Agape League

One year ago, this weekend, we began attending our church.

Our first day there, the children's choir performed during the service to preview their performance that night.  Alli was enthralled.  Fast forward to this January when they were hyping up the children's choir play, Agape League.  Alli insisted she wanted to do it even though it meant changing gymnastics days ~ a huge deal for her as it meant leaving her buddy.  So we signed her up, and since January, she has been rehearsing every Thursday evening.

Well, this weekend was the performance and she had a BLAST!!!

It was adorable and we were so proud of our little choir gal.

 On Saturday, her neighborhood buddies came to see her and they had so much fun posing after the performance.  She was so happy to have her pals there supporting her!  What cuties :-)

She was even willing to pose with Eli, who keeps asking when he gets to join the choir.

The kiddos are supposed to be 6 so a couple more years.  Man was he bummed, I mean it was all about super heroes!!!  Eli came home tonight and put on his cape pretending to be Freezer Burn,

the super hero with the ability of patience who can freeze time!

Lukey was just thrilled to watch it and sing along with all of the songs ~ such a hoot!

Alli had quite the cheering section tonight, as the entire family (minus Ducky Gramma and Papa, who came to opening night!) came, as well as Todd & Stacy, Miss Kaitlyn and Mrs. Otis (her Kindergarten teacher from last year ~ big hit!!!)

Alli was so excited to see everyone before the show while handing out programs outside.

Way to go Alli!!!  We LOVED watching you sing and perform for the Lord!

T-Ball Game = Fun Times

Last weekend was a great one for t-ball.

The whole family LOVES going to the games . . . 

I love watching Eli, G loves coaching,

Alli loves playing with her buddies, going to the snack stand and visiting the park, 

and Luke just loves playing and watching his big bro . . . wishing he was on the field too.

Friday night, Eli was doing great and even played catcher for an inning ~ so CUTE!!!

Lukey was in rare form that night and took over my chair to enjoy his snacks and play peek-a-boo.

One of the best parts of t-ball for the kiddos is that Selah (our neighbor and one of Eli's best buddies) is on the team too, meaning that Alli's buddy Emilie and Lukey's buddy Drew are there too, 

leading to lots of fun during and after the games.

After one of the games, the big sisters decided to switch little siblings for piggy back rides.

Needless to say, Eli and Selah found this to be very fun :-)

T-Ball is definitely turning out to be loads of fun, can't wait to see future seasons!

Lighthouse Reads 2014 ~ 1st Grade

Another year of Lighthouse Reads is behind us.

In 10 weeks, Alli had to read 1000 minutes to us and we had to read 1000 minutes to her.

Just like last year, we started off reading Priscilla (Mommy's favorite childhood chapter book).

Alli likes it so much that she asked if there are any more Priscilla books, turns out there is a sequel.

So we ordered it and enjoyed it as much as the first, and Mommy cried again!

Also like last year, Alli didn't want to quit at 1000 so this year she hit 1700 minutes.

She was so proud of herself and we were pretty proud of her too!

After the assembly, we went for some Menchie's just like last year.

Way to go Alli, love seeing you enjoy reading and showing off your two medals!

You rock baby girl!!!

Slip 'n Slide Fun

We are having such a hot and sunny week, which is definitely not the norm this time of year,

so we are taking full advantage of being outside as much as possible and playing in water.

The boys had a blast playing Ninja Turtles this morning.

Meet Leonardo and Donatello

Gotta love Lukey's style ~ he insists on wearing his "little boots" with his shorts :-)

This afternoon, we set up our new slip and slide which allows for races.

Eli and Ava had a BLAST together and were adorable "racing"

Their giggles were such a hoot and they were so sweet to one another today!

They even worked hard to include Lukey, who didn't totally get the sliding part :-)

After over an hour of sliding, they dried off and we went to get Alli from school.

The giggles from the backseat were awesome.  Alli was excited to see Ava and she LOVED sitting in the third row of our car ~ note to Mommy, take snacks out of the car before letting Alli back there!

She was passing out snacks to everyone, and they were thrilled :-)

The kids were thrilled to play with their buddies at Ava's house.

"Painting" a playhouse with water provided so much fun for all the kiddos ~ crazy!

After Alli's choir practice, there was even more playtime with the neighborhood kids.

A PERFECT sunny day, makes me so excited for summer.

Mother's Day 2014

A wonderful day spent with my amazing hubby and three little blessings!

They spoiled Mommy with the sweetest gifts, including a bracelet designed by Eli, artwork, cards, a purse, wallet and ring pouch all sewn by Alli, and a laptop.  Plus, they let me take an afternoon nap!

Perfection!!!

Tomorrow . . .

I go in for my partial thyroidectomy, where the surgeons will remove the middle and right portions of my thyroid in order to biopsy a large follicular neoplasm with hurthle cells.

Here I am the day before surgery.

I have so many posts that I need to catch up on but for now they are on the back burner.

This weekend has been about connecting with family and friends.

After Eli's t-ball game yesterday, we went to park and had fun playing, 

something I don't do nearly enough with my munchkins.  

It was a hoot riding the teeter-totter, all five of us on it at one point, Daddy really got it going!!!

After church today, there was cleaning and playing to do.

The kiddos went back and forth between being super sweet and super naughty,

so I guess it was a perfectly normal day :-)

Right before going to bed, Alli came down to give me another hug and decided we should pose for pictures at the computer ~ she can be so sweet and silly!!!

While I definitely feel some anxiety about tomorrow's procedure and the biopsy outcome, 

I am feeling more peace tonight than I expected.  It helps so much to know that God already knows what will happen and will prepare all of us to handle whatever comes our way.

"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.  Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you."  1 Peter 5:6-7

Lice - YUCK!

On April 5th and 6th, Alli complained that her head hurt and she didn't feel great . . .

But she was running around playing and acting goofy so we didn't think much of it.

Monday morning I got her up and in the shower, which she LOVES 

but within minutes she wanted out. 

That was the tip off that she might really not feel well - yep, temp of 103.5. Back in PJs she went. 

We still had to take Eli to school and Luke to gymnastics so off we went in the car. 

At gymnastics, Luke started sobbing that his tummy hurt so we left.

We had an hour before Eli was done with school so we got Alli in for a haircut.

That's when our "fun" really began - the hairdresser found lice :(

Thankfully, she was extremely kind and finished the cut.  

We picked up Eli early and drove to Lice Knowing You on Mercer Island to have the whole family checked.  Praise God, it was only on Alli, who was such a trooper during the treatment.

When she was done with her treatment, we drove to Barbie Gramma's so the kiddos could play there while I went home to sterilize the house ~ my washer and dryer have never been so busy!!!
Thankfully, when she went back to Lice Knowing You for her followup check, she was clear.
Expensive but the ONLY way I would handle a lice situation :-)
We were so lucky as Alli had a very mild case.
We found out later, at least one other child in her class had it too.
Praise God that we made it through that itchy situation!!!

Little Bro

It can be tough being the little brother and having to watch from the side lines . . . 

Luke LOVES to play ball with Daddy and Eli at home, and he's pretty good!

This weekend, Eli had two t-ball games and Luke wanted nothing more than to join the team.

He walked around wearing Eli's batting helmet 

and at one point nearly broke my heart as he told me 

"I'll be bigger, I play t-ball too!"

All weekend he told us 

"I big Lukey, I play t-ball now?!?!?"

So hard to tell this sweet face that while he can play at home, he's just not old enough to be on Eli's team.  

Shoot, Eli is one of the youngest on the team.

Your time is coming soon sweet boy!

Frozen with the Fishers

What an amazing time we had this evening as we watched Frozen on the big screen with about 40 friends.  Our small local theater (the one G and I went to when we were little) gives you the option of buying out a showing of movie for a very reasonable price so we thought it would be fun and we were right.  Everyone had a blast and it was so nice for all the kiddos to be able to sit together, giggle, sing along, get up and dance and not worry about making too much noise!

It was Lukey's first time seeing a movie in the theater and it could not have gone better.

He LOVED sitting like a big boy with his popcorn and watching his favorite movie.

How fun to see all of the kiddos enjoying it and singing along.

Alli and Eli really wanted to dress up as Elsa and Kristoff.

Not wanting to be left out, Lukey put on a hat and called himself Little Kristoff :-)

It cracks me up that Eli can get away with wearing my boots and not look like a clown!

At the end of the movie, the kiddos all headed up to the stage to dance and sing "Let It Go"

Everyone had a fabulous time and loved grabbing a Frozen cake pop on the way out.

 Such a perfect end to the weekend!!!

T-Ball . . . and so it begins!

 Today was a BIG day for the G Fisher Fam, and one G has been waiting for since having children!

Eli officially began T-Ball today and I'm not sure who was more excited ~ Daddy or Eli.

They were both pretty happy to be on the field and despite the soggy weather, both wanted to play :-)

Eli's name was called out for T-Ball team #2, Al's Automotive and he and Daddy got to go on the field to meet the team and coach.  It was rather entertaining to watch Eli play on the field while G listened to team news ~ our sweet, silly E definitely has the wiggles :-)  

Eli insisted on bringing his glove too and running the bases.  It was adorable!!!

As Eli and Daddy came off the field, Luke kept insisting "my turn, my turn"

Poor guy, it's going to be a couple more years buddy.

After leaving the field, the boys headed over to Big 5 for cleats and baseball pants.

Even the XS was a bit big but nothing Mommy can't fix ;-)

Cutest T-Ball player I've ever seen!!!