Ella Hope. You are 4!  You have grown leaps and bounds this year, literally and figuratively.  You are mere inches shorter than Jack, and I think you might weigh more, because you are solid and all muscle!  You are beautiful and have the best smile around! You keep a tan better than any other member of our family.  You love your brothers, but you are partial to Jack. He’s your best friend, and y’all talk about getting married often haha!  Olli thinks you hung the moon and tries to get your attention every chance he gets. I pray the three of you will always be sweet friends. You are adventurous and daring but still anxious about new things until you figure them out. And then when you do? Look out world!  You are smart, but you like to pretend you’re perplexed often.  You love to pretend, and you love to sing. Watching you create crazy buildings with legos and seeing you take care of your babies and hearing you sing worship s...

Oh Buddy! How you’ve grown! One Two Three Four Five!  Sweet oldest boy!  How are you already 5 years old?!  Where have the years gone?  You are so adventurous.  You are so smart.  You are so kind.  And you are so good at testing the limits.  And you are so wild.  And you are so silly.  You are so many, many things.  You, my boy, are asking more questions about God.  You love to count and tell me the alphabet and all of the ocean facts you’ve learned.  You enjoy painting and creating artwork that involves monsters and dinosaurs.  You build with your blocks and legos, but when quiet, you most love to look at books and to be read to. You could listen to books all day. ❤️ You adore your baby brother and play chase with him to his great delight.  You love your sister, and she’s your best friend.  You fight like cats and dogs and squeal with joy with ...