Happy 4th Birthday Lucy!!

I can hardly believe Lucy is four. But she can! If you ask her how old she is, she may say "six," or "eight." 

She has become our little sweetheart. She is still stubborn and tenacious, and always will be, but we have seen such a kindness and sweetness about her. 

She has melted all of our heats. Sami and Janie often vie for her attention and they are always telling me how cute she it. And I agree. She is really, really cute. 

 Some things about Lucy:

-She loves tv. Right now her favorites are "Phineas and Fherb." But sometimes it's "Sohphia the First," or "Masha and the Bear."
-She loves playing with our neighbors. We are blessed with kids on both sides of our house that she enjoys playing with. One of them are over almost every day. It's fun.
-She doesn't love to eat. We have a daily battle to get her to eat her meals.
-Her favorite color is pink.
-She adores her sisters, and the they adore her. It works out nicely.
-She has such a good Sunbeams teacher, Sis. Roberts. She sends Lucy something in the mail every week and brought her presents when she was sick. Lucy loves Sunbeams. Thank goodness for awesome teachers!
-She goes to preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays and is learning to write her name.
-Lucy goes to bed before 7 pm every night. It's awesome. Sometimes she asks me to put her to bed earlier. I always oblige. This girl needs her sleep!
-She loves Costco Dino Nuggets. She requests them for lunch almost every day.

We feel so, so blessed to have her in our family!

We love you, Lucy! Happy birthday!! 

Valentine's Day 2016

We had a really fun Valentine's Day this year. 

I made fondue. First we had cheese fondue, where we dipped chicken sausages, bread, apples, and carrots. Then we had chocolate fondue and we dipped rice krispie treats and strawberries. It was delish!

But mostly, it was so nice to spend the day together. 

After dinner, we wrote Valentine's Day cards for each other. I made 4 cards for each person and we each made a card for every other member of the family. It was really fun to see the girls get into their cards. They wanted to make each other happy. 

Jonathan also got into it. He did borders around his cards and used different colored ink. It was fun. I loved watching my family express love for each other. That's what Valentine's Day is all about.