Jayna's Arm...No Cast!

Jayna got her cast off last Tuesday!!! She was so happy and is doing great! The bones are healing and look very good. Of course, she had plans made with Aunt Vicki and Uncle Eldon to go swimming that very afternooon. She is such a fish.

Here she is, free arm and ready to swim.
Here's a close up of the arm. The surgery scrub was still on along with a lot of dead skin. Since then, it has come off.
She's ready to jump in.
Here she is swimming with her cousins Madison and Ava. She had so much fun. She says that Madison is a great swim partner. Thanks Aunt Vicki and Uncle Eldon for letting us swim...two days in a row!

A Day With Kaytlin and Talayah

Jayna has some friends from daycare/preschool that moved to Chicago two years ago. We usually get to see them when they visit Michigan, which is a couple of times a year. This makes Jayna very happy because she really misses Kaytlin and Talayah. As a matter of fact, we are going to Chicago to visit them on Monday, so be waiting for those pictures. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the ones here from their day at the park in Midland. These girls are such good friends!

Autumn loved driving. I think she liked having the control. HMMM
Here are the three girls playing together. Jayna was able to hang in there with her cast and all.
Here is a beautiful shot of the three friends...Talayah, Kaytlin and Jayna (left to right).
Jayna and Kaytlin have been friends ever since Kaytlin was a baby (Jayna was 1).
The girls had fun on the train too. They are silly and cute!

Jayna's 7th Birthday

I can't believe it, Jayna turned 7 last Monday, July 21st. Time is going way too fast, and she is growing into a very beautiful girl. She is so smart and has a wonderful passion for life. Jayna has a super kind heart. She often thinks of ways to make people feel better when they are down. We love this girl and feel so blessed to have her as our first daughter.

She picked a theme of Hello Kitty. Ms. Donna made this beautiful cake to look exactly the way Jayna wanted it to. It tasted wonderful as well. Thanks Ms. Donna!
Uncle Sep, Aunt Allison, Tucker and Toby got Jayna this fun singing card. The kids went wild whenever they heard "Who let the dogs out..." It was so funny. Jayna got many sweet and kind cards for her birthday. Thank you everyone who thought of her.
Jayna picked a friend to go to the beach with us this year. Katie agreed to spend the day with her. These two girls played so well together the whole day. What a great friendship! Thank you Katie for making Jayna's birthday super fun! (Unfortunately, I forgot my camera when we went to the beach, sorry. We had a lot of fun though.)
Jayna and Katie decided to have a beauty salon for the guys when they got out of work and came over. Louie and Sean were so very kind to participate. They also played a few games the girls made up. Thank you Louie and Sean for being so nice and playing along.
I think Sean was enjoying this way too much!!! Notice how Autumn had to get in the fun too. She loves playing with her sister and Sean.

We appreciate all who made Jayna's birthday so special. She really enjoyed her Hess family time on Friday. Then, the beach with Katie and the Messer family made for a wonderful birthday day. The evening was complete with the guys (Katie Bovee too) and Daddy for Chinese. She does have one more celebration with Grandpa and Grandma Shutes. What a blessed young lady. She has a lot of love from you all. Thank you so very much for loving her.

Congratulations Aaron

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MASTER ELECTRICIAN

Aaron passed his master's exam and is now a master electrician! We are very proud of him! He works so hard everyday and definitely deserves this! We praise God for His faithfulness to Aaron! This is such a blessing for him! Way to go Aaron! We love you!

Sorry

I have been trying to post about Jayna's 7th birthday, but I can't retrieve the pictures from out computer for some reason. I am sorry. I have a few posts to do, but each of them involve pictures. Maybe I can get it working this weekend. Aaron is going to have to look into this one. Keep checking, we will be back soon.

Our Newest Family Member

Meet Sean. He is our newly inherited son. While Sean has his own original family, he has decided to be a part of ours too. He says that since Aaron will never have a son of his own, then he will fill the role, and he does this quite well. He fits in perfectly. He and the girls even pick on each other like real siblings. (Notice he is wearing Jayna's pink hat in the picture...what a brother!) We love Sean! We also love his friends that hang out here. (Now Sean will feel like a full part of our family since he is on our blog.)

4th of July

4th of July was a busy day for us because we were running a garage sale at Grandma Hess'. We had a fun day, but really didn't feel like going anywhere after that, so we had our own little celebration at home. We had a campfire, where we roasted sausages and marshmallows. The kids had a ball playing together! Then, we had a great fireworks show thanks to Aaron and Sep. It was very nice night.

Look at this beautiful smile!
Tucker and Autumn each had their own ride. This cut down on the arguments.
Jayna loves playing with Tucker and Toby. Toby enjoyed the show very much. Here he is raising his hands in approval.
Autumn spent the whole time saying "all done." She voiced it and signed it. I think she thought this would make her point more known. At least she had her grandma for comforting.
Tucker and Jayna sure enjoyed the sparklers. It was fun to watch them!