Grandparents/Special Friend Tea Party

Jossi's school had a Grandparents/Special friend Tea party on Friday. Since both of Jossi's Grandparents are not very close, she was lucky enough to have her Aunt Melissa go with her. She was able to show Melissa where everything is in her class and show her some projects she has done. Then they went to the cafeteria and had chick-fil-a sandwiches for lunch. Thanks Aunt Missy for going!
Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Stevens for the cute story you wrote for Jossi. She was very excited to hear a story that was about her.

Aunt Missy reading Jossi's story from Gma and Gpa Stevens



I was also invited to go to a tea party with Reagan, one of Jossi's good friends. It was so much fun, she is such a darling girl!

Happy Birthday Jossi!!

Wow! It is so hard to believe that we have a six year old! We couldn't have been more blessed with any other child. Here are six things Jossi loves and six things we love about Jossi:

Jossi loves: (written by Jossi)
1. Rollerblading
2. playing with my friends
3. My Grandmas and Grandpas
4. Mom, Dad, and Rylee
5. Balancing on my toes (I'm assuming from ballet??)
6. My American girl doll

We love Jossi because:
1. She is naturally just a good kid. When she does something wrong, she feels very bad about it.
2. When she has her mind made up, she works hard at what she is trying to accomplish.
3. She is such a grateful child. She loves to tell mom and dad thank you for whatever they have done for her.
4. She has a sweet testimony of Jesus.
5. For the most part, she is kind to her sister.
6. She has a beautiful smile!

Jossi had a very fun day on friday and it started off with Grandparents/special friend tea at her school, but I will blog about that later. She then had cupcakes and cookies in her class for her birthday and then came home from school and had a Hannah Montana birthday party. The girls made pizzas, got their faces painted, and watched Hannah Montana's concert DVD. It was a lot of fun watching all of these girls sing and dance. They were very cute! I must say the highlight of the party was the face painting. A friend of mine, Connie Phillips, came and painted the girls faces. She did such an awesome job and the girls loved it. Thanks Connie!

Rylee- what a fun girl!

So I have been pleasantly suprised how fun it has been to be home with just Rylee. Not that I doubted the fun for myself, but for Rylee. I was really worried that she was going to miss Jossi all day and not know what to do without her. I think in the month Jossi has been in school, Rylee has only asked twice where Jossi was or when she would be home. This has meant however, that Mom has taken over the role of someone to play with. Her favorite thing to do right now is play school. She loves to do any kind of "homework." (Another way she is sooooo different from her sister!) It has been so fun bonding with Rylee and her personality seems to grow every day. She is so much fun!

Another favorite thing to do of Rylee's:


Isn't she so cute!?

Elder Mackay returns!

We have had a great weekend spending time with family and more importantly welcoming Matt home after serving his church mission. What a fun experience it has been to see how much he has matured and changed in two years. Don't get me wrong, he is still the same ol' Matt, but he definitely has grown up. We like to give Matt a bad time because he is the baby of the family, but there is something that happens to a kid when he leaves home for a couple years without much contact with family.

Mom with the first hug!!!

The kids anxiously waiting! They have missed having uncle Matt to play with!

What Darling Girls!!!

So Melissa just gave me this picture and I knew her husband wouldn't go for her putting on her blog, so I thought, why not? The funny thing about it is, these boys are just about as boy as you can get. I'm not sure who or what convinced them to play dress up! Lets just hope their dad's don't see this!!

Cash, Brennan and Jossalyn