The Many S's of Stella

Happy 4th birthday to our spunky, smart, sassy, sweet, strong-willed, Stella, our little star!  Stella amazes us daily with her smart logical thinking and her vocabulary. Her favorite words of the  moment: fashionable, unbelievable and incredible.  This adult like talk usually manages to crack us up daily.  Stella is a story teller and has a vivid imagination; she has no problem being the center of attention.  She is little miss independent, tries to imitate mommy as much as possible, and has the best belly laugh.  She is also developing into quite the graceful little dancer.  If not dancing around the house in dress up clothes, you will probably find Stella playing in her market or kitchen or taking care of one of her six babies or kids (her oldest is named Hannah and youngest Henry (all girls) she also has a husband Nick.) Her new bike she got for her birthday comes complete with a seat for her baby on the back, per Stella's requirement.  

Stella, your spunky little personality provides our family with so much fun and entertainment and we are so lucky to have you in our lives, we love you to the moon and back!

enjoy a look back at the past year of Stella!

Happy Birthday Stella

 

Celebrating Jack

 Here are some more pictures of Jack's birthday and friend party.  He is definitely into arcades and games, in case you didn't notice :)

Monster Truck Party!

Jack's crew of friends!

School's Out For Summer

Both kiddos had great school year's that just flew on by.  Stella completed her first year of preschool and Jack his first year at Cathedral.  They both had such great teacher's and are growing up so fast, so it is bittersweet that the school year is through and summer break is here.  We made our summer bucket list this weekend and it's time to get cracking on it!  I am going to try and soak up all my time with the kids this summer before baby #3 makes his arrival.

Jack's first day of 4K

Jack's last day of 4K

Stella's first day of 3 year old Preschool

Stella's last day of 3 year old Preschool

Remembering Chris......Our Brother, Uncle, Friend

It still hardly seems real that I am doing this blog post even though it has been a month since Chris' passing.  His time with us was way too short, and I don't know that we will ever understand why, but can only hope time will bring acceptance and peace.  All we can really do is carry on and remember the good times we had with him, and knowing his light-hearted soul that's what he would want.

This picture was taken the last time the four of us were together with Chris and I am so grateful we have this picture; everyone looks so peaceful.  Chris, we will miss your happy little smirks and will do everything we can to let your happy spirit be carried on through each of us.