We haven't sent out an update in a while and I thought it was time. This past few months have been busy. Kloey's birthday in March kicked off the parade of birthdays in our household. I'll start with her.
Kloey turned eight in March. She has been waiting, mostly patiently, for her BIG friend birthday party for years. I had been thinking about it for months. I don't really want to admit how long, but lets just say pumpkins and costumes were around. She invited 11 friends and they had a lot of fun. We decorated flip flops, painted nails, had cake and ice cream and opened presents. She received so many Barbies from her friends. By the end, I was ready for them to go. I think Kloey really had fun and I hope she knew how much she was thought of on her special day.
Two weeks later she was baptized. Rosi and Bill were able to come and it was very special to have them there. Kloey planned the whole thing. She decided who would do what and even asked people to bring treats. It was a wonderful day. My whole family came and after the baptism we took pictures in the Texas Blue Bonnets. I capped the day off with running out of gas, but my knight in a golden big truck came to my rescue.
Next on our list, was Sadee and Galilee's birthdays. Sadee turned one and the 11th and Galilee turned three on the 12th. We had a fun little party for them with Bill and Rosi. Galilee is a hoot. Every present she opened was the best thing ever! Sadee didn't really care for the presents, but she loved the cake. We didn't need to coax her into eating it. I realized it will be difficult to make their birthdays special and make them feel like they are loved on their day.
Sadee is our small fry. At her one year check up she was only in the 50%, but she is so sweet and fun. She is not walking, but is starting to straighten her legs when she is playing and stood up on her own once. I know she will do it on her own time, just like she has done everything on her own time. She still loves to wear shoes on her hands and I find them all over the house. If we can't find one shoe, its usually because she has crawled off with it somewhere and ditched it when she found another one.
Galilee is a riot. I love her animation. She has a little boyfriend at church and they are great buddies. He prays for her to come over and she says she loves him all the time. His name is Cooper, but she says Pooper. Kloey and Kael think its great fun to have her say his name. She is not shy and loves to befriend new people. At the store she will find new friends all the time and tells me they are her friend. Love that about her.
Last weekend, we celebrated Kael's 6th birthday. It happened to be Good Friday on his birthday, so he got the day off from school. For his day, we went to the movie Rio, he got to choose where to eat dinner and then got a surprise. We took him to pick out a new bike. He was really excited about that. He is playing baseball and really likes it. I think its great how he loves every sport he has played. He really tries hard and does a good job. Its fun to watch him learn and grow in each one.
Ben is working hard as usual. If its not in his office, its out in the yard. He has really made the yard look great this year. We added concert to our back porch and driveway. I am loving the porch, it is actually usable. Ben is loving the driveway, because it gives him more room to play on his new basketball hoop. He planted some seeds over Spring Break and its been fun watching them grow. The other day a horse ran through the garden, hopefull he didn't hurt to many plants. Ben is still working with the young men in the branch and really tries to give them the opportunity to grow and lead. He has helped them lead some service project in the community lately. I am constantly amazed at all he does.
As for me, I was asked to be in charge of girls camp this year. I am excited. I always LOVED girls camp and hope my girls will too. I am almost done with seminary for the year and I am glad. I might be running a 5k this Saturday for the Onion Festival. It will be my first one and I am excited about it.
I guess that is it for us Mathews in Texas. Hope you all are well and happy.
Love Tamme
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