I will fight this fight...I will run this race!

Parker sang for the moms at CBS last Wednesday!  He did such a great job using his gifts.  This Bible study is a huge blessing for both of us.

The Leprechauns!

Those silly leprechauns visited our house AGAIN!   They went potty in our toilet (green!), and then left tracks where they climbed up on the sink and drew a shamrock on the mirror.  They even took all the green Frootloops and made hearts and smiley faces on our kitchen table and left footprints on the kids' chairs! 

Sneaky!  Happy St. Patty's Day!

Thoughtfulness

Here are some sweet thoughts from Turner to others.  I love her big, compassionate heart!  She challenges me to love my neighbors more deeply. 

1.  Hannah, a little girl in Turner's class, lost her grandmother a couple weeks ago.  Turner went up to her room to make her a "card," and this is what she came down with.  I just loved that she chose to make fish -- a grandma one with a cane, and a little one -- kissing. 

2.  Turner made the below card for a marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, a nearby base, which is the #1 deploying base in the country.  The card is going in a care package we'll send in a couple weeks. 

California Boy!

You know your little guy has acclimated to Southern California, when he wakes up to rain outside and says, "Mom!  We can't go ANYWHERE in THIS!"

Pet Parade

Parker had a pet parade at school today!  It was so cute.  Each child brought in their favorite suffed animal, and they marched around the courtyard to show them off.  He was very proud and such a marcher! :)  

Manicure

I took Turner to get her first fingernail polish this past weekend!  We've painted her toes, but fingernails were "off limits" until 6, and it was such a fun rite of passage.  She could not have been more proud and grown up acting!

Nana and Grandad hit the OC