The Boys' Birthdays!!!!!!

Happy 7th Birthday to Jonny!!!!! "J-Dawg" was born on June 5th, 2004, 2 days early!!!He was a bright-eyed 8 pd 2 1/2 oz cute little boy who has grown into one of the most adventurous smart, kind, handsome little guys I know!





He celebrated his birthday with a pizza party,

cake and cookies,

his friends,

playing nerf guns,

Mcdonald's,
and games!

On his actual birthday, he went to a week long camp in the mountains! He came back with a skateboard and lots of cool stories!


It has been a complete blessing to watch this boy grow in his love for Jesus, his obedience to the Word and his compassion for others. We pray that God would continue to draw Jonny daily to Himself, overwhelming him with grace to love his family, friends and that the Father would grow a love in him for the nations. We praise God for Jonny's life and pray that his life would be used to glorify God! We are thankful for how God made him and uses him in our lives everyday!!!!


Happy 5th Birthday to Braxton!!! Braxton was born on July 7th, 2006, 2 weeks early, weighing in at 8 pds 8 oz!!! He came into this world with the same cute chubby cheeks he has today!



It has been a wonderful 5 years of laughing( he is hilarious!!), singing (he is the musician of the family), dancing (he has rhythym!) and playing imaginary superheroes (he totally could be a character from Star Wars under all that skin!) I am convinced he will be a musician or filmmaker when he grows up!



More than anything, we pray that God would use his life for HIS glory and Braxton would love the Lord with all of His heart, soul, mind and strength and he would hunger and thirst for righteousness and be filled overflowing!!! We pray that Brax's strong willed personality and amazing imagination would be used to influence others towards Christ and one day disciple others to follow God. We praise God that "B-ROCK" loves Jesus and has a desire to tell others about Him!

We celebrated with pancakes for breakfast,

Mcdonald's for lunch,

homemade pizza for dinner

and special starwars cookies/cake per his request!





We played games with his new nerf gun and bay blades!



We had to postpone his little party until he felt better cause he was sick.
So, a few days later, we celebrated with his very best friends, Micah and Levi, and went to Mcdonald's and then to an arcade and bowling! It was a hoot, there are 2 bowling lanes on a third floor of a building in our city, it was a first for all of us!!! :) They had so much fun and he felt completely special!

Ella Bean- these days!

Sweet little Ella---

I love this girl, she is always making me smile and is just a fun little thing! Here is what she has been up to lately!!!!




- Dress- up --- usually as a princess, but she lets Lilly dress her up however she wants and Lilly has been into designing dresses lately, she made Ella a saree out of Ella's blankie. Ella loved it, and she looked beautiful, put together with bangles, makeup and her hair done!!!





- Reading --- We recently got a shipment of homeschool books and Ella was the most interested, I think she looked at every book twice and found the smallest one there was and claimed it as hers! She was entertained for a couple of hours that day!



- Playing --- This sweet gal doesn't miss a beat and tags right along with everyone else, her most favorite game right now is Candyland and she is so patient waiting her turn, and tries her best to play Twister with Jonny "the PRO." She loves playing babies, playing house, school, barbies and playing salon shop!


-Drawing --- She loves to draw as do all the others, and has really done good at picking up letters, and drawing people, and doodling and always makes it into a present for someone!

-Cooking --- This girl is her momma's sidekick and gets into the kitchen every chance she gets, her best dish is chapatis (indian tortillas)! She runs and gets her stool every time she hears me getting pots and pans out! I love it! And she loves desserts as much as her momma! We usually make something sweetilicious everyday.:)



-Playing OUTSIDE!! -- We usually just play something in our apt courtyard, and she just tags along playing sports, but on those fun days when we venture out, we like to stop by the park and she loves to swing!!!!!!



-Singing -- She sings and sings, she loves music and singing worship songs together with the family, I think her and Brax may start a little band over here in India!





- Being the baby!-- Her brothers and sister have a really sweet spot in their hearts for Ella, they can't seem to get enough sugar from her! Lots of kisses and hugs!







She has mostly cut out her naps, and has for a while, but some times we find her falling asleep leaning over chairs or flat on the cold marble floor. She prefers these places over a nice comfortable bed!




She is a sweetie!