A Sweet Treat
By: Alyssa James
Sorry guys! Neither of us were able to post a blog last
week. :( WAH! Josh was offered a new job and
has been preparing for that along
with getting everything for our church ready AND putting together our first
(and successful) bible study! I will write a post sharing about that soon so
stayed tuned! It was also my finals week at school in which I passed all my
classes for the semester! God truly blessed us both with our own personal lives
last week. When I think of this
I remember
Deuteronomy 2:7 “For the
Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He knows you’re
going through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has
been with you and you have lacked nothing.” Josh is super excited to start his new
job and I couldn’t be more proud of him for doing so well. I have decided, with
the baby being due soon, I will be taking this next semester off of school so I
don’t have to worry about giving birth on finals week. This means more free
time to write blogs! Woo!! Lol Two weeks ago, it was our youngest one, Hendrix,
second birthday! For those of you who don’t know, with four kids (who have
birthdays within weeks of each other) we made a family decision to only have
big birthday parties every other year. This was not Hendrix’s year for a party
but we still made it fun (per usual). Disney on Ice happened to be in town that
week AND it was on Groupon! Even better! I was able to pick Stella up early
that day to take her with as well. It was a girls princess extravaganza of a
morning for us. I let them each pick out what dress up outfit they wanted to
wear. Hendrix, with no surprise, chose her Elsa dress. She is a frozen fanatic.
She even sang the words let it go before ever saying mamma! Stella, on the
other hand, did surprise me with her choice of Jasmine. (Her favorite as of
late has been Rapunzel).
The girls loved the show! They enjoyed seeing all the Disney characters come out and dance and
sing along to all their favorite songs. Stella didn’t understand why they don’t
ice skate in her ballerina class. Haha how cute is that?! Second half of the
show was a little rough for Hendrix because now, it was almost two hours past
her normal nap time and the kids around us got the fun light up spinning toys
during intermission that she just “had to have.” A few fits later the show was
over and we were able to head home for some lunch. Nikkie’s school was having a
fair that night. My husband, Josh, had volunteered to run the second grade
cotton candy stand for an hour not realizing, at the sign up time, what day it
fell on. I had some family in from out of town so we had plans to meet for ice
cream and presents as well. It was alright though, we had just enough time to
squeeze that in before our meet up plans. While Josh tried his best at making
cotton candy, (he wasn’t very successful :p) I took the kids around to enjoy
the fair. They each got four tickets and could spend it on whichever activity
they wanted to participate in. Jude and Nikkie both wanted to partake in the
fish races where they both won their own fish to take home! Jude named his
Sake, after his most recent favorite anime character, while Nikkie went with
Fishy for her new pet’s name. Hendrix and Stella
chose the bounce house
followed by a rubber duckie game in which they were both winners as well! Jude
then chose to use the last of his tickets on the battle cage where he went up
against a child much older and bigger than him but still managed to take him
out a few times. (I think karate is paying off!) Daddy was done volunteering
just in time to see the fight then it was time to head out for some ice cream for
Hendrix’s birthday! Everyone got an ice cream cone and Hendrix unwrapped her
presents. She
I remember
Deuteronomy 2:7 “For the
Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He knows you’re
going through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has
been with you and you have lacked nothing.” Josh is super excited to start his new
job and I couldn’t be more proud of him for doing so well. I have decided, with
the baby being due soon, I will be taking this next semester off of school so I
don’t have to worry about giving birth on finals week. This means more free
time to write blogs! Woo!! Lol Two weeks ago, it was our youngest one, Hendrix,
second birthday! For those of you who don’t know, with four kids (who have
birthdays within weeks of each other) we made a family decision to only have
big birthday parties every other year. This was not Hendrix’s year for a party
but we still made it fun (per usual). Disney on Ice happened to be in town that
week AND it was on Groupon! Even better! I was able to pick Stella up early
that day to take her with as well. It was a girls princess extravaganza of a
morning for us. I let them each pick out what dress up outfit they wanted to
wear. Hendrix, with no surprise, chose her Elsa dress. She is a frozen fanatic.
She even sang the words let it go before ever saying mamma! Stella, on the
other hand, did surprise me with her choice of Jasmine. (Her favorite as of
late has been Rapunzel).
chose the bounce house
followed by a rubber duckie game in which they were both winners as well! Jude
then chose to use the last of his tickets on the battle cage where he went up
against a child much older and bigger than him but still managed to take him
out a few times. (I think karate is paying off!) Daddy was done volunteering
just in time to see the fight then it was time to head out for some ice cream for
Hendrix’s birthday! Everyone got an ice cream cone and Hendrix unwrapped her
presents. She 
received a frozen back pack that she still wears obsessively two weeks later. *Tear! Mamma's baby girl is getting way to big. We had to make a quick stop for a fish bowl and food for our new pets
but by the time we got home they were all pooped and ready for bed. Especially
Stella and Hendrix. It was a busy birthday with no naps but they were troopers.
We are so blessed to have such an amazing, loving family. Must we always
remember, “give thanks to the Lord for He is good: His love endures forever,”
–Psalm 107:1
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