Happy 12th

Birthday Olivia!
(grab a cup of coffee)
lots of pictures..she lives life loud 

Now the older kiddos are so excited because they are14,13,12
wishing Jeremiah was a 11 instead of 10.

I remember it was insane having 4 kiddos in diapers!

Olivia, you were colorful from the start
you are such a free spirit just like your mama
never had a care about what anyone else thought
you can't wait for the day to be a mom to 10 kids
your prayers were answered with another brother
you have a heart for kids, babies and loving on others
you love pancakes and celery
your a nail biter, a light spreader,
 you love reading, crafts, baking, constructing anything out of everything
dancing to Toby Mac, Jamie Grace, Brit Nicole, I am They, Rend Collective,  and Hillsong
you are on fire for the Lord
and oh so creative

 we love you so much

you have the chubbiest cheeks ever

love this picture of you 3 

a ninja from the start

it took you forever to grow hair...

we love popcorn in this house

you would pick marvel heroes over dolls and dresses any day.  thank goodness I'm not girly

catching frogs

Love all this smooshyness

crazy weird child...weird is a side effect of being awesome I always tell the kiddos.

loves to seriously wrestle just as much as she loves lip gloss

 

we love wigs in this house

Legos in the rain

can you feel the excitement of having another brother

we love Darth Maul

and another brother that she waited almost 7 years for.

She's a roller skating crazy girl!

Believe it or not..that is my old shirt.  I should've kept more of my clothes for her.

  

 

Odin made the cakes and did a great job!

Thank you for all the prayers, cards, and gifts!

 You are changing right before our eyes and I just want to pour into you and invest in you. 
 I want you to know that just being you will always be just enough for God.  
He wants you to just be you. 
 I want you to know you are beautiful because God created you and there is no else like you.  
God looks at your heart and adores that.  
He is crazy about you and and in hot pursuit after your heart.  I want you to know that being compassionate, kind, generous and loving is far more important than being smart or pretty and having all kinds of things.  
We will do our best keeping you pure and innocent. 
 God designed you to step out and change the world and you are not ours to keep. 

He has his plans for you.  
He intricately and purposefully designed you.  

What an honor Dave and I have.   
We love you! 

Love and fun

Thank you for the lasagna blessing...apparently i should make lasgana more.  
delicious!

Science projects..

Sensory bins are so much fun in our house...we tend to take them a little farther.

 

cheap fun

kiddos finished these this week...we love reading and learning!

love to see serving and being intentional in action

Olivia's protein pancakes with a dash of sweetness on the top!

Guess what he's supposed to be?

Falling asleep together is the bast thing in the world.  We do a lot of that here at the funk house.

One of those donut kind of mornings..gift cards are so much fun!

We've been battleshipping it a lot..

competition is getting good here.

Odin entertaining the little with dominoes.

And they took first again...played 10 and lost 2 by a few points.  Way to go girls!

This last week flew right by again.  I'm looking forward to spring!
We had a few eye appts, my foot getting taped again, blood tests and then 2 nights with my hubby away which was awesome and soo much fun! Date your husband it's the best thing for not only you two but for your children to see as well.  Thanks for everyone who helped with the kiddos!

Basketball, Club Volleyball and life lately...

If you want Jonah to make you a sandwich...don't worry you'll get plenty  of meat.

 Can you feel the excitement for new pacifiers.  Trying to get this guy to give them up and it's not working. He tends to chew  holes in them so it's a good time to do it.

 Soda, steaks, Kombucha, baked goods, chips, subs, great festival finds for the kids.

my 3 big boy stars

Biology class 1st dissection.   It went great.  The little stars were quite interested in the whole process.

 Jeremiah is done with basketball and loved it.  Thank you coaches for a fun time!

 

Olivia's club volleyball league in Manitowoc had their first (12 year old and under) tournament in Waukesha this past weekend.  Left at 5 am and got home at 7ish.  Looong day.  They played 14 games and lost 2 by just a few points.  They had 8 teams play in that bracket.  They all did such a wonderful job. So stressful on the bleachers!!

 

  

Neck and neck every point for the first place title.  This was the game point.  

So exciting.  They took 1st place.

Way to go Lakeshore Storm

We graduated  from the small fruit bowl to the big fruit bowl.  Trying to keep up with the eating in this house.  

So thankful for healthy eaters.

Olivia and her friend made these beautiful signs.  Love how creative they are.

My little salad muncher.  He eats them every day with me.  Love it!

Have a wonderful day!