sweet flowers...

Same fabric... slightly different designs....

Kyria's 

Anya's

Mikalah's

I had fun... the girls looked adorable - but I forgot to get pictures of them IN the dresses! - BOTH times they've worn them! :D  Maybe the next time they wear them :).... but wanted to get up these pictures. We have been busy - me at home and John with preparation for our church's 4th Annual Honor Service.  I had a sweet friend purchase some fabric that I LOVED ... she was saying "thank you" to me. I am going to use it to recover the seats of the dining chairs we recently acquired as well as making matching place-mats. Each of my previous sets of place-mats are in 4s... and we now have *6* chairs (Praise the Lord - as we currently have 5 members of our family!!) :D I will post pictures of that when they are complete - so that may be a little while. 

Mikalah is ALL over the place!! She is starting to try to cruise the furniture... so, watch out world: HERE I COME!!

Anya's enunciation is getting clearer DAILY now. She is very interested in letters and cooking and pretty much anything Kyria does! :D She can identify about 10-12 letters all by herself... and she tries to count to 10 :) and usually skips 4 and 7.

Kyria is learning and growing and being a good big sister. She is ecstatic about starting kindergarten soon. I have shifted my thoughts for her dress from play function to school function (not a big difference at moment); and I am contemplating making her a bag I saw on a blog recently (??) but I'll have to find it again :D

John is keeping his head above water :D but is often swamped with work - he calls it job security :D. We are both thankful to the Lord that he has a job as we still know people that do not. 

I am staying busy, busy, busy with sewing, cleaning, cooking, rearranging, playing, cleaning, correcting, singing, cleaning, reading....... and oh, so much more!! :D I have been fighting some sinus/chest congestion for about 6 weeks now, but have been able to fight through most days and sitting up most nights. (Yes, Mom, :) I am taking my echinacea!) All is well and better than we deserve... God is ONLY good!