Preschool Program

Last week we celebrated the end of a great first year of preschool for Em! She has loved learning and making new friends...and doesn't quite understand why she has to wait until the fall to go back to school! Here are some pictures of her last day!

During the last few weeks of school the director took the kids out in twos to interview them on camera. She then put it together in a video to show us during the end of year program. I don't have the ability to post the entire video, but here are the screen shots of Emily's answers....the first question was, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Her answer, "I want to ride horses!"

Her second question was, "what makes you happy?" Her answer, "when my mom holds me." Adorable!

She graduated to Pre-K! :)

These two have been pals since they were little babies!

Emily adored her teachers this year. Here she is with Ms. Vicki.

Ms. Kimberly teaches one of the other classes, but she and Em have bonded this year.

My almost 4 year old!! She is such a blessing and is growing up so fast!

May extras...

May has been a busy month...in addition to birthdays, traveling every weekend, anniversary, Mother's Day, dance recital, end of school program and BSF we have been working on our dental hygiene...

And preparing for warmer days...Gabi begs for her hat and sunglasses almost every morning...today I put her down in the kitchen to prepare her breakfast and she walked over to the door, grabbed her sandals and brought them back to me. She loves to be outside!

On May 5 we celebrated my 31st birthday! Viktor and Em spent the entire afternoon putting together a masterpiece of a cake!

I was impressed!!!

We're trying to make more trips to the library now that school is out for the summer. It's so fun to explore new books!

This past weekend we were in IN and got to see our good friends Mark and Eszti who had just returned from a year in Hungary. It was such a blessing to catch up with them. We look forward to serving with them in Hungary in the near future!!

May 12, 2013

 May 12th marks a special date in our family life...our anniversary! This year it was an extra special day as we not only celebrated 6 years of marriage, but I got to celebrate being a mommy to these (3) adorable little girls!!! I loved every minute of the day as we reflected on how God has blessed us as a family, beginning with our marriage and continuing with our children. What a precious gift!!

Spring Dance Recital

 We are so proud of Emily, our little performer! This past weekend she performed in her first dance recital and she did great! Last December we had gone to watch her friend perform and Emily immediately asked to be in a dance recital. So, in January we began this adventure of taking dance classes and preparing for a recital. I wasn't sure how she would do when it was time to get up on stage in front of 450+ people and dance, but she LOVED it!! The last few dance classes that were held at the studio, the teacher allowed the parents to come in for the final few minutes to watch them practice their dance. Well, Emily would get all bashful when we filed in the room, so I figured she might not like performing in front of hundreds of people. In fact, they were scheduled to do 3 performances and I figured after the first one on Friday she would be done (and I was totally prepared to not make her go back if she didn't want to)...but she was pumped up and couldn't wait to perform again on Saturday. HA! It was a great experience for her.

Here she is with Reagan, one of the class helpers. She had such sweet, older role models helping her class and it was so cute to see how much she looked up to them! She cried after the last performance as she gave them all hugs and said goodbye. 

 Emily is the second little one (in white) from the right.

 Some of our sweet, sweet friends came from London and Frankfort (KY) to support Em. She is so blessed by those who love and care for her! Here she is with Amy.

 Her sweet friend, Sydney.

 She loves her buddy, Luke!

 The whole gang out for pizza after the show.

Viktor, Luke, Olivia, Syd, Em, Johnie, Amy & Gabi!

Happy Birthday, Gabriella Kate!!

 On April 11th we celebrated Gabriella's 1st Birthday! She is such a GIFT and we were so excited to celebrate her life! Her smiles are contagious and her spunky personality keeps us laughing! She is the most petite little thing (weighing in at only 17 pounds), but you would never know it if you watched this girl eat one meal. She literally eats twice as much as her 3.5 year old sister at each meal. HA! Gabi LOVES to dance and anytime there is music or singing she will start bobbing up and down to the beat. She has just started giving the most adorable (slobbery) kisses ever. She adores her big sister, who also adores her. The two are already quite the pair and play so well together. Gabi is a mama's girl, though she loves her daddy, too. She is a clown and loves to tease and give cheesy smiles. She is pretty content most of the time, unless she is hungry. She loves to cuddle and she loves to get baths. She is also a good sleeper (7p-7a each night with two naps in the day). And, she has recently mastered the art of walking! We couldn't be more blessed with our little bundle of joy!

Due to our travel schedule and life being a bit crazy this time of year we kept her birthday pretty low-key. Our friends came over on her actual birthday for dinner and cake and then on Saturday, our sweet church family in London, KY threw her a little surprise birthday party. We were thankful to be able to celebrate with some of our dearest friends who love Gabi so much!

Each girl has their own homemade birthday sign and month-to-month picture banner. It is a lot of work, but I enjoy pulling them out each year on birthdays. Here is Gabi's finish product.

Each kiddo also has her own birthday plate that I've painted and pull out each year. 

Love these little traditions.

So excited about the water table!!

This was on the afternoon of her birthday...I looked over and found her sitting on top of the container...when did she learn to climb?!?!  A great way to celebrate turning 1!

Emily blew out the candle for her!

She wasn't quite sure...

She really didn't do too much damage...but she enjoyed her cake!

This was at her surprise bday party...hanging out with Olivia and enjoying her decorations!

 

She loved her shortcake...or really just the whipped cream!