The ART of it all...

I had the pleasure of enjoying Emily Grace's company on afternoon.

She loved painting at my house!

She is quite the little artist!

Western Reserve School had an ART SHOW 

and my little gems each got ribbons!

An artist of the Art Museum actually came in and

gave ribbons to outstanding art work!

I was proud of Molly, who got a First Place on her

beautiful Fish!

Sarah Rose got a First Place for her Dragon!

Tegan and Kelley, along with some friends,

have mastered the ART of date night painting!

Couples work on two pieces that come together to make one 

beautiful masterpiece!

They had so much fun!

Cayden has mastered the ART of catching FROGS!

I met up with Sarah and Molly to do some "secret"

Mothers Day ART work!

Their Mommy loved the finished ART work!

We also made these...

So their Mom could "PICTURE" how much they love her!

Kelley had mastered the ART of the sun flare in photos in this one!

Layla is watching her Papa play baseball!

Layla has mastered the ART of being a fashion queen!

Here's MONK!

She is getting so BIG!

The fine ART of popsicle eating with Uncle Danny

was mastered this weekend!

Funky Komadina wants some of that too!

Mya Brynn has mastered the ART of following her brother

in song and blowing KISSES!... somewhat like the Saturday Night Live skit on

the news with the duo who never know the words to their own songs!!

Mya just keeps looking at Cayden for her next move!

Sweet Layla has mastered the ART of giggling!

I DID have the Happiest of Birthdays!

I am such a true lover of ART...

especially when it involves my little gems and some friends!

The Adventures Of Sometime Y ~ starring Molly Carolyn

Molly was my star in her Kindergarten Music Program!

The Adventures of Sometime Y

An Alphabet Adventure!

Molly waiting patiently with all the other 

kindergarten students!

She took the stage with a flair of confidence!

She smiled to her adoring family of fans!

They sang the alphabet

BACKWARDS

Not so easy to do!

Actions came with each song

some were even signed...

but facial expressions really stole the show!

The Silent Letter E... sneaks up on ya!

Molly had a speaking part!

Here she is with her best friend Gracyn, in blue,

behind her!  The girls did a great job delivering their lines!

X... a spooky little song!

R.E. + X, REX

M.A. + X, MAX

T.A. + X, TAX

The 24th Letter X

You find it at the end of your favorite word,

as long as this is the sound that's heard....

The whole show was PRICELESS!

Molly accepts cudo's from the Vice Principal!

She melts my heart with those chocolate eyes!

She's my brown eyed girl...

Watch for her in the years to come!

You can say " You knew her when....!"

Wishbone Day!

Wishbone Day

May 6, 2013

OI Awareness Day!

Our Cayden has OI~

A look back...

Cayden was born on July 19th, 2008

Mommy and Daddy were so excited to welcome their 

sweet son into the world!

His special little feet needed some special attention

and they were ready to face that hurdle.

He was casted each week for several weeks.

At 8 months, Cayden had his first fracture.

A spiral fracture to his tibia.

This along with the blue sclera of his eyes

was cause for concern for his doctors. 

But what a happy, smart baby we had!

Cayden was a chatter box and was always smiling!

He started to try to walk...

He toddled and fell~and fractured again.

Another fall...

another fracture.

We were referred to Shriners in Canada to

see Dr. Rausch, an expert in OI... Brittle bone disease.

Cayden was diagnosed with OI in June of 2010

OI may break bones but it can't break SPIRIT!

This boy is one smart cookie... he knows his limits and is cautious to

say the least.  He knows the pain of a fracture and will cry when he falls

just out of fear of a broken bone.

He is lucky to have a wonderful Mommy, a great Daddy

and a little sister who all watch over him...

He is undeniably one of the most wonderful blessings

in my life!

Last little bit...

The girls posing for the

"I SPEAK FOR THE TREES"

shot!

The Lorax

After pasta night we headed to the park for some play time!

Silly kids~

Mya and Mommy lead the way!

Cayden loves to climb high!

Sarah can do anything!

Mya follows her brother everywhere!

Not sure who had more fun at the park... 

the little kids or these two!

Yeah... pretty sure it was them!

They were moving so fast I couldn't "catch" them in my lens!

This could have ended badly... Ha!

but she made a "safe landing"!

Fun on the slide!

Here they go again...

So fun... but we had to get home because it was getting

dark and we had big plans for a night swim!

Flips galore from Sarah!

Pencil Dives from Molly!

Cannon Balls from Cayden!

Good times!

Molly shared her violin with Mya, who was dying to 

try to play it too!

Molly was proud of her!

But was a bit concerned about how Mya held it...

Not so good!!