Nadya is 11

I can't believe that this amazing girl is eleven now.  I am one lucky mom to have her in my life.  She blesses our family so much.  She is very responsible, smart, funny, caring, crazy, and just fun.  She loves to read, she is starting to babysit her siblings for us little stretches at a time and it is a big help to us.  We had fun celebrating her birthday.  Grace, Levi, and I surprised her at school during lunch with a caramel shake and sat with her while she ate.  It was fun to spend time with her and Levi and Grace loved it too.  When she got home, she got to open her presents have dinner and cake and ice cream.  She got what she really wanted which was a kindle fire.  She was been reading so much that we needed to have a way to keep up with her reading.  She also got more books, some games, and some legos.  She had a pretty good birthday, I think.  She picked a lemon cheesecake for her cake and vanilla ice cream.

Levi's #2 Birthday

Levi turned 2 a few weeks ago.  It was a fun day for him.  Earl was post call that day, so Levi got to have his dad with him the whole day.  We took Levi to an indoor play area and let him run around for a while, then we took him to Costco to get a hot dog that he chowed down on for lunch.  After his nap and when his sisters came home from school, we let him open up his birthday presents.  He loved ripping open the wrapping presents and he seemed to enjoy all of the gifts that he got.
For his birthday dinner, he had pancakes, sausage, and fruit.  He then had funfetti cake and oreo ice cream.

Sorry but picture overload.  There were a lot of cute ones and its hard to pick just a few.  I love the photo bomb of Samantha in the one just below.  Levi looks a little confused too.

 Whenever Levi rips a piece of paper off he can't just drop it, he has to hand it off to someone.

 He loved the new gogo sets that he got.  He had to carry the big box to me and wanted me to set it up right away.

 His Birthday cake.  Grace picked out the bright blue frosting.

Grace and Owen

I just have to put this down as a remembrance for Grace.  She has a little boy in her primary class that she adores.  They get along so well together.  They are always sitting together, she now calls him her boyfriend, she says that she is going to marry him, and she gives him a kiss every time she says goodbye to him.  It seems that the affection is mutual though.   When I talk to his mom, he is always asking when Grace is coming to play, when he is called to come up during sharing time, he pulls Grace up with him to help.  They are very cute together and it is fun to watch.