Beautiful 5th grader :)

My sweet little Erin is now a 5th grader. It boggles my mind that she's 10 and thinks boys are cute. This year, she is all about cute girly clothes, Justin Bieber and her good pals. :) Her teacher this year seems to be handpicked, sweet as can be and soft spoken. She has been blessed her whole elementary school experience with amazing teachers. It makes a huge difference.  She will be in middle school soon. Ugh.

Josiah's graduation

I'm a lucky girl to have such wonderful and beautiful children. It's hard to believe that all 3 of them are so grown-up now. Josiah has grown into such a fun, respectful and good man. I'm very thankful for his good example to Jace and Erin. They adore him and think he's the best. :)

Justin Bieber!

Ok, so maybe I'm a little nutso but I got concert tickets to take Erin to see Justin Bieber this summer for her birthday. When the time arrived to drive into Portland, Erin was bursting with excitement at being able to experience her first concert. Boy was the Rose Garden packed! We had front row reserved seats so she didn't have to sit behind some big haired lady and didn't miss a single minute. :) Sean Kingston played for about 2 hours and then Justin Bieber's portion was another 2 hours. It was worth every penny and we enjoyed all of it! I was very impressed with the clean language and  modest clothing. The music was great and Erin said, "That was the best night of my life!" Enough said!

Jace

My sweet little boy is now a Sophomore in High School as of this Wednesday.   :( It's hard to believe that the little guy in this picture is taller than both of his parents already at age 14. He's always been so special to me. I've cherished every single minute with Jace. I'm so glad to have some common interests like Basketball with him. We have so much fun going to as many NBA Blazer games in Portland as we can afford to go to. We decided after going to 6 games, that it's worth every penny to be in the 100 level section to watch the games. So much fun! The energy at the Rose Garden is insane! One more month until the season starts. Gotta love that Mom and Son time together. :) I'm very lucky to be Jace's Mom. He's very good to me.