1st day of school!!

 First day of school already!!  Summer went too fast and now it's over .....sad :-(

Mylee is in the 1st grade, MyKenna in 2nd and Saileen in 4th!

Their cousin Belle goes to school with them! 

Showing a little Sass, except Jojo, she was too shy 

Kenna and Belle are in the same grade so they got to go together!

On their way!!

Saileen saw some friends and didn't even look back!  She has missed her friends over the summer!!

Mylee was so excited to go to class!!  I know she will do so good!!

And then there were 2!!

Kaliah says after dropping the girls off " I really want to go back home so I can have all the toys for myself!"  And that is just what she did!  She kind of has a horse obsession if you can't tell!!

Mr. Man chasing a ball as usual! 
Not sure what to do with myself with just the 2 kids!
Now if only I had a house!!! :-)

The house

Its coming along! there is mud and tape and texture and now tile!

 On another note there is color on the outside as well...about that....this is what it looks like,

 This is the swatch we chose , doesn't look the same right??

but somehow it is,

It just looks a lot brighter that we thought it would.  So of those who will be seeing our house, yes it looks brighter that we thought, but that is the way it happened, we weren't crazy, it really didn't look that bright when we chose it. That being said, its growing on me. And on a positive note, my kids will never have a hard time finding our house!!  :-)

This is what it looks like this morning when Derek took a picture on his way to work

Another birthday!

After much waiting and counting down the days her birthday finally arrived!!  

The big 6 now!!

She got penguin stuffed animal and book (she LOVES Penguins! )and a mini pillow pet and a Barbie book and this dress i made for her, a watch and things from her sisters 

She is starting 1st grade this year and Very excited to be learning new things! She is a very determined little girl!  I have seen this side of her like when she was learning to ride a 2 wheeler and she gets that look in her eye and there is no stopping her!   

She has such beautiful dark brown eyes, thanks to Grammie!! 

She is very loving and happy!  She loves to be a helper! Unless it involves cleaning her room, in that case she is less than enthusiastic about it! 

She is still pretty shy, but I think she is just watching people ;-)

She LOVED this flower and wanted to have a picture with is and this is actually her favorite picture we took! 

This was also her idea to pose by this bush, do we have a budding photographer on our hands??  maybe?? 

She is such a sweet and kind little lady! I love her to pieces! I admire her determination and spirit! I can't wait to see what this new year brings for her!  Happy birthday MyLee!!