Zander Riley Bell

Zander is 5. He started Kindergarten this year and loves it. He has been learning to read and write. We have really enjoyed seeing how excited he gets when he is able to sound out a word.

Zander's favorite part about going to school is riding the bus. He rides it about an hour each way even though we only live 8 minutes from his school. He is one of the first on and one of the last off. He also LOVES P.E. and Recess.

Zander is a happy, energetic boy. He loves his baby sisters, and takes great care of them. Last night Clif and I went out, and when we came back, there was a note waiting for us at the bottom of the stairs. It said, "I love Jaime and Clifton" He has been leaving the cutest notes for us.






These are a few pictures I took with our new camera. We have been having too much fun with it.

Zander's First Soccer Season Has Come To A Close

Zander just finished up his first soccer season and it was a lot of fun. Although we kind of threw him in over his head and placed him in a league with kids that had played a few other seasons and were a year older, he did really well. I thought I was going to go crazy at the first of the season watching him try and grasp the concept of being in a competative environment, but we got through it and he did really well toward the end. He even had two shots on goal in the last two games, one of which hit the poor goalie in the face, and he might have scored if he wasn't busy trying to see if the goalie was ok instead of kicking the ball again.

Zander's goalie debut. Only one goal allowed, but he didn't volunteer again after that game.

Just a couple of pictures here, I am going to try and get a video on that has a few better pictures in it.

Shady Bug

It has been a while, but I'll try again. Well since my last post, we moved to Warrensburg, Mo. A few days after we got here we found out I was pregnant, and Shayden Jancee joined our family on April 1st.

Shayden is now just over 7 months old. She is a beautiful happy baby. Shayden recently learned how to roll over, and is an expert at sitting. She loves her big brother and big sister. Zander thinks she is the coolest thing ever and is a huge help with both the girls. Emberlyn is two and a half and is getting prettier every day! She stays busy with Therapy. Embers has the best therapists! They really love her. We have a nurse that comes twice a week to play with Emberlyn and to give me a little break. Dorothy loves Embers and has become part of the family. Zander started Kindergarten this year and loves it. He comes home exhausted and excited about all the things he is learning. He is starting to learn how to read and now reads to us. Having a kindergartner is a blast! We have been so blessed!!!

I am still trying to figure out all this blog stuff. We will see how it goes.