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...

Crazy, sweet, often-disobedient, loving Jack, you are 4 years old today.  You greet each day with silliness and laughter and loudness with your sister.  You test the boundaries and break all of the rules.  You have made tremendous strides in your speech this year and now talk our ears off all.  day.  long.  You love your people, and your people love you.  You are wild and adventurous.  Smart and creative.  You know how to count to 20, but always skip 15.  You know the alphabet, and you enjoy being read to and "reading" to yourself.  You love to sing the books of the New Testament song, and you enjoy learning about people in the Bible, especially Jesus.    You love to eat, and eating at a restaurant makes your day.  Grandpa and Nana took us out to eat for your birthday today at your favorite place, and you were a picture of grins as you and Daddy and Ella watched the boats out on the river and ...