another flower girl

So, I did not get as many pictures of Anya being a flower girl as I did of Kyria; but she was BEAUTIFUL and did a FABULOUS job!! When the bride gets the photos, I will have to ask her for some of Anya actually in the wedding.

with the bride {who was also gorgeous!}

Mikalah in the foyer... we were there for hours. lol

Kyria brought a book...

 {and she also saw the lady whose wedding she was in... 3 years ago!!}

the "winking baby" {{LOVE}}

my men

my "little" family

more {{LOVE}}

Anya chattin' with the ring bearer... doesn't he look thrilled?

all smiles when it was all over!

Kyria's dress details

both 5 years old - and both DOLLS

some close ups of Anya's dress  

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thanks for stopping by!

Spring 2011. {school picture & seasonal update}

Dont faint! I'm posting something {smiles}

Kryia Esther - first grade

My cutie pie! We are staying busy, busy, busy. and we have many pictures I could post, but they are all still on our camera. WOW. ok. that's not a good thing, but that's the way it is. I am purging 'stuff' and rearranging furniture {small stuff, hubby will move beds when the time comes!} in preparation for adding another blessing to our household. So, at the moment, there are piles here and there and bags to donate and bags to throw out. It is an unorganized chaos that apparently only I know how to right- haha. Baby boy is progressing nicely and getting bigger. You can kinda see my belly in our valentine photo.

John & Tascha - Valentines 2011

We have soil turned for our garden and seeds planted in starter boxes. We do still have 2 other little girlies- {grin} but as I said before, photos are still on the camera! They are growing like crazy, and Mikalah's pronunciation is getting clearer each day. She and Anya both have quite the imagination and can entertain themselves beautifully. And sometimes they even play together beautifully! I can hardly believe Anya will be **4** in 3 weeks, and Kyria will be ***7*** in just over a month! Where does time go?  Saturday will mark exactly 3 months left until my due date, and I hope to have more pictures posted before that! 

Piles are beckoning my organization... I can seriously hear them calling.

the earth is the LORD's

and the fullness thereof;

the world,

and they that dwell therein.

For he hath founded it upon the seas,

and established it upon the floods.

Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD?

or who shall stand in his holy place?

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;

who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity,

nor sworn deceitfully.

He shall receive the blessing from the LORD,

and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

The little slice of earth from which I pray God gives us bountifully! We've added a few plants since this picture... and Kyria took most of the pictures! We have had much rain with beautiful sunshine between... God does a much better job of watering them than I do!

Recent "memories"

Taking pictures  captures a moment... 

and reminds us of the blessings when the moment is gone...

these are just some blessings from the last month...

On an "information note": 

Anya is talking more than ever, and I can actually understand some of it :)  She loves to say "see you" when we're playing.  It seems she says something different every day--though not the same things over and over... She says "Daddy" very well, and calls me "Nonny"--HA :). Mikalah is "diddy" (for "baby") When I change Mikalah, she loves to say "o-o-o-o-o... yucky" until it gets put in the trash. Kyria is being the good big sister... she loves to be a helper, and sometimes gets a little TOO big for her "britches" :) Mikalah is doing better in the sleeping department--PRAISE THE LORD!! though some nights the initial getting to sleep is a dramatic production to put Broadway to shame! :) She is getting sooo big, and is quite alert when she is awake. Her eyes seem to take it all in, and everyone falls in love with her. (of course, who doesn't fall in love with a baby??) John has been done with his full teaching load for about 3 weeks now, and it is amazing the difference! He loves the computer work he is doing, and he loves having more time to do it!! :) I enjoy being "wife" and "mom" and "friend." I help John whenever I can and have learned more about html and f-stop and aperture than I can actually process :) but it is fun. I want to learn and understand, but just hearing it repeatedly will have to do for now (I think it helps John remember it when he has to tell me over and over again! :) HAHAHAhahaaaa!) 

Anyway...   Thanks for stopping by... 

and I hope you enjoy our memories ;)

we have fun making them!!

Love my family......

"Mikalah, this is your BIG sister, and

I love you..."

"Look, it's a baby!"

Proud (if somewhat EXHAUSTED) Daddy

Sweet Sleeper...

Thank you for stopping by.......

May God bless you as 

He has blessed me.......

Anya...

Singing girl...

Like my socks??

They are my daddy's....

Singing---even while cuddling........

WOW--what a smile.......she's becoming such a HAM!

How fast they grow...My baby is almost 17 months, and we have another one coming....God is so good to us. Besides her eczema, Anya has been a very healthy child...of course she gets her share of scrapes trying to keep up with big sister :)! Her speech is still not very intelligible...but she tries SOO hard. Some of her sounds are starting to make sense to me....and she understands so much...and she LOVES her Daddy...that is the one thing she says very clearly !!