Merry Christmas!

I took pictures of my kids for our Christmas cards last Monday before school.  These are not the one's I am using for our Christmas card so I thought I would share them here.  

Boy they have gotten so big!  Caylea is 11 now and thinks she is all grown up.  Really she is growing up too fast.  She loves to cook and I really should let her do it more because I hate it.  She is already probably a better cook than I am!  She has also found a love for reading!  I hope it sticks but she loves the American Girl Doll books and the Dork Diaries (I bought her some for Christmas SHHH! Don't tell her!)  

Carolina just turned 9 and is still her spunky self.  She has that tender heart like her Aunt Brandy.  I love seeing it.  She is always thinking of others and loves to give to everyone she see's.  In fact we are making some bags to pass out to the homeless to keep in the van for when we see them.  We were just talking about it today.  With that tender heart comes the sensitive side.  I just pray for her to learn to control that.  I have her read her devotional or the bible when she gets fearful and afraid or starts crying about missing a loved one that has gone on to heaven.  She will do great things for others but I pray God can help me as I train her to protect her own heart also. 

Caden is 7.  Still my rowdy little man!  Oh boy how I love his sweetness.  He is still a cuddly little boy although one minute later you may just be getting wrestled with.  He just got his report card and my heart was so very proud when I read that his teacher put a plus next to eagerness to obey authority next to his character traits.  All of his grades were great also but that one little plus just made me so proud of him!  He has struggled with controlling himself.  There is a time to be a rowdy little boy and there is a time to sit in class and obey.  I am so thankful he is learning that he can control that.  We talked about how God wants him to control it and He will help him if  he would just ask.  I am so thankful for this little boy!  

I have been doing this blog since 2008.  They sure have came a long way.  We all have really.  I use to post a lot more often but then again I was a stay at home mom.  I was busy but I definitely had more time.  I miss those days and I miss my babies being little but I love who they are now.  We are really so blessed.