Happy 9th Birthday Anna!

Happy Birthday to Anna! Wow, what a blessing it is to celebrate another birthday with our precious Anna. God has done so much for this little girl and we can not express how grateful we are to Him for allowing her to celebrate yet another year of good health! Anna, we love you with all our hearts. Thank you for being such a wonderful daughter who opens her heart to everyone she knows and loves them with all of her heart. We love you!

Anna began her birthday by having her very special friend, Stephanie Melcher spend the night. Then after church, Anna wanted to have all our family who could (Nana and Papa, Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Matt, Aunt Kelly, Maddie and Biddy, Uncle George, Nene and Brynn) over for her favorite lunch, roast and mac-n-cheese and we had a great afternoon!The Birthday Girl

Here she is all ready for church after opening a couple of her presents.
Lighting her own candles...
Daddy and his birthday princess...
A fun game of softball in the backyard with family...

Farmer Jim

...and his little farmette, Hopey! Jim and Hope spent an entire Saturday planting a garden in the sunny spots of our backyard. They worked so hard, can't wait to reap the harvest!

Anna and Ashley wanted in on the action, as well.

Meanwhile, Andrew plays with his new bubble gun. He loves it!

One more thing...(sorry buddy, but mama has to brag) Andrew has been pee-ing on the potty each time he gets out of the hot tub. He's up to about 10 times now! That's a start!

LOTS and Locks of Love!!

Hopey has been growing her hair out to donate it to Locks of Love (for the 2nd time) and this past weekend, she cut her hair! She looks adorable and we know that a little girl somewhere will enjoy her new wig made out of Hope's hair!

Two of my beautiful girls...