Izzy's Third Birthday

Izzy's Preschool Class



Singing "Happy Birthday" to Izzy at preschool







Daddy and his little girl



Being silly with her friends



I can't believe my baby girl is 3 years old!! To me, 3 seems so much older than 2! Anyway, we all really enjoyed her birthday this year. Her actual birthday was on a Tuesday and Izzy goes to preschool Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Me, Jeremy, Logan and Jeremy's mom came to Izzy's class and brought cupcakes and goody bags for the kids. It was so fun to watch Izzy at school. She was very well behaved and did everything the teacher asked of her. Isn't it amazing how kids can be so well behaved for other people?! After watching them do circle time, all the kids sang happy birthday to Izzy and then enjoyed their cupcakes, it was a lot of fun. After school that day, we went out to a pizza restaurant and met Karli and her daddy for lunch. Later that day after naptime Izzy opened her presents from us and other family members. Izzy loves to draw and color so we got her an easel and she loves it.

That Sunday afternoon we had a little party for Izzy at our house. We invited some of our friends from church and life group and also had some family. It was a nice day so the kids ran around out back and had fun playing in the playroom. We played some games and had tons of food, it was a really nice time and we appreciated all who came to celebrate Izzy's birthday.

It is so amazing to see Izzy become more and more of her own person everyday. It also amazes me how smart she is and how we have can have full conversations now! She's been very inquiring lately. If I say a word she doesn't know she says "(insert word here)"....what does that mean? while shrugging her shoulders and holding her hands up...it's too cute. She has always been quite the drama queen, but as she gets older she's really learning how to work it!! For example, yesterday she was pushing her play food cart around the house, and suddenly decided it was too heavy to push with all the stuff in it. I told her she was doing just fine pushing it before. She then proceeds to push it about two more feet, fall to the ground on her knees, and say "see, it's too heavy, I can't push it!" Quite the character for sure! Singing has definitely been her number one hobby lately. She comes with me to my women's Bible study every Wednesday and goes into a class. They learned "God Bless America" and she has been singing it non stop at the top of her lungs around the house for about two weeks now! She knows every word to it and actually sings it quite well :) I love my sweet Isabelle and am so thankful for her and the joy she brings to our hearts.

Halloween!

Izzy, Robert and Karli at Trunk-or-Treat



The cutest little hot dog you've ever seen :)



The blind ref and his little cheerleader

We had a really fun halloween this year. Our church had a huge trunk or treat event. It was a major way to reach out to the community with the message of Christ. This year around 45oo people walked through trunk or treat. There were about 30 trunks and a special pumpkin tent for the kids to walk through that told of how God cleanses us from our sin and puts His light inside of us. Jeremy and I both volunteered in the morning, I did greeting and Jeremy was helping with the food. Later we came back with the kids so they could enjoy the festivities. My sister Jill and her kids also came with us. The only drawback was the freezing temperatures and cold winds that day!! On Halloween night we hit the streets with the kids. Izzy was so fun at halloween this year. She actually got the concept of running house to house getting treats and she loved it. I was a little under the weather so I mostly strolled down the street with Logan while Izzy and Jeremy trick or treated, but we all had a lot of fun. Even though we moved to a different house in the same neighborhood, this side of the neighborhood is so much more fun!! In past Halloweens there were never a lot of kids out running around and we only got a few trick or treaters. This year, being on the other side of the neighborhood, the streets were filled with people and we got so many trick or treaters at our house we ran out of candy!

Busy Busy Busy!!!

I can't believe it's been so long since I've blogged! It's been a very busy couple of months. On September 22 we moved into our new house and we couldn't be happier with it. We have a lot of decorating we still want to do, but are pretty well settled in. I've also gone back to work since I've blogged last. We've adjusted pretty well to our new routine, but life has gotten very busy since then. Thrown in with all of this has been Halloween, Izzy's birthday, church activities, and family in town. I'm determined now to get my recent pictures organized and posted. So, there's lots to come, but above is a couple pictures to hold you over :)