Happy Birthday Ben!

Birthday Boy's breakfast, carefully prepared by Abigail

Most of the day was gloriously spent doing puzzles. Lydia cleverly made Ben a card, cut into pieces. He had to put it together to read it-he loved it!

Happy 35th Birthday to the Coolest Dad and Husband!

January Joys

Play date with Quinn

cartwheels in front yard

A Brownie and a Daisy selling cookies!

Marcus Movie Tuesday

Girl Scout Day at the Symphony,

Pabst Theater

Taryn & Teagan

Nails with Gma Linda

Good Bye

Everyone loved the special story Gma Linda told with M&Ms during the playoff games at Stacy's

Before JaQuay left our house, we had a girls only spa night.

(I'll spare you the scary face mask pictures ;)

We met Aaliyah and Violet at the MAM

Hm...is that real hair on the janitor?

the king in the painting!

Friendships that started 5 months ago will be missed.

We love this amazing bright girl and will miss her.

 I'm going to be honest here: These three did not get along most times, and there were some real rifts. We are relieved to be able to bring our attention back to Lydia & Abigail. I hope we can look back and see that a willing and open heart can make a big difference.

I can also say this with honesty: Although the short term plan has her moving out of our home, she will forever be in our hearts.  God has a much bigger better plan for all of us :) It was a blessing to have her and her mom in our lives these past 5 months. Keep looking up and keep fighting!

Zoo

A beautiful day to walk around the Milwaukee County Zoo. We love to visit the new babies: giraffe, sea lion

Be impressed by the King Cobra, octopus, and watch out for droppings in the aviary.

Random Christmas clearance shopping silliness

"Kiss me!"

And then I'm going to tack on another random moment when you appreciate how grown up and responsible your kid is doing her homework happily.

Why not...here's one more picture to delight in that you get sent from the piano teacher because the girls make music fun 😊

Happy New Year!!!

Noon Years Eve party and ball drop at Betty Brinn's

Testing out selfie stick from Santa

Revisited 2018 memories, played games, ate, danced, watched Sydney fireworks,

and made noise to welcome the new year!

Happy 2019!!!

Christmas Celebrations

Magic got distracted while making cookies, so we picked up where he left off.

We also did the wooden advent drawers and Countdown to Christmas devotions with ornaments this year.

Bowling with Cousins!

Nathan, Will, JaQuay, Kayla, Kinsey, Jacob, Lydia, Aubrey, Abby

Treasure Hunts

Abby had Kailyn's name!

Christmas Bingo

Matching game with Kinsey-so fun to have extra play time with her

Addie took over shopping for the kids this year

Gerry & Joanne

Just like a real baby, Logan Ethan Pulley blinks for pictures

Aubrey loves babies maybe just as much as Abby! <3 p="">

Nice time at home. Special necklaces and fingerlings

Lydia, Quincy, Aaliyah, Violet, Gma Linda, Levi, Abby, JaQuay

Kids playing in the basement. Oldest is the queen

Merry Christmas!