Ty's Last day of Mother's Day Out

Ty had his Mother's Day Out program on his last day of school. He got to sing on the stairs again, which he loves and then he picked Chick-fil-a for lunch. He had such a great year, but he was ready for summer.

Ty singing songs with all of the kids.

Ty with his teachers, Mrs. Sandy and Mrs. Rachel.

Emma singing at church

Ty had his turn singing in the service and then it was Emma's turn a couple of weeks later. They did some great songs with some neat things. A couple of songs they sang, one was done with sticks, and one was done with black light while the kids, hats and gloves "glowed" Emma had so much fun and did a great job.

Waiting for the blacklight song.
Singing, "Our God is an Awesome God" Emma and 2 of our neighbors were in this and practiced this and the stick song over and over. Ty would practice with them and I really think he could have filled in if they needed him :)

Singing a song.

Before they started.

Ty singing in Church

Last Sunday night lil' kidzpraize sang in the evening service. Ty loves singing and his teachers have commented several times at how much he loves to sing and worship in song. So he was very excited that he got to "sing on the stairs" in front of everybody!

Boys Day at the Zoo

My friend Renee has a zoo pass and asked Ty and I to go with her and her son Conner, to the zoo last Friday. We had so much fun with the boys, and they loved every part of the zoo!

Ty was determined to see the seal and sea lion show. He loved watching them do tricks.
Ty and Conner

Waiting to see if the show would start soon. (It actually started an hour later, so we went and did some things and then came back.)

Emma's Class Luau at Mrs. Nance's

Mrs. Nance, Emma's teacher had a luau out at her mom's business, which is a really cool place where they have parties and weddings, etc. We had a lot of fun playing around with all of her classmates!

Emma and her class doing the tutti ta ta dance.
Emma and Gracie dancing.

Ty, Conner, and Hannah acting like they're riding a ride at 6 Flags. Everyone loved the swing!!

Ty's 1st Tball Game and a Character Lesson

Ty is loving tball and we are loving watching him, but something happened last night that we were much prouder of than any baseball moment, I'm going to let Jeff tell you in his own words:

Although we are very proud of Ty for being such a great t-ball player, last night I witnessed something at his t-ball game that brought tears to my eyes.

Before the game our very intense coach had all the players fielding ground balls. After they each took a turn, the boys would stand against the fence. Ty chose to stand against the fence up a hill a little bit farther away from the rest of the team.

Evan joined Ty on the hill. Now, Evan is the youngest boy on the team and is the typical picture of what you would think of a 3 year old t-ball player. A few games ago, we looked up and noticed that while all of our players were ready to field the ball in the infield, Evan was without his glove wandering around the outfield fence. He just enjoys life so much, he is always smiling, even while running around the bases.

Up on this hill, Evan was having a good time running up and down the hill as Ty just stood there and watched. Parker was also on the hill. Parker is one of the older kids on the team and thought it would be fun to push Evan down the hill. He pushed him once and Evan fell down and looked at Parker with a sad face. The smiling face had now turned to sadness, but he was content to just stand up and keep playing on the hill.

I noticed Ty watching this whole scenario.

Then it happened. Something that brought out the tears. Our little boy did the 'manliest' thing he has ever done in his life.

He approached Evan. I really thought at this moment that Parker was now going to push Ty down the hill, too. As Parker approached Evan to push him another time, our little man stood in between Evan and Parker and said,"Stop pushing him." Parker immediately walked away. Ty looked at me and I holding back the tears, mouthed "Great job."

Ty went on getting ready for his game and tears just streamed down my face. Our little man had taken up for one who could not take up for himself in that moment.

Even though Ty had two huge hits that went into the outfield and past all of the other team's players and did a great job fielding the ball, our favorite time of the night was when he chose to take up for Evan. We later told Ty how proud we were that he did that.

These pics are from his 1st game, last night was his 3rd.

Ty taking his turn at bat.

Ty wating on 1st base.

Another turn at bat.

Ty getting "baseball ready" for the ball to come to him after the batter hits it.

Emma--my 7 year old

In all of the pictures of Emma's birthday and telling you about all of the fun we had, I never got to share what our beautiful big girl is becoming. She is becoming a loving and giving young girl. She is becoming more beautiful in her character every day. Her teacher told me the other day how different Emma was from some of the others. She said that Emma could sense when others in their class were hurting or upset and would go and minister to them. I was so proud, when I heard Mrs. Nance say that, knowing that God is changing our precious little girl's heart towards Him and who He is more and more. On another occasion, while we were in the car, Emma asked me if she could give some of her money to God and the rest to our Vancouver church---this coming from a little girl who last year it was VERY hard for her to think about tithing. I am loving watching her grow and mature. She is creative and always making up scenarios for us to play out. She is very motherly and loves to help take care of babies. She is a leader at times, and then at times backs down and lets a more dominant child lead. She is a rule follower and wants to please her authority most of the time. She is a treasure and a jewel. So beautiful inside and out and I am grateful to God that He gave us Emma and is allowing us to pour His love into her.