A return Missionary, a Birthday, an Anniversary, and Kindergarten!

What a week it has been! Who would have thought the end of August could be so jam-packed with excitement. I have so much to talk about, I don't even know where to start.
Daniel returned home from serving a Mission in Minnesota. We were so excited to see him. I cannot believe it has been 18 months since he was with us while we blessed Claire. Most of the family came home to see him. Heather, Allen, Eva, Evan and Garin, Lorraine, Jack, Ellen, Jack, and Rose, David, Chelsea, Bentley, and Blake, and William were all here on Sunday to hear him speak in church. We also had a little frozen yogurt pie to celebrate my 26th Birthday. It was so great to see everyone, and the 11 grandchildren had a great time being together.

Thanks for coming to play with us everyone!

I would also like to introduce Mary's fiancé, Luke Mott. My kids just love him!

And Caleb just had to dress up as a clown while everyone was here.

On Monday we took Joshua to meet his Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Sustala! He started school on Wednesday, I and Travis's 6th Anniversary. What a great day he had at school! Mean while, I got a hair cut, and did a little shopping! Thanks to MOM, Daniel, and Mark. Travis and I celebrated on Saturday with dinner and a movie, courtesy of Mary's work :)
This past year seems to have flown by so fast. We have grown so much and learned so much, too. One example of the amazing changes going on here are in my sweet little Claire. She has really become her own little person.

Happy 5th Birthday!!

June 21st came and went so quickly. Our Little Joshua is now Five Years Old. I just can't believe it.
We had a wonderful Birthday Party with The Jackson Family. Joshua chose Hamburgers for his Birthday Dinner and Home-made Ice Cream Sandwiches instead of Cake. He also had a lot of fun with the presents:

Thank you Grandma W. for the cars and car carrier:

Thank you Grandma J. for the learning puzzles:

Just in case you were wondering if our little boy has changed any in the last year, here's a little something we took in May:

On the other hand, this was in March. We talked about going out to take bluebonnet pictures for over a month, and the morning we went was a little chilly. Joshua just had to bring one home for us.

We love you, Joshua! It's been a great 5 years and counting.

Our Word Cloud

Check it out HERE!

This is such a cool website! It takes all the words in your blog and turns them into a cloud by the amount of times they are used. As you can see, there are certain people in our lives we just love to tell everyone about.

Happy Birthday, Claire!!!

1) Darling Claire born February 27, 2008 8lb 7oz 21 1/2in

2) Heading home from the hospital

3) Blessed April 13, 2008, all dressed in white

4) June 2008, Minnesota Summer, our darling-baby-buggy-bumper-boo.

5) September in Texas, six months old.

6) This is how I open my presents! My name is Sunny! I have four very sharp teeth!

7) Look at me in this frilly dress! Next stop, Prom!

Shout Hooray!
Clapping is fun! I'm Happy!

Happy birthday Claire! We love you!

Field Trip!!

We went to the Mayborn Museum! It's a great place with tons of interactive, hands-on things for the kids to see and do. We had a lot of fun, and here are some pictures to prove it.

Joshua, Caleb, and Claire climbed into a replica of a Texas cavern:


We looked through a telescope at the people downstairs:

Claire was jamming out on the keyboard:

Caleb found a great sombrero:

and Claire tried it on, too:

Claire sat high in a saddle:

Joshua working at the switch board:

Joshua checking out a turtle:

Claire taking some first steps:

Caleb and Claire going for a drive:

Claire driving a fire truck:

Joshua driving a school bus:

Joshua showing off a VW Beetle:

Caleb driving the fire truck:

And last, but not least, I give you a few words from Claire: