Back in March Kalani turned 9 years old.

Our beautiful little girl is growing up

She loves to help take care of babies and can’t wait to babysit in a few years

This is the first year for her to NOT be homeschooled

Her classmates on “International Day”

9 Fun Facts About Kalani:

-She is following her father’s footsteps and is pretty good on the computer

-She normally wears flip flops everyday…but recently started to wear tennis shoes so she can play soccer at recess

-She now attends an International school and has 22 classmates

-She rides a super nice bus to school

-She has been to 10 different countries…and more are planned

-In Texas she would wake up between 8-9am…in the Philippines she wakes up by 6am

-She likes to make people laugh

-She loves meat

-She is honest, truthful and obedient

Back in May, Mason turned 3. Here are some fun photos that show what interests Mason has right now in his life.

Stages of Mason

Happy Birthday To You ( cha cha cha)

He loves all dinosaurs

He has been using an iPad for more than 2/3 of his life

He loves to hold babies.

He loves to hold our bearded dragon

He LOVES to swim. He stopped using flotation devices right around his birthday.

He loves to get dress for church

3 Fun Facts About Mason:

-He loves to make cookies and help out in the kitchen

-He has a favorite blanket that he takes all over the house and in the car

-He is emotional…cries when you tell him no, or won’t do anything you ask him to do if he is upset, or will throw a control at the TV when you tell him to leave the room

In our church we get baptized at the age of 8 or older.  This year Kalani turned 8 and was baptized by her father.

Dressed in white and ready to follow the example of Jesus Christ by being baptized

Our beautiful girl in now 8 years old

8 fun facts about Kalani:

-loves to swim

-loves to play with Legos and really likes the new Lego Ninjago sets

-cries when she has to wear jeans and pull her hair back for her choir performances

-loves to read about her interests on Wikipedia 

-wears the same dress to church every week…although she has others to choose from

-makes friends easily even while we are traveling

-loves to cuddle with her parents

-hates having her brother play in her room and getting into her things

My sister celebrated another birthday this past year.  She is 21…again and I was able to help her celebrate it.  I found this yummy chocolate cake a few days before her birthday and really wanted to try it out.  So, her birthday was the perfect excuse to bake it.  And boy was it yummy.  I didn’t like the buttercream that the recipe called for, but I really liked this one I found online (and I used heavy cream instead of milk).   I also made the Pioneer Woman’s cinnamon rolls.  I was quiet the baker last weekend!

Can you really have TOO MUCH chocolate?

We had a family party for her on Sunday and then went to Red Robin with friends on Monday.  Later that night we had a date with our husbands and watched Salt.

Thanks for being my sister and letting me celebrate your birthday with you!