Family Pictures

Ezra turned 8 on August 27 - I can still clearly remember the day that he was born and it's almost as if I blinked and time warped.  Where have the last 8 years gone?!  Ezra is growing into such a fine young man.  Ezra spends his time attending Karate twice per week, Awanas on Tuesdays, and will be joining the swim club in the Spring of 2018 and also joining up with friends on a softball team once again.  One of the things that I admire about Ezra is he has zero desire to be the most popular kid - instead he is very selective of his choice of close friends (and they are all fantastic!) and walks away from actions and choices of others that he doesn't agree with.  He is solid in his faith of Jesus and his greatest love next to Jesus is his dad.  

Ryder turned 6 on June 6th - and continues to still be the child that challenges us the most in the parenting department.  Ryder drums to his own beat.  He doesn't care what people think of him - he will do what he wants, when he wants, in the timing that he wants.  He attends Karate twice a week, Awana's on Tuesday night, Hip Hop dance on Monday nights, he has taken up guitar lessons during school hours, and has joined the Border City basketball teams.  We are very busy running with Ryder but he loves it all!  Ryder is our artistic child - so it's a stretch at times - but he can focus really well when it comes to anything artsy.  Ryder is going to impact this world in amazing ways someday - I continue to be very excited to see what that will be and so excited to see what God has planned for this special little boy!  

Mckenzie turned 5 on June 20th.  That was a hard birthday for me to accept.  She no longer was my baby.  Mckenzie choose to wait one more year for Kindergarten so she is enjoying her third year of preschool, dance on Wednesday's, Awana's on Tuesday's, and can't wait for swim club to start back up again in the Spring (she is a little fish!).  She has an amazing babysitter that looks after her while I'm at work and they are very active running to various story times, painting classes, bounce houses, open gyms, and baking on Friday.  She is full-on princess and has lately been requesting make-up when we head out to town (stop growing up!).  It's exciting to watch Mckenzie grow in her knowledge that she is the Daughter of a Great King.  One of my greatest prayers is that she will always know that and continue to grow in her relationship with Jesus.