Family Portrait

We received our free portrait yesterday from last week when we got our picture taken.

I was not overly thrilled with it as Ranen is looking up and Micah is recovering from a blink while saying “Cheesy Cheese”.  I am glad we took our own when we got home.

I did a little editing of the picture.  I think we will print and frame this one.

What do ya think?

 

ONE celebration done twice

Our anniversary is now the kick off for our busiest time of year.  After celebrating our anniversary, we quickly come to Kaiya’s birthday followed by Micah’s birthday and then Jason’s in December.  We also have Thanksgiving and Christmas in the mix ending with Ranen’s birthday in February.  So I will have lots of bloggy goodness to share.

We have already talked about our anniversary, now it is time for Ky-Ky’s first birthday.  We started the day with getting her dressed in her party dress that Grandma made.  Remember this one?

She was checking out all her gifts.  After Daddy woke up, we quickly moved on to opening the gifts because Mommy couldn’t wait any longer.

I’m glad she liked the bear I made her.  Hugs!!!

And more hugs

This is one of my favorite faces that she makes.  She scrunches up her nose and bares some teeth.

The hat even got hugs

Here she is wearing the hat.

She also got a baby doll but I had a hard time prying it away from the boys in order to let Kaiya see it.

Finally!!!  She liked to give the baby the magnetic pacifier that came with it.

So many hugs!

Did you notice the Patriots shirt?  Daddy couldn’t help himself on that one.

There is that face again.

We were taking alot of pictures.  I think I had the camera and Jason had the new camcorder that we got for our anniversary.  So I guess the boys were feeling a little left out.

Now it was time for cake.  These first two pictures I already posted with Kaiya’s timeline but here they are again.

Yummy!

Now you will have to bare with me because there were too many cute pictures to choose from, so enjoy.

Kaiya got a package from our Boston family.  The boys were MORE than willing to help her out.

She got a really soft baby doll.

She also got lots of adorable clothes which you will see later.

Then on Sunday is when we celebrated with Grandma and Grumpa and had a little party.

Grandma made these adorable cakes with fondant that she made herself.  She is so talented but I’m sure you already know that from this blog.

This smaller one is Kaiya’s smash cake.

Here she is opening her presents.

And modeling the outfit that Grandma made.

Hooray!

Kaiya impressed everyone with her skills by actually blowing the party favor multiple times.

The boys had a blast with the balloons.

There was dinner served but the kids didn’t eat much.  Too much excitement.

Or maybe just saving room for cake.

Here are all the wonderful gifts that Kaiya received.

She thanks everyone for helping her celebrate her first birthday.

God is our Protector

Today, all three kids were playing outside.  I had just brought Kaiya inside because it was getting warm and she needed to eat.  Jason was taking Micah with him to get an oil change and had just gotten him buckled into his seat.  So that left Ranen in the front yarn when I heard something sliding across the pavement.  I turned around to see Jason standing next to a big piece of plastic sititng at the top of our driveway in the road.

Jason then was talking to a guy from a car that had just driven by since it was his piece of plastic in the road (from under his car).  After the car left, I asked Jason what happened.  I guess the driver of the car was about 21-22 years old and he was going about 45-50 mph through the subdivision across the street and ran a stop sign, crossing a busy road into our small little road with a culdesac.  I guess he was too busy looking at his phone to stop at the sign.

God was so good to have Kaiya inside, Micah in the car and He protected Ranen from the car, the plastic, a rock or any other possible terrifying options.  The car could have been T-boned from a car on the busy road throwing a vehicle into our yard.  Ranen was about 10 feet from the incident.  It was a great opportunity to reinforce to Ranen why we don’t go into the road.  As well as teach Ranen that God just protected him and that he needs to thank God for His protection.  We are so blessed.

Family Picture Day

Today was a busy day for us.  We started with church, came home for a quick nap before our family pictures and then rushed over to my parents for Kaiya’s birthday party (which I will be doing a post in the next few days for).

For the past few years, when we donate to the local fire department, we get a free family photo.

2006

2007

2008

This year, I decided to knit something for the kids to wear.  I did a vest for the boys and a dress for Kaiya.

And here is a shot that we took after our pictures.  We should be getting the picture next week.