Michael turns 6

Michael is now a 6 year old.  Seriously, now that I have kids I understand when people say, "enjoy them while they are young because it goes by in a flash".  It really does.  I can remember the day Michael was born like it just happened.....and it was a crazy day so it's funny to think back on it.  Michael loves to hear his birth story and so do the other kids because it is definitely the most interesting one of the four.

6 Things I Love About Michael

1. He is a thinker - Michael can give detailed lectures on just about any subject.  Even if it's something he doesn't really know that much about he thinks about it and what makes sense logically and then can talk about it for a long time, especially about animals.
2. Michael thrives on praise.  His face just lights up when he thinks he's done a really good job.
3. Michael is becoming much more brave.  He now loves kindergarten even though it was a rough start.
4. He is very athletic and can run like the wind
5. Michael has the most tender heart.  He is quick to apologize when he's done something wrong.
6. Michael has a sweet testimony of Jesus that he likes to share.

We love you Michael !!

Michael makes funny faces for the camera.  He is also really into dinosaurs so he got a dino cake.

We Love Fall

I feel like we didn't get very much of a fall this year.  We had a few weeks of that wonderful, crisp, cool weather with beautiful leaves and then it got cold and snowed.  It snowed early enough that not all the trees lost there leaves, which is always a mess.  But we had a few good raking days where the kids piled up the leaves and jumped in them repeatedly.  Something about playing in leaves never gets tiring.  Also, Halloween costumes were pretty simple this year: cinderella, baseball player, cowboy, frog (same frog that Christopher and Michael were when they were little).

Jacob is such a ham lately.  I'm afraid we have a really silly boy on our hands.