Family pics

It is so insanely hard to get a decent picture of seven people at the same time!!! And our little dog jumped the fence to join us for the pics...beggars can't be choosers right?

Seneca

I have been creepy obsessed with how cute Seneca is lately. She is just so funny and has the most perfectly kissable cheeks!!! She tackles people at random and can take almost anyone down, even if they are standing up. She loves Frozen (I hate Frozen) although I don't think she has actually seen the movie. Any time she sees any character from the movie she says "Let doe." Oh and she sings "Let it Go" so beautifully "Let Doe! Let Doe!!!"

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 My dad was here for 4 weeks. It took Seneca about a week and a half to warm up to him. Once she accepted him into her life, she took it upon herself to scare him every time she saw him. Instead of  saying "Boo" she would say "Doo!" It was absolutely terrifying. This picture is her face seeing her Papa through the window shortly before he left.

 And this is the look right after she told him "Doo!" She loves her papa.

 She figured out how to get on this spring horse by herself and was on it constantly for about a week. I loved it when she was sad and crying while she bounced...so funny.

 This is her face when she belts out "Let Doe!"

 She is trying to talk a lot more. She says thank you whenever you give her anything. She is just a doll!!! This is about how old my other kiddos were when I brought home each new baby. I guess I didn't get to fully appreciate this age before because I was so busy with a new baby each time. It is so fun.

Pantera the Rockstar

 This girl has had quite the week!!! She has been practicing a song for a special family night at her school for over a month now. Finally on Wednesday night it was time to get the show on the road. She sang in front of about 80 people and was absolutely AMAZING!!! She had everyone coming up to her afterwards either just dumbfounded that she could sing so well or in tears because she can sing so well.

The next day at school one of the teachers who was at the family night pulled her aside and asked if she would be willing to sing perform her song again in he cafeteria at lunch. Pantera has always just kind of absolutely loved to be in the spotlight so this was like heaven for her. I got a text from one of her friends' moms that said "I heard Pantera got a standing ovation at lunch today!" She came home and told me about the whole thing. She said she signed autographs and had a bunch of fan mail from the third graders. I know this post sounds super braggy, but she is very talented I am so proud that she is brave enough to get up in front of half of her school and work it!!!

On Friday she had the 4th grade spelling bee. Jess went to see her so all our little kiddos wouldn't be a distraction to the spellers. She was so excited when he walked through the door. He is just the opposite of Pantera and hates a lot of attention, well he had the whole gymnasium looking at him because she was waving so hard in his general direction. She and Nick were the last two contestants standing and after going back and forth for quite a few words, she missed the word licorice. But she got second place and a sweet trophy.

"I got to be on stage 3 times this week!" Life doesn't get any better than that for a girl who loves attention.

Amari is 5

 Amari turned 5 on the 8th of April. I have been a lot busy and a big slacker so I am just now getting a post in about it. She was so darn excited for her big day!!! We were counting down for the entire month of march "How many more tomorrows?"

 She really thinks that age and height are directly correlated. She was expecting to be like a foot taller on her birthday morning, and boy howdy she wasn't disappointed! She informed us the night before her big day that "Tomorrow for my birthday I want Dad to give me 55 kisses. And good news, he won't even have to bend over to smooch me!"

 She woke up at 3 am when I was taking the dog our and asked "Am I 5?"

First thing she did was try to reach something on the counter and was thrilled when she could. Then she asked me to measure my feet against her feet. She was thrilled to see how big her feet where next to mine, then next to Seneca's, but when it came time to put them up to Katurah's feet something was wrong. "Why is Katurah's feet the same size as mine? I am 5." Later that day we went up to Jess' work to go out to the fanciest restaurant known to man (Denny's)  for her birthday lunch. She loved the attention from her dad, and was kind enough to let us tag along.

Amari, you are an amazing big girl. You are so funny, so smart, and so super cute. You make me laugh everyday. I love you so much! Happy birthday girlie!