Happy Thursday!

Normally I would say Happy Friday...but this morning I woke up to the cutest little note on Masyn's bed. For everyone that knows Masyn, you know that she is NOT a morning person. But this morning was different. When I went into her room to wake her up for school I found this note she had written on her white board laying on the end of her bed. My first few thoughts were....

1) Did she get in trouble before bed last night? She normally writes apology letters when she gets in trouble. But nooooooo, no trouble last night!

2) Is she mad? Is it a mean letter? Nooooooo, not a mean word came to sight when I quickly looked it over!

3) Oh, no....she is never going to get up because she was up writing late last night!!

After, I finally took the time to read the letter I could do nothing but smile and crawl in bed with her to wake her up and tell her thank you for the sweet letter! I got a BIG SMILE in return (this is very rare at 6:30 in the morning)! It truly made my morning. Take a peek at her little note below!

giss = guys
stof = stuff
ovry boty = everybody
speshl trets = special treats

P.S. SHE FINALLY LEARNED HOW TO RIDE A BIKE ABOUT 5 DAYS AFTER HER BROTHER! YEAHHHHH!! I CAN HARDLY KEEP THEM OFF OF THEIR BIKES NOW. I LOVE IT!

More Milestones!

So all my posts lately seem to be about Zain...but I guess along with turning 5 some more milestones just seem to accompany it! Yesterday he learned how to ride a bike all by himself...literally! He said he was ready to try his bike (which in my mind I was thinking, "it's about time"), so we went over to the park to practice. We decided to make a little picnic out of it, so as Masyn and I were setting up the blanket and lunch, Zain just hopped on his bike and attempted to pedal. He got the hang of it very quickly. After only 2 pushes from me, he was on his way to making laps around the park! I could barley get him off of his bike to eat lunch. In fact he rode his bike from the park all the way home (uphill) without falling or stopping once...amazing!! Here's a peek at our new bike rider...now if we can only get Masyn to ride her bike (she learned a while ago, but has never ridden since)!!



Harley had a little milestone of his own...he can now rollover on command!! Take a peek...

Happy 5th Zain!

Our little boy is growing up so fast...last Wednesday he turned 5! For the first year ever, we decided to alternate party years for the kids (since both of their b-day's are in March). Being that it was Zain's 5th b-day, kind of a big milestone year, and Masyn has been alive longer to celebrate more birthday's we let Zain have a huge party. He celebrated last weekend with 25 friends, a bounce house, cotton candy machine and lots of games! All the kids had a blast and we were especially thankful it didn't rain. I thought it would be cute to list my 5 Favorite things about Zain for his 5th birthday (although I could list many more)...

1. He makes us laugh...A LOT! He is constantly saying the silliest things and loves to put a smile on everyone's faces, no matter what he has to do do get it there!!

2. He is a very compassionate boy...he truly cares for everyone around him.

3. His never-ending songs about God that go a little something like this, "I love God, even though I can't see him...I know he is there, somewhere..." (sooo cute and funny)!

4. His truthfulness...even when he gets in trouble and I am not around he can't stand to not tell me.

5. His ENERGY...and boy does he have a lot of it and it is never-ending!!

WE LOVE YOU ZAIN!!