Zeke turns 6!!!

Isaiah 54:13 ~ "All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children."

Blessings 

We pray blessings upon Zeke as he begins his 6th year. We are so thankful God entrusted us to raise and train him up in the Lord.  We pray Zeke would come to know God as His personal Lord and Savior and walk with Him all of his days.  We appreciate your prayers for Zeke as well!

Wynna visits

We celebrated Zeke's birthday this week with a visit from Wynna and a party with his friends.  We are so thankful to have so many people in our lives that love Zeke and pour into his life.

Headed to church

Bedtime

Reading our devotion before bed in the new (used) rocker we bought for baby girl

Organization

While my mom worked hour upon hour to finish the curtains for the children's room, Gregg put together Adalynn's new toddler bed.  I cleaned out and organized closets.  It was a great team effort!

Happy girl!

A glimpse of the gorgeous curtains!

Party Time

On Zeke's birthday, we woke up and went to school as we normally do on Tuesdays.  Later, my mom and Gregg (and Adalynn) headed to The 1800 Mexican Restaurant to set up the decorations for Zeke's lunch party.  He wanted a "Hot Wheels" party with an oatmeal raisin cookie cake.  After school, we, along with his classmates, headed over to the restaurant for the party.  Cherian, Sheeba, Joshua, and Nikita came as well, which was such a gift.  I am sad I didn't get any pictures of them.  Papa planned to come, but ended up getting there at the end of the party.  It was great to see him and Zeke really appreciated him coming for a short time.  Papa even gave him a toy Tesla car!

Headed to school

Decorating

The birthday boy

Ready for guests!

The balloons kept Adalynn entertained

Lunch

Gage and Hallie (brother and sister in our homeschool group)

Miss Kayla and Mrs. Elisia (friends from church)

Gifts

Fun bath time Hot Wheels from Bowden and Callie

He sees his bow (and arrow)

  

Now Daddy can teach him to shoot a bow and arrow

Cake

His homemade, freshly milled oatmeal raisin cookie cake.  It turned out to be delicious!

It was a great time for us all!

I'll close with this little poem written by the author of Winnie the Pooh.  This is the first year I remember Zeke being truly thrilled with turning his age.  He told everyone we met from December through now that his birthday was January 19th and he'd be 6.  I think all of Americus knows...ha!  He continues to bless us with his joy and zest for life.  We're thankful for our little 6 year old!  The verse on my calendar today was Pslam 98:4, "Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises."  This is fitting for Zeke's special day!