A life full of faith, hope, love, and laughter.
is no big deal for Isabel, she’s been on an airplane so many times in her short life that she’s almost considered a frequent flyer by now! Viva Las Vegas! Here we come!!!!
A moment of rest before she’s off again!
She’s excited; she’s going to see Grmpa (and Grma too)!
In preparing Isabel for school in the fall, we purchased a Learn to Read program from Hooked on Phonics. It makes learning the ABC’s fun with games on CD-ROM, music, flash cards and workbooks. Today was Isabel’s first lesson and she did amazing! Hopefully if we stick to the program she’ll know all the letter’s not just by name but sight and sound too!
A – Can you find the fish with the letter A?
B – music video.
C – Can you find the fish with the letter C?
Good job, Isabel!
Yesterday, we headed into Seattle for a quick stop at Gino’s office.
Isabel “sewing” in the back.
She will sit and “sew” for hours!
Isabel and Daddy heading into the office.
She looks a little worried…even though she’s rode in an elevator before.
Just this past summer Seattle built this gate leading
into the International district. This is looking east through the gate…very cool!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you, Kaylie!
Happy Birthday to you!
We love you! We have heard that your on the basketball team at school and that your really good! Keep up the great job! We will be seeing you in a few days! Maybe we’ll get to see a game…that would be so great! We have missed so much of your growing up…I miss that so much. We love you, Kaylie. You have grown into a beautiful young women. Always remember that God LOVES you and he is ALWAYS with you! Happy Birthday Kaylie! – Love, Uncle Gino, Aunt Carey and Isabel XXOX
“Momma, I drew 2 ducks” she says
We are amazed at how well her duck looks like a duck!
This picture is the result of a template I let her use from my scrapbooking supplies. She didn’t quite understand how to use it…but it’s a great first try!
… if I hadn’t seen it!
This picture was taken on Sunday, April 20th 2008, when Steven Curtis Chapman (the middle man) was inducted into the Music City Walk of fame along with 5 other inductees. Congratulations SCC!
Now, if I had never seen this picture I would never had believed it…2 of my favorite singers together in one good looking picture! Enjoy!
Left to right: Garth Brooks, Steven Curtis Chapman, and… some other guy
So does Garth listen to Steven or does Steven listen to Garth?
Makes ya think! Think? Think!
The biggest gift Isabel received for Christmas was an art easel. One side has a chalk board the other a dry erase board and in the middle it holds a roll of paper to feed through the top and bottom for paints, markers, or whatever!
Tonight while I was getting dinner ready, Isabel was busily making art on the dry erase side of the board. Enjoy!
All smiles even though she has the yuckie germies, poor girlie!
The concentration…
Her finished work.
Isabel all ready to head out the door to church.
(Thank you Gmpa for the very pretty/special Christmas dress!)
Our celebration started with a Christmas Eve service at our church. We sang favorite Christmas carols, heard an awesome message about the true meaning of Christmas, and enjoyed special music sung by our music director Adam. Later that evening after Isabel was tucked into bed, I went to check on her and she was wide awake and burning up with a fever. After checking her temperature which was at 102, we began to do battle with the yuckie germies!
Christmas morning, we again checked her temperature and it was still high but had gone down. So the remainder of the day was a slow one…
We had a breakfast/brunch of pancakes, eggs, sausage, juice and toast. Afterward, Isabel and Gino play Dominoes while I cleaned up the breakfast dishes. By this time it is was just after noon and we decided to open gifts. Isabel wasn’t in the mood and had to be encouraged into opening her gifts.
Isabel and I just before we begin opening our gifts.
Isabel opening one of her gifts from Gma and Gmpa.
“The First Christmas” by Carol Heyer
Isabel’s second gift from Gma and Gmpa.
“The Legend of the Three Trees” by Catherine McCafferty
Whenever she would open a book and she received quite a few, she would “read” them and then hand them to me, “Here Momma” and then proceed to the next book or gift. She’s also a very clean/tidy gift opener, she kept a pile of the wrapping paper behind her and would place all the gift wrapping in that pile as she opened each gift!
Isabel has the book, “Doctor Dan: the Bandage Man” by Helen Gaspard and we read it almost every night! She loves it! So we decided to get her a little medical kit for her to play with. Which by the way, you can actually hear your heart through the stethoscope!
Isabel’s 2008 Christmas ornament.
After her nap, she plays Dr. with Lula.
“Listen to her heart” she says.
“Lula needs a shot” she says.