Marissa's 6th Birthday!

Marissa opening a present on her real birthday May 19. She got a Wii.

Marissa, Isaiah (who wanted to blow out all of the candles) and Elijah! Yummy in my Tummy!

Marissa loved her Wii horse game that Grandma Sue gave her. Can you tell by that incredibly excited smile?

Marissa woke up to balloons on her bed and all over her room. Happy Birthday Marissa!

Marissa had her party for her friends at Chucky E. Cheese's. Here she is opening a present.

Since Marissa LOVES horses, she got an awesome cake with three horses on it.

Marissa is having fun at Chuck E. Cheese's with lots of her friends. Marissa is in her crown for the day with friend Ashleigh!

We can't believe that Marissa is six. Time has flown by WAY TOO FAST. I was so happy that she decided to have her birthday somewhere other than the house. I did not have to make food or clean up! Yahoo! That was my favorite part. Well, really my favorite part was to see Marissa smiling as big as she could. Grandma Teresa and Papa came down and brought Auntie Sylvia and Santiago with them. We were so happy to see them. This was their first time in Las Crucess- hopefully not their last. The boys all had lots of fun together. It was nice for Isaiah to have Santiago here since they are the same age.

We were also very excited to have Uncle Chandler with us. He is definately a trooper. He had his wisdom teeth out on Friday and rode down to Las Cruces Saturday for the party. He was a little swollen and in a bit of pain. Marissa was so happy that he was there. She loves her Uncle Chandler.

Uncle Matt, Aunt Valerie, Bobby (now referred to as Robert) and baby Mateo were also there. They made the trip in their new fancy, schmancy, Jeep Commander. Bobby was a great help with all of the kids. Poor kiddo, he had to sit at the kid table and watch them all during breakfast on Sunday but he survived. We were all blessed to have great company this weekend and can't wait to have more people visit in the future. It seems like we rarely have company from out of town.

Rub-a-dub-dub! Three kids in a tub! And who do you think they be? A cowboy singer, a
reading artist, and a giggle-toot maker. Turn them out knaves all three!!!!

This is going to be one of the last baths with all of the kiddos together. Marissa wants to take her baths by herself from now on. She has wondered why her brothers look different on the front of thier bums!!!

I think she is growing up too fast. She is almost done with Kindergarten (2 more weeks). I can't believe that she is going to 1st grade. I can't wait for her teeth to fall out so she can have windows.

This week I will get pictures of swimming lessons. Marissa is part dolphin, I think. She has taken to the water like a pro. She can swim all of the way across the pool underwater and comes up for breaths. Isaiah also believes that he swims. He jumps in the pool (which is quite scary) since he doesn't quite swim on his own yet. However, he is a great floater. They are getting private swim lessons which has helped them tremendously.

I will try to get the pictures from swimming later this week.

Have a great week!