We love to bake cakes and even more we LOVE A CELEBRATON!  Olivia and Annabel had an awesome year this year!  Annabel graduated from 2nd grade and Olivia graduated from 3rd grade.  The girls are especially awesome because despite the big changes in their lives, they continued to make GREAT GRADES!  We are so proud of them!

What a blessing and adventure it is to have such a large family.  I cannot believe I survived being an only child.  Life was so boring compared to all the chaos around here.  Our latest addition is BEAR a 4 month old black cocka-poo.   He was Skip's surprise birthday present, his birthday is in December.  (Had to justify adding on to the family with out discussing it first.)  I really think I threw our daughter Bel for a loop - she is a huge dog lover!  Bel has a birthday fundraiser every year for PAWS, our local dog shelter.  She has been praying every night for a long time for another dog.   The thrill in her heart when I said, "please get that dog ready to go home with us," was such a huge moment in her life.  We already own Bailey another cocka-poo.  

Anyway, we marched into a pet store and rescued this precious and clumsy dog.  TO suprise Skip we ran into the house and asked him to get the groceries - Bear was just sitting there next to his accident in the seat!  Skip was SHOCKED and so thrilled -  Bel is sure that dreams really come true and God listens to prayer.  He must because I cannot believe I bought a dog.  It was quite low on my priority list.