The birthday of all birthdays! (& FHE #5)

It's not everyday that you turn 5!  We celebrated with Grandma & Grandpa Sunday night with some ultra pink/purple cupcakes.

 She woke up to a bike, which she has been riding all over the house all day. 

 She also got to go to Build-A-Bear for the first time! She picked out "Miss Hearts"

 Who is appropriately dressed as Elsa (Who else?!) Then she went to preschool where all the kids sang happy birthday to her, and Andrew even gave her a hug. She was kindof gushing about that part!

For dinner and Family home evening, we hit up Peter Piper Pizza, cause Pizza is this girls FAVORITE food. She had a blast!

After a long exhausting day, she came to me at about 7:30 and said "Is it bedtime yet? I want to go to sleep, cause I got some good dreams comin'!" It was adorable. 

Happy Birthday Sienna, can't imagine life with out you!

5 years old!

There was a time, about 7 years ago, that I prayed to not have anymore children. After losing one to an ectopic pregnancy, it was more heartbreak than I thought I could ever handle again, and I just wanted to be done.  But, if God had granted that plea, I wouldn't have this beautiful, sassy, spunky, loving girl in my life. I'm grateful the Lord knows us better than we know ourselves!

Because now...
This little girl is 5 years old!

(This is, by the way, the photo I will be sharing with her Senior Class!!)

This sweet child has a fierce love of all things Princess.

She never misses a chance for a Selfie!

And lives to take silly face photos!

She's not a baby anymore, and it's kindof breaking my heart!

I found this on facebook and it's spot on. I love this little girl so much!

Sienna loves nature, her dogs, Doc McStuffins, she loves fruit, especially strawberries, pizza and chocolate. She cries if she has to eat chicken nuggets, she wants "healthy food." She is a little momma and takes good care of her brothers, I tell her she's babysitting when we go on dates, and I have no doubt that it's probably true. Chase can handle if an emergency arises, but Sienna is the one watching things. She loves sleep, bike rides, and reading. She hates to make anyone mad,  or have anyone be bad at her. She prays every night that her and Tanner won't fight any more.

I can't imagine life with out her!

Tenderfoot!

So proud of Chase, he earned his Tenderfoot this week and his swimming merit badge. This scouting business is no joke, so I'm glad he's enjoying it so far.

 Chase getting pinned

 Mom getting pinned

Being presented with a sash, he's the newest scout in the troop.

Great job bud!!

His scout master read some pretty interesting statistics about Scouts. Rarely does an eagle scout stand before a juvenile court judge. Of the cadets at one of the military academy's something like 20% of the graduating class were eagle scouts. Only like 5% of boys that start scouts will go on to become eagles, (It's hard work, I can see why!) but Chase says its his goal to get one so, here's hoping!!

Student Of The Month

Chase got chosen as Student of The Month and I am so proud of him!  In his 7 years of school, he's only been chosen twice.  'Cause he's a boy. And he's loud. And he's a boy. Need I say more?

This is the boy who's first grade teacher suggested we get tested for ADHD (we didn't). This is the boy who "sits" with one foot on the floor and one foot on the chair - always ready to run off. This is the boy who has one volume- LOUD. This is the boy who lives to play basketball. This is the boy who is so oblivious, he didn't see me sitting in FRONT of him at the assembly!  This is also the boy who stole my sweatshirt that morning (he didn't think I'd notice- oops!)  This is MY boy:)

Here's what his teacher said about him: "Chase is a leader in the classroom. He has a good group of friends, and he knows when to have fun and when to get serious. He is a hard-worker, gets his work done on time, and is on task during the school day. Chase is polite to teachers and likes to help out in the classroom. I'm very happy to have Chase in my classroom!"

 Ms. Miller (principal), Ms. Harwood (teacher), Chase, Mr. Balliet (assistant principal)

Here are all the 6th graders, notice the girls are all a foot taller than the boys! Too funny:)