewhere that feels comfortable.  I walked into HyVee (grocery store) in Sycamore and immediately got a lump in my throat.  I tried to gulp it down and did pretty well. I didn't want to look like the insane lady sobbing as she tried to decide between apricots or peaches! HyVee reminded me of Harmons! Isn't that the stupidest thing you've ever heard?  It's hard being a grown up and making strong decisions that change your life so completely.  Jake starts school next week and this life will just get more insane. I'm so incredibly proud of him an everything he has accomplished to prepare for Graduate School.  So I'll just swallow the overwhelming sadness for now and try to put my house together and make it feel like a home.

Sycamore

                   

                                                               WE ARE HERE!

We arrived in Sycamore yesterday.  It's the most surreal experience of my life.  I am emotionally spent after all the goodbyes I've had this week.  The last goodbye was tonight when I dropped my parents off at the airport.  I'm sitting in my new apartment, my kids are sleeping upstairs and life is just like it was EXCEPT I'm 1000 miles away from everything I know and all the people I care about.  I am looking forward to this all being my normal because right now it all feels foreign, new, not mine.  Our neighborhood here is amazing and small and beautiful.  The experience has been promised to be a "fun adventure" so I am trying to open my heart and my eyes and explore this opportunity.  So here I am in a new place with new people and trying to maintain my composure.  Pray for us all and watch me take on this New Adventure!
Wait...did I mention that Jake was accepted to grad school in Illinois?  Well he was and he we are all here for him to go to school for the next three years.  He will be studying acting! He is very excited and we are excited to watch him grow and change during this amazing experience.

Mother's Day!

Tomorrow is a big day people! Tomorrow is the first Sunday where I have my own offspring up on the stand singing directly to me!
I know that Christmas times comes with some lovely music on sundays and I really enjoys the fourth of July when we sing the Battle Hymn of the Republic during sacrament but there are few things that bring outrageous amount of tears to my eyes like primary children singing to their mothers.
The innocence, the love the sense that they are totally unaware of how much their sweet voices and words actually mean to the their moms!
I asked Frank if he was excited to sing to me on Sunday and he looked at me confused and brushed off the question without a response.  It might mean nothing to him just yet (he's 4 remember) but my heart has been yearning for this day! I have wanted to see my own child up on the stand since I was a young girl and could feel the spirit fill the chapel with love for what I believe is one of God's most special jobs!
Being a Mom is absolutely the hardest thing I have ever done. I think it's so difficult because the amount of selflessness you have to have is unmeasurable. Frank beat the selfishness right out of me.  I could no longer choose when or how to sleep.  I couldn't even choose when to go to the bathroom.  It was incredibly hard for me at first. So hard I wasn't sure I could do it.  It's four years later and 2 more children have been added to the mix and I have to tell you IT JUST GETS BETTER!  When I let go of myself I find my place as mother. It's difficult to maintain and sometimes I give up and check out but I am finding that the happiest place is at the bottom of a kid pile! Wrapped in the arms of my amazing children.  Night time when Frank wakes up crying and I pray his fears away and kiss his tears.  When Addy tells me a silly story and we laugh out loud together for minutes.  When Louie does just about anything! These moments are fleeting.  Days melt into years and I hope to settle into the moment more and stop wishing for bedtime. I want to focus on the moments before they are memories.  I am excited for tomorrow and looking forward to the tears that will be shed! Finally a Primary Age baby to sing to his mommy! I am so lucky!

Louie's Beautiful Blessing

Louie's Blessing

We decided this time around to bless Baby Louie at home.  We didn't want to take him to church and risk him getting sick.  I have to say it was beautiful! So nice to just have our family around us and give our baby a name and a blessing.  It was nice because I was able to properly thank all of the people that matter most to us and let them know how much their service through out this whole ordeal has been priceless.  Jake did an amazing job with the blessing his words were so sweet and sincere and just right for our little Louie.

Louie is doing amazing! He is 3 months old already! I can hardly believe it! He is getting big too he is 10 lbs now and all his 0-3 months clothes finally fit him.  He is starting to smile when we talk to him. He is incredibly cuddly and we all love to snuggle him all day long.  I'm sure before I know it he will be a big kid and acting like his older brother.  I am looking forward to watching him grow! Love you my little Louie bug.

Grandpa and Grandma Mortimer

Grandpa and Grandma Suazo

Lou and Louie Suazo

Doyle Moss and Louie Moss

Holi Moli

Franklin started preschool but you knew that already.  His teacher is wonderful and he really loves going.  Miss Sue has a board with some apples (paper cut out apples) on it and if you aren't listening, biting, saying bad words or overall just being a bad kid you get an apple taken away.  Frank has been to preschool about 10 times and lost ALMOST all of his apple at least 5 times.  This, people, gives me ANXIETY! It also moves Franklin to tears! I don't know how to fix the problem or help him more to understand that he has to listen when the teacher asked him to do something and he can't say BAD WORDS! Oh yes one day on his apple paper was written saying bad words!  Don't worry I checked with Miss Sue and the bad words weren't any of the ones you are thinking right now in your head.  Mostly it was NO, I don't want to and other crappy stuff like that. 
Why as parents to we take this stuff so personally.  When Franklin loses an apple I take it as a direct reflection on my parenting but the truth is he's a kid and he's learning. This is the first classroom Frank has been in the first teacher he has had to listen to.  I'm glad he has somewhere to go and learn amazing things from a super nice teacher but this apple buisness is killing me!

I'm sure your all thinking hmmmm looks like the Apple doesn't fall far from the tree and you'd be RIGHT!

This is Frank at McDonalds after coming home with all his apples still on the tree! Did you know you could get fancy face painting at MICKEY D's? Well you can!

Addy as a beautiful butterfly!  She always keeps her apple but that is only cause she doesn't go to preschool.  I'm pretty sure if she did she would be appleless this girl is a handful! Also she is grace!

Love you Frank and Addy

Me and my Babies

My kids are finally home and to say we missed each other would be an under statement

This is how we have spent most of the day
"Hold me Mom!"
I'd love to!

Did you notice to that this new mom of 3 THREE children got ready today. GO ME! 

Don't get used to this! It's not gonna happen often.

Meeting Louie

My baby is over 1 month old and today was the first day that Frank and Addy got to actually touch and hold their baby brother.  They were in HEAVEN! Frank held him and just about died.  "Mom he's so cute! Oh look at his toes, this little piggy goes to market, this little piggy eats cheese, this little piggy eats salmon!"  SALMON?? That is a very creepy and sophisticated pig! Good taste! Addy has taken to being the mom already. She tells him everything is ok when he cries and wants to feed him the bottle when it's time.  I am one happy mom having all my babies together at last!

Penelope FAILS but Smells delicious!

My findings!

              

              Showering is simple! Showering should be simple.

  You honestly won't believe my first day of this adventure.  

I got  up, knew I had to take the kiddles to the doctor so I ran them a bath so they would be *sparkling.  I then realized that I had forgotten to dry the towels that were in the washer from the night before. They were stinky so I had to restart the washer! 

                                       Washer going check! 

                                     Children in bath check! 

   Children lotioned, dressed to impress (we are going in public after all) check! 

             Ok, baby nap time. PERFECT! I can sneak in a tiny shower before we head out.  I put Fritz in his room, put the baby down for a little nap, jumped in the shower and quickly realized that I had used ALL the hot water for the laundry and my babies!

YIKES!!!  Ladies it was freezing.  I wasn't sure what to do. Then I saw out of the corner of my eye the homemade body scrub from Grandma, Oatmeal and Brown Sugar.    “I know I’ll just turn off the water and use that.  Let my body exfoliate while the water heats up!"  Great plan SELF! 

 So there I am: naked, conditioner in hair and oatmeal/brown sugar lathered all over my body just waiting and shivering.  Having waited what I felt was amply amount of time I turned back on the water.  

You're RIGHT your brain has already come to the conclusion that mine that day did not! I turned on the water and the arctic water poured down my front! 

I had no choice!  I had to finish the shower I was overly committed I was covered in confections! I made the only sensible choice in this situation, I rinsed off each body part one at a time jumping in jumping out before my limb got frostbite.  

Day one: Shower went awful! There was no five minutes under hot water.  However, I have smelled oatmeal and brown sugar  all day. 

                                       I am left wanting a cookie!  

*read, I am a really good mom! 

Showering with Penelope

Penelope here!

Misson: I will take a shower everyday for one week! 

WAIT...Don't roll your eyes or gasp in shock! The truth is, I don't shower everyday! Moms do not have a infinite amount of time; between the diapers, soccer, nursing and play dates come on I'm exhausted. Even the smallest tasks (showers) can be tough to accomplish.  

That is why Penelope has to take on this task.  

See there are plenty of times during the day when decisions have to be made. First you weigh your options trying to find the least stressful approach.  For example: Do I do the laundry or pick the cleanest thing off the floor to wear? (Good question Julie!) Do I make a trip to the store for dinner or test my culinary genius on tofu and tuna? ( I am not that good of a cook.) and finally could I make it one more day with this ponytail and stinky armpits? 

I'm not a bad person cause I don't shower everyday! In fact I think it’s a good mom that finds herself with these kinds of dilemmas.   

It is not for a lack of hygiene or self respect it is truly a balance of time and energy.  Before kids I spent an entire hour in the shower just letting the hot water run down my body.  I spent an hour on my hair and make-up! AN HOUR, who has time just laying around like that anymore? People I dressed to impress! I never worried if my outfit could be nursed in or how it matched baby poop.   I didn’t care if flats made more sense they were less adequate!   Now I understand this isn't a problem for some moms.  I've seen you HOT moms hanging out at the park with your Anthropology get up and your complete MAC face but for me this is a problem. (P.S. good for all the HOT moms out there I commend you, however this blog might not appeal to you cause you seem to have it all together GO YOU! I wish I was you sometimes!)  

So how did it change? Where did all my self pride go?  To the loves of my life! So while I am doing the mommy duties, my fabulous alter ego Penlope will be taking on the adurance task of showering every single day this week.  

Here are the rules, said shower will include shaving my legs at least 2 times (your welcome JAKE!) and a full body scrub.  I will also take 5 min to bask in super super hot water and think about nothing but really, really hot water. After the shower I must get dressed for the day.  No workout clothes or PJ’s real life adult human clothes. Clothes that I wouldn’t be embarrassed running into a friend wearing. 

  *note-I am not including shampooing everyday, the hairdresser in me can’t stomach it (this is a NO NO) and let’s be realistic that adds another 25 min to my daily routine and I have got a date making dinosaurs sounds while I chase Fritz all over the house.  

Wish me Luck!

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First Day of Preschool: Growing UP!

Remember this kid! The one who visited me in the hospital practically every day and told me I was gonna marry him when he grew up.  He also told me he was my kids husband!

Or This kid who is WAY to cool for school here and the dentist office.  He didn't cry once and sat by himself while they did the cleaning.

If neither of those boys ring a bell maybe you'll remember my sweetest baby who was in the hospital for 8 days last October? 

 Well everybody on Sept. 4th this little baby of mine started PRESCHOOL! This is the beginning of all the growing up and I am loving who this little man is starting to become. I wish I had taken more time to kiss his baby cheeks or held his new born snuggles longer.  I guess the only thing to be done is laugh harder at the crazy things that come out of his mouth and relish in his amazing stories and amazing hugs he freely gives his mom. I'm sure those won't last long either.  I love you FRANK BEN!

P.S. Today Frank said the funniest thing..... He was eating a piece of meat which he dropped on the ground and was gobbled up by my moms dog Cody.  He was broken hearted, crying and falling to pieces.  I told him everything was going to be ok but he wouldn't believe me.  Suddenly he got a sly smile on his face and told me he has a really great plan.  He said, "Mom, I will transform you until you are really tiny and then I will pick you up in my hands really carefully and put you in Cody's mouth and you can get my piece of meat!"  I MEAN WOW, this kids is amazing!

Some OLD Photos

 I have never been good at blogging and I have never been good at taking pictures and doing anything with them after the fact.  So here are all the pictures I have done nothing with and should have.

He is the Cutest! Love this Halloween

Strawberry! 

We love the witches and Gardner Village

I can't believe how little my kids are in this picture!

Baby is getting BIGGER

This is Louie just a few days old! 

I mean are you kidding me! Look at this kid! This is the first outfit  we bought him.


I can't believe how much he has grown over the 4 weeks we have been in the NICU.  Louie got moved to nursery B which is a HUGE deal! He is getting so big now, he is 3 lbs 14 oz.  He is up to 3 feedings a day now which means we are getting closer to going HOME.  I am trying to be optimistic and still be realistic.

This is My hand.  I can't believe how small he is.

Look how INCREDIBLY cute this girl is! (First day of preschool for frank)

My baby Addy turned two on Sunday.  It was not exactly celebrated the way I wanted because of all the things that are going on in our lives right now BUT it was fun and she loved her presents.  The kids had been at their grandparents for an entire week when we went to pick them up on Addy's birthday and I couldn't believe how old they both looked.  I missed them like crazy and bawled like a baby when I finally got to hug them an be with them.

Some memories from this year with Addy:
You are a talking champ! You know just what you want and you know how to tell us.
You are little but determined
We added a brother to the family this year.
You are a girl through and through (you love makeup and jewelry)
You are potty training yourself! That's right I have had nothing to do with it (I have a theory about PTSD from potty training Frank.)
Your in a big girl bed!
You love being a kitty!

This is Addy being a kitty with Dad! She has to lay like this a meow!

Dear Sweet Baby Girl

You are the sunshine in our house! You are so full of life and silly all the time.  You are great at telling everyone you love them and that makes me so happy.  I knew I wanted a baby when we decided to get pregnant with you but I could have  never guessed just how much our family needed your sweet spirit.  You complete us all.  You are a great pal to Frank and a snuggle buddy with your dad and you are a constant friend to me.  I love your tiny feet and your tiny voice. Your silly smile and the way you love everything you do.  Thank you for always being happy. You are the GREATEST!  Thank you for choosing our family to be a part of.  I am grateful to be your mom and thankful I get to watch you grow and discover all the amazing things your Heavenly Father has in store for you.

This little girl gets into everything! This is the ash from a BBQ 'er  at the park!

Love Mom