Molly

Sweet Mollipop! I wish I had a better picture of her in her Easter dress...she looked like such a little princess. Molly has short hair now because she cut it all off! She is three in all her glory. Whoever said that the twos were terrible did not have a three-year old! She is seeing how much she can get away with and she is sneaky. She is also more mature than her brother and sister were at her age. She is the one who scares us...she's the life of the party! She will try anything and she will do it with gusto! She loves to dance and sing and she's really good at it...like her daddy. She can pretty much keep up with the other two. She is very intelligent. Several months ago she learned to write her name. One day we found the letters "M-O-L-L" written in black sharpie marker on our walls and furniture. At the time, she didn't know how to write "Y". She's not scared of anything. If she falls and scrapes her knee, she gets up and keeps going. No tears, no bandaids...she's tough! She loves to play "dollies" and do art. She says the blessing at mealtime and gets mad if anyone else tries to do it. What a blessing she is in our family!

Matthew

Matthew is so handsome...like his daddy. He is also very smart, athletic and tender-hearted. He is our lover. Over the past year the "boy" in him has emerged. He loves to throw rocks, beat on things with sticks and leave a path of distruction in his wake. He is definitely heavier than Emily and she can't get away with as much anymore. He and Molly are pretty good buddies and he is protective of her. He loves to play Mario Bros. on the Wii and he's really good at it! He just graduated from Pre-K two weekends ago and is ready for big-kid school! (he's ready...we're not) His teeth are falling out and his smile is changing. The tooth fairy has a bad habit of forgetting to visit...woops. He has such a heart for Jesus, it's amazing what he understands about God and His love for him. He towers above all the other kids his age at school, granted, he will likely be the oldest in his class with a September birthday. He is our hurricane baby. We are so proud of the little man that he is becoming. We are so blessed to get to love on him every day.

Emily

Emily started piano lessons this evening. She came home after a 30-minute session and could play six different songs! (nevermind that they used the same three to five keys) Her teacher said that she's picking up on it really quickly and that they covered two lessons in one. She was so excited to come home and practice and show us what she'd learned. We bought a piano over the weekend and we are really enjoying having one in the house. The kids bang on it and we don't mind...the novelty will soon wear off. Emily already misses school and she hasn't even been out one week! Last summer she and I read Black Beauty. This summer we chose Anne of Green Gables. (both are books that I'd never read before) It's so great to read a chapter with her at bedtime every night. I am really impressed with her reading skills! She got all A's for the year and has been selected to be in the gifted program starting this fall. Can you tell that we are proud of her? ;) She's like her daddy...an overachiever who is good at whatever she tries. Ok, enough already. We love her so much and it is such a privilege to watch her turn into a beautiful young lady.

The 3 Turkeys

Here is the most recent picture I have of all three of them. This was taken last month on our vacation in Destin, FL. We had a great time and didn't want to leave. It's harder to get away now that Mommy is working full-time. Our schedule is crazy and the weeks go by so fast. Work is great and challenging. It was a hard transition but we're getting the hang of it. Things are about to get crazier as the kids are beginning summer activities. Emily and Molly will be doing dance and gymnastics. Matthew will be doing karate and gymnastics. They are all excited about trying new things. Molly in her dance outfit is the cutest thing you've ever seen! Joey and I are looking forward to watching them. Happy Memorial Day!

Love in Christ,

The Broomes

Back in the Saddle

Ok, so a year and a half later I am recommiting myself to blogging. Though, we will need to get a camera since we haven't replaced the one that was stolen from our home last October. We are such bad parents! I have been recently inspired by a friend's blog. Reading it touches my heart and really makes me feel that I am walking along beside her through life. I also loved looking back through my past posts and regret that I haven't kept it up. God is too great to not be sharing His work in our life. Look for new pics soon!

Love,
The Broomes