Shelbyanne is having a great summer. She is loving seeing our family and friends. Here are a few pictures of what she has been doing these last few weeks.

PETTING ZOO

JUMPING AT THE FOUNTAIN

BEING A GREAT BIG SISTER

FIRE STATION

PLAYING AT THE WATERMELON PATCH

Shelbyanne has been doing great. She has been growing so much. I had a dream the other night that she was riding roller blades down the street. We're definitely not there yet, but she is starting to show us that she can be trusted to obey the boundaries we have set for her while she is playing outside without Mommy or Daddy there. She loves to be outside playing with friends or finding new bug friends. She is not afriad of any living creature. She caught a lizard and carried it around the whole time she was playing outside. Mommy didn't even want to touch it. 

We went to lunch at some friends from church's house, and Shelbyanne got to go to their farm with Daddy. She had a blast. She saw a calf that had been born that day, made new friends, rode a 4-wheeler, played by the pond, was able to pet some goats, and had beef jerky and coke. The coke she didn't like. She called it spicy. While she and Daddy were out playing Mommy and Emily were taking a nap and hanging out back at the house. Overall it was an excellent day.

Shelbyanne is such a good big sister. Emily and Shelbyanne were tired after dinner so they rested on the couch together while they watched Dora. 

Shelbyanne had a blast fishing with Daddy. She caught a fish, but was not interested in holding it, so Daddy didn't get a picture of her fish. Maybe next time. 

Mommy and Daddy were invited to a tea party with Shelbyanne's class last Friday. We had a great time making treats and eating them. Shelyanne wore the dress her Nana bought her for Easter. We had a great time. 

Shelbyanne had a great time at Emily's Birthday party. She loves to play on the gymnastics equipment. She is growing like a weed. She loves to pretend to be characters she sees on the shows we watch. She loves the Disney princesses and Little Bo Peep from our Cedarmont Kids videos. 

Here are a few photos of what her lately.

Shelbyanne loves to play with her friends. Today she invited her friend Dereck over on the walk home from class. They had fun together, although he really wanted to play with boy toys, and we had limited number of those. They had a good time anyways. 

Shelbyanne was standing on a ledge at HaHa Tonka. Here she was reflecting on the beautiful view. Not really. She was posing for mommy to take her picture. She is a cutie though!

Shelbyanne is doing great. She is enjoying her classes and exploring the campus with Daddy & Emily. Here are some pictures of things she has been doing lately.

Just Hanging Out!

Sleeping Beauty!

Here she is multitasking. She is pretending to talk on the phone while cleaning up the paper she had been cutting.

This was a beautiful fall day.

Shelbyanne playing Duck-Duck-Goose with her class.
Mommy is pushing Shelbyanne and some of her friends on the round-about at outside play time.

Daddy took Shelbyanne for a 4-wheeler ride. She loved it.

Shelbyanne is helping Daddy play Monopoly online.

New Beginnings

Shelbyanne has had a great start here in Missouri. She loves being outside, playing on the playground or in the nearest patch of dirt she can find. She is the youngest in her preschool class. She loves being in class and has made some new friends.

Here are a few pictures of what she has been up to lately. Enjoy!

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY SHELBYANNE

On her 3rd birthday we let her pick out her clothes for the day. She chose the pink princess dress she got from her cousins. She wore it all day...even for her birthday dinner. It was fun!
She opened her presents first thing in the morning. Then we had a fun day out and about.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR HER GIFTS. SORRY FOR NOT GETTING PROPER THANK YOU NOTES OUT HIS YEAR. SHE LOVES EVERYTHING SHE GOT.

Playing with the water table we bought for her with her birthday money.

Cutting with her scissors. I love watching her stick out her tongue while cutting.
She and Mommy were able to ride on a new NTM plane called the Kodiak a few weeks ago. Here we are getting instructions for the 30 minute flight. We had a blast.
Shelbyanne is fixing the hair of Valdecio, one of our e-linc (discipleship) advisors.
She loves playing on the swingset next to our house. The weather has beenreally nice lately.
Here shelbyanne is getting the exprience of meeting a tribal man at NTM's Kodiak event. It was actually one of the missionaries who had planted a church in a tribe. He had dressed as a tribal man would and gave people in the community the chance to experience being in a tribe. Shelbyanne had a cold, so Emily was taking care of her while she talked on the phone to Nana.
Cool hats!
Shelbyanne is getting into dressing up and playing. She especially loves to wear the "pink princess" dress, as she calls it, that her cousins gave to her for her birthday.