Sisterly Love

I am so happy to have three healthy girls. This week marks one year since Kendalyn's 105.4 degree fever that landed her in the hospital three times over three months with a misdiagnosed ruptured appendix. When I reflect on that time I get anxiety thinking about what a sick girl she was and how there are many things in life that just are so "out of our hands". I am so grateful to God for getting us through that rough time. Those were three of the longest months of my life. I cannot imagine having a child with a chronic illness such as cancer. My heart truly goes out to those families. Anyway, it is times like that that you can look back and learn that the little annoying things in life that frustrate us really aren't so bad. When I am at my witts end and want to pull my hair out because my kids are not behaving, I try to take a deep breath and remember that life is really good.

Kaidyn's first pig tails. Look really closely and you can maybe see them.:>)

It has been such a joy to have a baby in the house with two older sisters to play with her. Can I still call her a baby??? I really am enjoying this age so much; I would just love to freeze her. Everything is so new and exciting to her. She loves anything in the sky right now. Her face lights up, she points and get so excited making happy joyful noises when she sees planes, birds or even a flag flying. It is so much fun to just watch her explore and learn new things. Her sisters are such great teachers.

Kendalyn is always wanting to experience Kaidyn's "firsts" with her. Here is her first four wheeler ride with Kendalyn. Earlier in the day, she had a ride on Daddy's big fast 4 wheeler. Kaidyn loves to look at books.

On the other hand, the older girls are getting so independent it makes me sad. For the past couple of weeks they come home from school and jump right into "playing school". All they need from me is a snack and they are good to play for hours.

I found some of the cutest papers and had to take a picture of this note that Kendalyn, the teacher, was sending home with her student, Kestyn. Such treasured little moments.