James, Erica, Eliana and Landon: Another Year

Monday, July 7, 2008

Wishing you many more years and thanking you for the ways in which you have touched our lives along the way...Happy birthday, Dad! We love you!

Anonymous said...: Today my mom said ¨oh its Uncle Bobs birthday¨ So we were thinking of him in a special way today here in Ecuador!!; July 7, 2008 at 1:54 PM
Anonymous said...: I could have sent you some better pictures...but thanks for the greeting. :-); July 7, 2008 at 2:20 PM

First Grade Facts ~ Eliana

Six years (+5 months)!!
Is 48" tall, at least, and seems to grow about an inch every three months!
Current favorite things: Landon, baby dolls, tea parties, books, music, playing with her cousins, daddy's work truck, going to the library, dressing up, horses, dogs, and trying on shoes
Loves to be outdoors
Favorite snack: chocolate chips and "crack opens" (aka pistachios)
Has memorized/is memorizing the books of the N.T., Luke 1:37, Ephesians 6:1, Ephesians 4:32a, 1 Thess. 5:16,17, Phil. 2:14, Psalm 56:3, Acts 16:31, Psalm 34:14a; Prov. 20:11a, Is. 43:5a, Phil. 4:13, Ex. 20:12, 1 John 4:8, Psalm 34:13a, Prov. 15:1a, Heb. 13:17a, 1 John 1:9, Col. 3:20, Prov. 4:20, Eccl. 9:17, 2 Cor. 1:11, Gen. 1:1, and so many more that it's hard to keep up with these days - praise the Lord!
Eliana's strength is reading and we are certainly enjoying her reading to us, to her brother, but especially seeing her read her Bible. Eliana has lost four teeth now, and is transitioning well into the first grade.