The BIGGEST and BEST news ever ever in the whole wide world

Blake and I are engaged!!! To say I am happy is an understatement. Ecstatic! Thrilled! That's better. We told the girls on Sunday and they were so happy too! They went off on their own and made up this song: 

"Hallelujah! Blake and * mom are * going to * get married"

 It will be August 15th (yes, of this year!) so mark your calendars. We will be married here in Houston. More details will come! 

This Day...

This day we are called upon to do hard things... 

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Summertime

You gotta love Texas Graduations! 

Jordan graduated along with 700 or so others from Klein High this past weekend. It was held at Reliant Stadium where the Houston Texans play ball! I am really proud of my oldest niece! 

Sarai and Ana came down from Dallas. It was way fun to spend time with them there. 

Skyler went to the MTC this week to report for his two year mission for the church. I can not express how proud I am of him. He's an exceptional young man and he's going to be an awesome missionary! I miss him already though. It's a strange feeling. He went in yesterday. 

While Shannon and Jared took Skyler to Utah I was able to spend some time with the other kids. We went to the pool twice this week. Here are some random pics of our time. It was really, really FUN! 

I think I am super fortunate to not only have my four little beauties but to have all nine of these kids in my daily life and my sister's little ones also (even though they live far away :( . I have so much love for all these kids. They honestly could ALL be my own. It's an amazing feeling. 

Falling Teeth

I think it may be a record or something? Braelyn pulled out 3 loose teeth tonight. Three! I think the Tooth Fairy may be in a bind for the payoff for this unexpected loss. All at once... 

She wanted me to take a pic of the three teeth but I thought it was a little nasty so here is a pic of her instead. :)

Braelyn's Talent Show

Brae has been looking forward to the 5th grade talent show since last year in 4th grade. About 3 weeks ago she came home on a Tuesday and needed music with no words for the song she wanted to sing by Friday. I was so overwhelmed that week and I had no idea how to get that for her so I bribed her with $10.00 to NOT participate. (Good mom, huh) because I didn't know how to help her. She ended up getting her friends to sing with her and one of their dad's downloaded the song on itunes. Thank you, thank you! :) 

This was the three girls after singing. Brae looked so beautiful that day! Like always. Two days before the show Braelyn lost her voice. How stinky is that! She had to forego her solo but she did an amazing job still! 

After school we celebrated Cali and Bella's bdays and Jordi's graduation with a trip to Starbucks for Frappaccino's. So yummy! So fun! 

This is Braelyn's group singing "You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift. 

Happy Birthday Bella

Two years and one day apart from Cali... Happy 6th Birthday to my beautiful baby girl!

Happy Birthday Cali

My little llama is turning 8 today! Eight is so great. She is excited to get baptized this summer. She is still my tiny girl and I am so thankful for her in my life. Happy Birthday Beautiful!

Bella's "Bugz" Kindergarten Musical

Bella is the ladybug. This is her friend, Cassandra.

She is right in the front middle. 

This performance was soooo adorable! I LoVeD it. In the first video, when you get to 1 minute 5 seconds it's Bella on the microphone with two other little girls. Just the 3 of them. You can't see anything but you can hear well. It is soo cute! My baby is now a first grader. Wow!

Ken's Awesomeness At The Pool...

Check her out... :)