MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

I can't believe it is almost here!!! I can't wait! Tomorrow we are going to start doing our Christmas baking! I'll have some pictures later after Christmas that I'll post later.  Anyway, Have a great week (I know I will), a merry Christmas, and a happy New Year!!!  By the way, I don't have a Christmas picture of everyone this year because we didn't bother this year :)

Another recital!

Last Thursday Sophie had another recital and she did very well!  This tme it was ballet instead of tap and she is working really hard on both of them!  Here is the video! Hope you enjoy!

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Good job Sophie!

The Turkey Shootout tournament

About a week ago we went to Edmond to play in a soccer tournament.  Sadie ended up winning 1st place in her division!!!  She was so excited about it and she did a really good job! It was worth going all the way to Edmond!

Congratulations Sadie!!!

Sophie's first tap recital!

Last Thursday Sophie had her first tap recital and she did great!  She was very excited!  She has been working hard every week to accomplish this dance!  I think she was really cute in her outfit!  She will be having other recitals later on. Here is the video of her first tap dance:


          

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I am so proud of you Sophie!

Some of my favorites

Here are some of my favorite youtube videos!  I thought I might share them!  Enjoy!

Happy late Birthday Sophie!!!

I am so sorry Sophie for forgetting to write about your birthday!!!  On September 6th (I know I am a month late) Sophie had her 8th birthday!  I can't believe she is already 8 years old!!!  I remember when she was born!  For Sophie's birthday we had some family come over for dinner and Sophie got some gifts.  She got a snow globe (she collects them), a ballerina outfit (which was her favorite), a movie. I have a picture of her in her outfit below:

Happy Birthday Sophie!  I love you bunches and bunches!

The Change of Season

Autumn is my favorite season in the year!!!  It is when we get back to school, when soccer starts, when everything just turns into different colors!  It is so beautiful outside! Perfect weather for anything!  I also like it because you have Thanksgiving to look forward to!  It is so beautiful outside and that God is very creative in giving everything different colors! It is perfect:

Sports season just started!!!

 Today Sadie started her tournament!  We have been doing practices for awhile and next week everything will begin!  We are going everywhere now that school has started!  Me, Sadie, Henry, and Silas all have soccer, Silas also has football, Sophie has ballet, Samuel has bowling, and we are just about to start piano!!!  It is so CRAZY!!!  We do love it though!  We are all excited to begin:)

Happy 6th Birthday Silas!!!

Happy birthday Silas!!!  I am so glad that you are apart of this family!  I can't believe you are 6 years old!

For some reason Silas wanted a vacuum cleaner so Mom and Dad got him a real one to put to use:)

I love you Silas:)

School has Begun!!!

Not our 1st. Not our 2nd. But our 7th day of school picture:)

Sophie is in Ballet!!!

Sophie did soccer for awhile but she didn't really like it so she thought about it and she wanted to be a ballerina!  Mom is so happy :)  I did it when I was about 5 years old and hated it!  I kind of wished I stayed in it!  Sadie also tried it when she was younger and she didn't like it either.  Mom is glad that we have a ballerina in the family now!  She had her first practice yesterday and she is looking forward to every Thursday!  She is going to have some recitals this school year.  I write about those later on! 

Set a fire

Here is another song that has been on my mind lately. Enjoy!

Graduation Crowning

Last Saturday, me and Sadie had our graduation ceremony for graduating Friends and Stars (our class's names from our church).  I have done it before when I was in 5th grade.  I was awesome!!! We got our hair done by our mom's cousin Laura and she did a great job!!!  We also went to the nail salon the day before and got our toe nails done!!! What the honor stars (Sadie's class) got to do was walk down the isle with her parents and when they got to the stage they were crowned by there teacher! I got to walk up on stage and present my speech (which I was very nervous).  After the ceremony we had dessert :)  We had a great time and we are looking forward to State crowning!!!  Here are some pictures that we took:

At the hair salon:

At the nail salon:

                                                                  Sophie and her friends:

Sophie got to go up on stage with her class to be recognized:

Sadie with her friends: Gracie, Janae, and Sarah

With Miss Aimee:

Me:

With Miss Aimee and our children's pastor, Jeff:

My wonderful family:

The Feeling

I miss Kansas City so much! Ever since I got back home I learned that there is absolutely no greater feeling than the feeling you have after doing something for God!  I miss all of those children at the block party!  I enjoyed seeing them happy!  After you put a smile on someone's face, you know that you did the right thing!  I miss our car rides, our meals together, everything that happened there.  I love all of it!  The feeling of doing something for the Lord is absolutely amazing!  I encourage you to go on a mission trip if you haven't!  It not only does good things for other people, but it is good for you! Getting to know all of the people you go with or meet will definitely change you forever!

Thank you!!!

I would just like to say thank you to the people who are interested in reading my blog! You are the reason I love blogging!!!

  Thanks again!!!

 P.S.- I will be posting some more soon!

Your love never Fails!

This song "Your love never fails" has been on my heart for quite awhile and I just thought I should share it with you! It talks about God's love for you and that it never quits on you! He is always with you wherever you go and he is with you through all of your problems! Please click this link below to listen to it. Enjoy!

My trip to Kansas City

    This summer me and Samuel went to Kansas city on a mission trip with our youth group!  It was one of the best summers ever!  We worked a block party at Grace church Assembly that was for all of the children who lived in that area and it was amazing! There was a water slide, we made balloon animals, we had face painting, and we had a bouncy house for the little kids!  In the evenings we would have all of that plus we were giving out groceries, making dinner for everyone, having giveaways, and on the last day we had a basketball tournament for all who wanted to make a team and play!
    Everyone loved it!  We also did service projects while we were there. Some of them were: Taping a whole school so that other people wouldn't have do it and just go right in there and get all of the painting done.  We went to a friend of the pastor of the church we were working with, and we painted his porch.  We did a lot of mowing and cleaning at different places, and then we did some cleaning at the church.
    It does sound tiring, but trust me, it was all worth it when we saw how happy everyone was!  Our goal on this trip was just to simply love others on this trip just as God loved us!  The block party was amazing!  (Did I mention it was amazing?)  Everyone loved it!
   We were putting smiles on everyone of those little faces that were there!  The kids LOVED the water slide!  At the end of the week, just to have a day where we can all relax, we went to Worlds of Fun (which is an amusement park there in independence) and we had a great time!  It was an amazing trip! We have accomplished so many things! We have overcome so many fears, and made new relationships that wouldn't of happened if it wasn't for World Mpact!  I just can't wait until next year!!!!!!!
  Here are some pictures that we got on our trip:

Working at the water slide:

We put bubbles in the slide to make it even more fun!

I learned how to make some animal balloons:

Here we are helping to set up:

Here Samuel has paint on his face to make him look like he has been cut with a balloon sword. (The little kids were playing swords with him)

Here are a couple of pictures that we took from when we were canvasing: 

 

Here are some of the girls during our fun day:

Here we are during our prayer time:

Here we are on our last night.  We all drew a name and said a complement about that person:

Here is the whole team who made this happen:

Great job guys! It was one of the best summers ever!