Eliza is 6!

 Eliza is six!

 It is taking a little more lung capacity to blow the candles out now.

 She looks so sweet in her pictures.

 But don't let that cute face fool you she is sassy to the bone.

 The whole time I was taking her picture, she was telling me that this was the worst outfit I have ever picked for her.

 Yet she turned on the toothless grin as soon as the camera came up.

 I am hope this strong will makes her an independent woman some day.

 Hope fully after she leaves my house.

 We love our sweet, sassy Eliza.

And her cute freckles too.

Getting in the Christmas Spirit

 All the kids, looking very grown up.

Jacob with a fresh haircut which he dislikes.

Merry in her fuzzy sweater that Eliza kept petting.

Grace and Eliza still like to dress alike.

Adam sporting a Mr. Rogers sweater, I am loving it.

Eliza had a rough day at church, thus the unbrushed hair and lack of shoes.

Halloween

 Jacob as Waldo.

Merry as Rocket Raccoon.

 Grace as Rey

 Adam as Obi Wan

Eliza as Moana.

Front tooth

 Look what happened to Eliza.

 Her other front tooth came out.

Or I helped it out.  It had been hanging there all snaggly and crooked for a couple of day.  So I tied a piece of floss to the tooth and told her to tell her sisters she was going to attach it to the remote control Bat-bot.  She came back in my room giggling because they believed her.  I said let me take the floss off.  I took the string and pulled, the tooth flew out so fast it hit the ceiling and almost hit Brian laying on the bed.  So now we have this cute look and Eliza will have a flossing complex.

It is just the right spot to store something in.  I have no idea what is in her mouth.

I love this cute smile.

Fallish

The beginning of fall is here!  We are color appropriate but the weather here is hotter than the summer.

Merry wore this dress to school for one her dress up days for a volleyball game.

One of her friends told her she looked like a bread maker.

What a cute bread maker she is.

One of Eliza's front teeth came out before church, I love her picket fence smile.

Grace and Eliza posing together.

Sporty

 Merry has decided that swimming is her sport of choice.

 She had her first swim meet this week.

 The back stroke.

She is also playing on the school volleyball team and had her first game this week.

I am not loving how little light there is in the gym.

 Grace has switched to defense this year.

 You can see how wet the fields are by all the water slashing up.

She played an awesome game.

Loving the over the knee socks.

Clearing the ball.

 Jacob's team also played this week.

 Nice pull back.

 Not sure what this crow hop is about.

He also played a great game.

First tournament of the season

 I don't know if we are dedicated or just crazy, we had to be in Jacksonville at 7:00AM for a game so we left at 4:00AM, the view of the sunrise coming into Jacksonville made it well worth it.

The bridges are what I remember the most about visiting my grandpa in Jacksonville as a child.

 Jacob coming in for some defense.

Jacob a head above.

It poured rain through some of the games but no lightning so the play continue.

Grace seemed to enjoy playing in the rain.

 Her concentrating face.

 I love all the rain drops.

 Both her and Jacob teams placed 1st in their divisions.

 This is what 11 hours at the soccer field looks like.

Tired and happy.