Beautiful 6-year old Faith

Another year and our Faith has just grown more and more beautiful, inside and out! We celebrated her sixth birthday with lots of free (or mostly free) fun. When asked to choose the activity for her birthday (bowling, fishing, or a trip to the zoo), she chose the zoo. Well, we ended up doing all three! Her birthday was on a Sunday and the night before on Saturday, we had a peaceful trip to the lake for fishing. On Sunday, she chose her meals: peanut butter pancakes for breakfast, egg salad sandwiches for lunch (which worked out great for a picnic lunch at the zoo), spaghetti for dinner,
and carrot cake with cream cheese frosting for her birthday cake.
Sunday's trip to the zoo was what all of our trips there have become since we got our membership; a ride on the train (mostly for Gabie) and an hour or more in the Nature Exchange Center (mostly for the other three kids). Funny, the zoo used to be about ANIMALS! That's okay; we've been there probably 8 times in the last 6 months so we've seen our share of animals for the year! On Monday, we decided to go bowling also since it's virtually free. We signed up for the kids' free summer bowling program--it gives you two games free for each kid every day of the summer! (You just have to pay shoe rental and for mom & dad's games.) This time around, I brought my camera. Here's Faith:

And Gabie (with Daddy's help):
Dylan:

Vince:

Pete:
And a picture Vince snapped of me bowling (the little stinker!):

We are so thankful for all the fun we got to have and for the beautiful little girl the Lord has blessed us with. Faith is so proud to be starting 1st grade homeschool this year and I am so grateful that God continues to give me the opportunity to watch her learn and grow each and every day alongside her family!