Can You Believe She's in the Double Digits???

"One whole decade of delightful.  Double Digits.  Five times Two.  There's no doubting you're a blessing to the ones who care for you!"

Today marks a milestone for our family... Jon and I are now the parents of a 10 (yes, I said 10) year old!  Can you believe it?  Doesn't seem possible if you ask me.  I don't feel like I'm old enough to have a 10 year old.  I don't feel like she's old enough to be 10.  Back to the timeless statement... "Where has the time gone?"

Now that she is 10, she was able to get her ears pierced.  This has been the deal between her and her Daddy for quite some time now.  She was 4 when she first asked to have them pierced and he wanted her to wait.  When he said "10" it seemed so far away and now it's here and we just can't believe it!

Grandma "T" had a friend make this beautiful cake for Riley!

Blowing out her candle!  Don't forget to make a wish!

Riley enjoying the new deck at Grandma and Grandpa "T's" house.

Checking out the earring selection while waiting for her turn at Claire's.

More fun while waiting...

Getting Ready...

Didn't hurt tooooo bad!

Yay!  Congratulations, You Did It!

Waiting tonight for presents...

Just Dance... one of our favorite games for the Wii!  Riley and I love to 

dance against each other on "Cotton Eyed Joe"... so far I am undefeated!

Now, when she puts in "Sing it" I can say that she is undefeated against me. She's got the voice and I've got the moves!  :o)

I "over taped" this one just a little bit.

She was able to catch a peek and see what it is...

The Perfect Brownie...!  We think this is the 

perfect thing to have for dessert preparations

 for a T1 Diabetic!  It will be easier now to 

make sure that everything gets cut equally!!!

Jammin' to "Just Dance"  Ummm... it looks like she's doing the Beyonce' move???

Reading one of her new books in her new 

Zebra Jams.  She loves zebra striped things 

right now, but even more than that she

 LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to read!

Happy Birthday, Baby Girl!

How'd I miss it????

"Octopus or spider legs, big red stop signs too  -- Many good things come in 8, just like eight year you!"

Was logging on to add a few of the needed updates here and couldn't find Payton's 8th birthday pictures.... hmmm.  Where did they go?  Why can't I find them?  Well.... the answer could just be that they are still stored in my file labeled "Payton's 8th Birthday" in iPhoto!  Yep.  Sure enough everything was there.  So, here are a few from his birthday only 3 months late.

Payton had a pretty fun birthday.  Nothing like his Army party last year, but still it was a fun day for all of us.  His friend, Connor, went to Bounce Planet with us then came back and spent the night.  The boys set up a tent in the basement and had a blast!  The only hard part was getting them up early the next morning for church!

One of Payton's favorite presents will not be able to be "used" until August 11th... how rough is that?  Getting something that you really want, but not being able to do it or see it until 4 months after your birthday seems like a tricky thing to do to an 8 year old.  Even with the wait involved he was still happy to open his card and find concert tickets to go see Toby Mac and Chris Tomlin at the Indiana State Fair on August 11th!  The Hello Tonight tour should be an awesome show.  Payton is completely hooked on Toby Mac.  He loves to crank up the song "Jesus Freak" from Toby's DC Talk days and sing and dance along.  When we went on vacation last week, he found a hat just like the ones that he wears and of course, he just had to have it.  He pulls it off pretty well and has received many compliments on it.  I'll post a picture of it later.

Ready to open his presents!

All Smiles!

Toby Mac's newest CD "Tonight"

You can never have too many accessories for your Nerf weapons!

Payton and Connor in the tent.

Celebrating 95 Years!

One week ago today, my Great Grandma (AKA Granny) celebrated 95 glorious years!  Happy Birthday, Granny!  We had a party for her on Saturday and it was a lot of fun having everyone get together in honor of our Granny.

Coming Home from Camp

Above:  The sign for camp!

Below:  Riley's Endocrinologist, Dr. Riggs. 

Riley went to the DYF (Diabetes Youth Foundation) Camp Until A Cure camp for type 1 Diabetics last week.  She had so much fun!  She was amazed at how much she learned while being at camp!  The staff there is fantastic and they made each and every camper feel special.  We are thankful that Riley had this opportunity, just one week where she was the same as everyone else.  

HCSC vs. Alexandria 6/21/10

Back To The Basics Of Life

4th Graders had their annual 'Pioneer Days' at school yesterday.  They had a lot of fun preparing for this day and even more fun once the day arrived.  They were to 'dress the part' of a Pioneer and come to school for a day filled with activities such as a breakfast of oatmeal and toast, making butter, walking on stilts, making a tin punch craft, ring toss, x's and o's, bean bag toss, water races, and they ended the day with their Pioneer Dance!  The kids had been learning how to square dance and they finally got to show of their "skills" to the rest of the school and their families.  They all seemed to have a lot of fun and the parents were having just as much fun watching them!  

Movin' On Up...

Payton has only a few days left until he moves out of the Primary building and into the Elementary.   He's growing up so fast!  We're so proud of him!

DYF Camp Until A Cure: Family Camp Weekend

This weekend we went to "Family Camp" at the Diabetes Youth Foundation: Camp Until a Cure campgrounds.  We had a TON of fun!  I have a lot of pictures uploaded here: share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0EbuXLVq1bMWiG  Feel free to browse through them!  I will post a few of my favorites on the blog shortly.

Riley's Trophy!

On Sunday, February 28th we went to the trophy ceremony at the High School. The girls were happy to be together one more time!