Jubilee Turns 3

How in the world did this happen? Three years have gone by and now our baby girl isn't so little anymore. For the longest time she has been waiting for her birthday to come around. She was so excited when we finally announced that today was the day. We tried to make it a memorable one for her!

Ok, so we are not professionals at making birthday cakes. At one point of time it was almost a complete flop, but we stuck with it and it turned out pretty cute!  

A lady bug cake!! 

Our little Princess:)

Family circles are the best!

Kaitlyn's 4 youngest siblings came to stay for 10 days while the rest of her family went to Israel. 

Some of her presents! Notice the ladybug card from her creative brother, Jared?

David and Micah David

"He's a bit heavier then you thought! huh David?"

Joshua made her an adorable little picnic table out of a pallet.

Opening her presents!

What is down there under all that paper?

Digging it out- coloring books, tea party set, bubbles, etc.

Blowing out the candles.

Eating ladybug cake and ice cream with friends. What fun!! :)

A Rainy Day in September

 Enjoy!! :)

It was a beautiful cloudy day. I love our AZ clouds:)

Joylin and I had to do a milk drop to Tucson and it rained all day long! Thank the Lord He kept us safe. We saw  5 car wrecks and flooded roads, but we made it back safe and sound and in time to help pick raspberries. 

One of our cats recently had 9 kittens. Anybody want one? :)

Jubilee loves them all dearly. So on rainy days you hold kittens and...

you read books.

Time to pick! The weather was awesome for picking until...

There was thunder in the distance and we could see the rain coming.

Arizona weather is very unpredictable! On one side of the valley it can be sun shining, and pouring on the other side. 

The race for time began! They were not very happy with me taking pictures, when we were supposed to be in a hurry.  (Sorry the picture is dark.)

Well, we lost the race.

But we so much enjoy sitting on our back porch watching the puddles fill up.

Jubilee trying her umbrella in the down pour. LOL Trust me she was very wet after this.

The the rain stopped, and the most beautiful rainbow broke out.

No matter what age we are, we all still enjoy walking in puddles! :)

My amazing parents. Happy Birthday to you both! We all love you!

After the storm passed, the amazing clouds were there again.

I loved how the rainbow was reflecting.

Much to Joshua's dislike, Joylin wanted a picture with him.

Our drive way gets very soft and squishy.

Over a two day span, we got 2". We were very thankful. It was from a hurricane coming up through Mexico. The corn farmers had their fingers crossed but all worked out well.

We had to resume our picking which is not quite as fun after a rain.

Jubilee was drenched, and went to the bath tub when the whole ordeal was all over.

The next morning there was a heavy fog.

And the dew on the grass is amazing! As you can see the boys early morning trek to the barn was not unnoticed.

There are more posts coming soon! :)

~Joanna