Birthday Party

Busy Bee had a fun pool party, owl themed birthday! 

 Her theme this year was "Be WISE" with an Owl to go with it.  Her verse was:

Proverbs 9:10 - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. 

 

 

 

 

Aunt Kelly made Busy Bee her Owl Cake:

 

 

She was so excited for her party:

 

 

She was blessed to have several cousins over for her party.

 

 

They all enjoyed hitting at the Owl Pinata made by mom and Jakin.

 

 

Everyone enjoyed eating the cake.

 

 

Busy Bee sat so nicely and opened her gifts.

 

 

 

Mom's favorite picture of the day?

 After Busy Bee had quite the busy, exciting day,

 she ended it sitting so sweetly on the swing.  I caught this photo and just love it!

 

 

 

 

 

TWO YEARS OLD

Our sweet little Busy Bee is two years old today. 

Wow, where does the time go?

 

This little girl is full of spunk and keeps our

family entertained.

 

 

She can go from little Miss sweetie giving you a kiss on the cheek when you haven't even asked for it, to Miss entertainer making funny faces and getting everyone to laugh, to belting out a chorus of "Jesus Loves Me" in a matter of minutes.

 

 

 

She loves trying to accomplish every thing that her big brother and sister can do. 

 

 

She loves her baby dolls and talking with her little brother.  She doesn't like if Little J is crying and is quick to come get mommy to help him if he is upset.

 

 

She will carry on quite the conversation with you if you get to know her and give her the time to chat.  She is asking a lot of questions these days.

It is so sweet to here the thoughts of a now two year old.

 

We are so blessed to have this little girl and can't praise the Lord enough for her.  I am so thankful that Purple Girl and Busy Bee will be able to grow up together.  We pray they will be best friends!

Summerfest

The kids had fun at Summerfest this year. 

They enjoyed watching the parade (and of course, getting all the candy).

 

 

They also enjoyed watching their daddy's play in a softball tournament

with other men from our church.

 

 

Little J bonded with this friend for a good portion of the day. 

He enjoyed sitting with her during the parade and one of the games.

 

 

We are so blessed to be part of an amazing church body. 

 

 

 

Cousin Over

Cousin JR was over to play with Big J the other morning.  These two boys have so much fun together.  Right now all of their play and conversation revolves around Star Wars.  They love making all of their Lego's into Star War characters. 

 

I made them go outside and play for a little while.  They enjoyed running through the sprinkler:

 

 

They enjoyed swinging together.  But the whole time they are swinging, they are discussing Star Wars.  I even heard one boy say: When I grow up, I am going to be a Star War Clone Trooper.

 

 

 

 

Mom and Busy Bee enjoyed swinging together.  Big J took the picture for us. 

Little J enjoys his swing too.

 

 

Mommy's Helpers

Busy Bee is my big helper these days.  She loves to work with me in the kitchen and is truly a great help at times.  This day she was helping me take the grapes off the stem.  She was very precise and made sure she didn't miss one.

 

 

Another morning she was sitting at the counter ready to help me and I snapped this picture:

 

 

Little J was "helping" us too:

 

 

 

Love this little guys smiles!

 

 

Green Thumb?

Dad helped the kids plant some flowers for our front yard.  Purple Girl has been asking about planting some flowers, so she was very excited to help.

 

 

 

Unfortunately I am not very good with plants and flowers - I tend to kill them quickly.  So, I am praying that Purple Girl has a green thumb.  I told her this.  She looked at her thumbs and asked how she could make them green : )

Baby Boy

Our Baby Boy is a loved little guy.

 

His big brother thinks the world of him and enjoys talking and playing with him.

 

 

 

 

Grandpa enjoys his time with Little J too!

 

 

Mommy loves this little guy quite a bit also!!

He is quite the cutie!