Emily's Tooth

Emily has had two loose teeth for a few weeks now, actually about a month. Today one of them was loose enough she pulled it out on her own!!! What a brave girl. I have to admit, I was getting really tired of watching her play with it and it sticking out of her little lip when she played. So I said, "Emily, why don't you try to pull it out?" So she did and it actually came out. She was quite surprised that it did come out and very proud of herself too.

First day of Kindergarten

Emily went off to her first day of Kindergarten today. She was very excited. Once we got ready, I dropped her off in her classroom. She got a bit nervous once we were actually there; as you can see.

Emily's teacher, Ms. Ginn, posed with her this morning. Josh and I waited at the park for a few minutes before Emily's bus came.

Here is our big girl!!!

She had a good day! The best part of her day was seeing her friends.

Anniversary

Will and I celebrated our 9Th anniversary yesterday! We had a fun time and even found a small way to do something special for each other. I surprised Will by planning a dinner for two at home and sending the kids out to our friends house. Will was so surprised. He walked in and the way our house is set up, you can't see into the entire house from the front door. So he came in and changed out of his uniform and didn't know anything was going on. Randy, or dog, kept going over to him while he was changing and getting all excited and trying to have him come into the rest of the house. Will kept saying, "shh" to Randy. He finally came around the corner and saw me all dressed up with candles lit at the table and NO KIDS! We had a nice quiet dinner and after just a few short hours, started missing the kids. The best treat was to eat in peace. Will brought me some beautiful roses and a wonderful card. We had a special time and are so thankful for the many blessings God has given us over the last nine years. We look forward to many, many more!

Family Time

Hi Everyone,
We hope you are all doing well. We are just fine. We've started doing a family Bible time every week with the kids. They have so much fun that I had to take pictures. I haven't taken pictures every time, but here are a few.


This one was building a firm foundation on Christ, so they made graham cracker houses, we read the Word and sang the song the wise and foolish man.





This one was building up treasures in heaven, and we went on a treasure hunt for ice cream, they loved that. A funny note about this one, I was telling the kids as we were eating our "treasure" that Earthly treasure goes away, but heavenly treasure lasts forever; which is why we want to build it up, just like the ice cream goes away when we eat it. Emily sat and thought for a moment about what I had said and I was so thankful that they were listening and we were having a fun time. Then she says, "Well, if you puke up your ice cream, it won't be gone." It was too funny. I replied,"Would you want to eat it again?" She said, "NO! That would taste like puke and not ice cream!" It was funny!



Here is a picture of Emily's new adult teeth. It is pretty hard to see, and it was tough to get this picture as clear as it is. They are growing behind the row of baby teeth. It looks kind of funny. We went to the dentist last week and he said she will be fine. Her teeth will push forward over time and her baby ones are loose already.

Lots of Love,
The Akers