John 3:16 and so much more!

"We are Sparks for Jesus. Sparks to light the world..."

The girls had a fantastic year in AWANA! Kaleigh was a Spark and Loganne loved being a Puggle! Kaleigh was able to finish her book, then she reviewed it and then she completed an entire extra credit book! We are so proud of her and especially excited that our 5 year old has already made a commitment to memorizing God's Word! It's also been fun to watch our kids enjoy the same program that Matthew and I attended together! Tuesday night was Awards Night and Kaleigh was so excited to receive her ribbon and extra credit pin.

Major Events We have Missed

Here are just a few events that I should have written about along the way. Not included are a lot of trips to Sea World, the Sparks A Rama, St Patty Day parade and party and oh yeah Matthew's unexpected 3 week trip to Japan!

We spent a long weekend in February up at 29 Palms visiting Kari and AJ. They were such great hosts and our trip included bowling, snow and a trip to Joshua Tree. The girls loved climbing the rocks and are begging to return!

LOGANNE TURNED 3!!! She is a spirited child who does most anything with quite a bit of intensity. She loves, plays and lives hard! She keeps us busy and challenged but she is so funny and lovable! We celebrated her birthday at a local park with some wonderful family friends!

Kaleigh and Matthew went to their first Daddy/Daughter dance! It was a mad hatter theme so Kaleigh had to get an outfit that looked like Alice and daddy of course rocked a cool hat! The pair had quite a good time!

My brother and Sara had a new baby boy, Drayton Leon! I was able to fly to the East coast in the beginning of January to meet my new nephew and to congratulate the wonderful parents. It was a great visit and now the girls cannot wait to meet their new cousin! Drayton was one of Kaleigh's 1st big prayer requests that has been answered!

We celebrated Christmas 2010 with my cousin, Kari and her husband AJ! It was so much fun and the girls absolutely adore both of them!

We have had an adventurous few months and so much more is to come!

God is so good!

So we are a few months behind...

Trolley outing!

S'mores in the backyard!

Easter Sunday!

Photoshoot at La Jolla Shores!

So now I am regretting not keeping up with the blog but our busy lives in San Diego took over and keeps me away from the computer. We are really enjoying it here. Love our church, mom's group and Kaleigh's school community. So although we were expecting to leave sooner our recent extension here until next June is not the worse news! So the past few months have been filled with outings and good times with great friends!

Time is flying...

Our new distraction technique with Loganne is asking her to show us a specific emotion on her face. It's amusing for her but I think more amusing for us. She can get pretty creative!

This is happy,

surprised,

and of course angry!

Kaleigh competing at the AWANA Grand Prix

AWANA uniforms! Both girls love having a "special uniform" just like their daddy!

Well with everyone here in a full holiday preparation swing our time is flying by. Here in San Diego the children get an entire week off of school so as of Friday Kaleigh begins her 9 day vacation. She will miss learning but is excited for the time at home. Both girls are excited about Thanksgiving but much more excited about their Christmas lists. I have been busy buying presents, ordering Christmas cards and all the fun things that come with this season. The weather is getting chilly and that's kinda nice for the holidays since Christmas in Texas is like 90 degrees. The girls have had a very chill schedule recently and their only big event during the week is AWANA and they LOVE it!!! Matthew and I were blessed to attend AWANA and now it is so cool to see my girls really learning about the Lord and memorizing His Word! These past few weeks have allowed us a lot of family time and a great time evaluating priorities! It's always wonderful to be reminded of what's important and gain a new perspective about life. God is good!

Fall has arrived in San Diego

Fall is here in San Diego. We recently went pumpkin picking at a local pumpkin patch and had our first AWANA Grand Prix. We learned a lot of lessons about what's required to complete a car......and what will make you have the slowest car on the track. Here are a few pictures of our latest adventures.

Starting to get a Routine

Bike riding at the park

Kaleigh and I ready for the Jonas Brothers concert

Loganne ready for gymnastics

1st day of Kindergarten

So September was all about getting into our new schedule with Kaleigh in kindergarten. After a month getting up early, changing nap time and homework are finally becoming the norm around here. Kaleigh loves school and Loganne and I are enjoying time together and fun outings! The girls are participating in gymnastics class as well as AWANA! Kaleigh especially enjoys memorizing her verses and game time. Loganne loves her puggles class and learning about God! We are now preparing for the Grand Prix! Matthew is liking work and enjoys quite a bit of family time and is hard at work making Kaleigh's car. AWANA pictures and our recent air show pictures to follow!

Wow it's been awhile!

So I'm sure I am not the only one who is upset that I have not posted since April. Sorry to grandparents, family and friends but I got lazy thanks to facebook and let's be honest Daddy being home! I would like to get back on the blogging horse (if you will) because I really enjoy how it chronicles our lives! The past few months have been extremely enjoyable and filled with wonderful visitors from all over. We saw Aunt Katie, Uncle Goose, Dana and Liam, Grandmere and Grandpa, John Agnelli, the GGs and Mema! So many good times and it kept us all very busy. Matthew's new job here in San Diego has been such a blessing and allows him A LOT of family time! I am still doing my thing at home but now only have 1 child for 6 hours a day since Kaleigh started kindergarten. I know, crazy! She is of course loving it and doing very well. Loganne is liking more mommy one-on-one time and is still as fun and as crazy as ever. The McKennas are well and we hope that y'all are as well!