Eden's Big Kindergarden Graduation

Last week we had two important events at Eden's school. On Thursday she had her awards ceremony and brought home a trophy that made us proud. The trophy she received was the Christian Character Award for her class. She was super excited and said, "This is the first trophy that I've ever got!" She didn't quite understand what the trophy was for so we explained what Christian character was and told her how proud we were of her. Her cousins Ashleigh and Caitlyn Knight also received the same trophy. We love these girls so much and are very proud of them too and are thankful that Eden's has two "big" cousins to look up too.



Eden also got two certificates- One for being Most Observant and those that know Eden well you know that this is so true. The other was for Scripture Memory.





On Thursday night we headed back to the church for her big Graduation. We curled her hair that afternoon and she was super excited about it. She did AWESOME, but it also made me a little sad to think that she is not a baby anymore, she has completed her first real year of school. They say that after kindergarten the years fly by. Eden has already grown into a very sweet and lovable little girl and I know that God has great plans for her life. At night during our bedtime prayers she asks God to help all of her family to be saved. I think that she has a very sincere heart for God and I pray that He will continue work in her life. We're proud of you Eden Girl and we love you very much!!



Huntley waiting for "his Eden".



Averie came to help celebrate and she is one of Huntley's favorites. He doesn't want to put her down.



They all did so good singing their songs.



Eden signing the alphabet and saying a scripture for each letter. Poor Carlos, I think she hogged the mic...Sorry!



Eden and two of her friends leading "I Ain't going to let the Mountains Praise the Lord".



All smiles while receiving her diploma.



Eden and her friend Reagan.



We LOVE you Sis Carmen! Thanks for everything you did for Eden this year. She will be back I'm sure to see you and fill you in on everything. :)



Two of her favorite people Tina and Jatoria.



So happy to see her cousin Ashleigh there.



Eden with one of her friends Shane David. I think this is such a cute picture of them!

Thanks to everyone that came to share in this special time in Eden's life. She is making memories that she'll never forget. Also thanks to everyone that sent her a card or gift that wasn't able to make it, I know you were with us in heart.

Much Love
Cheryl

Full of Life

The Shoemake house has been so busy and full of fun that I haven't blogged in a few weeks, but this post will defiantly make up for that..These are just some of the things that's been making our life so full of LIFE...

Most of mine and Huntley's days are spent at Kiddie Kingdom Preschool, where we have a ton of fun and lots of friends. I am so blessed to be able to have him there with me everyday..



We miss having Eden at the school to play with us but she is having a BLAST in Kindergarten( which is over in 2 weeks). They recently had Spirit Week and we had a great time getting her outfits together. At the end of the week she was sad that Spirit was over.



Tuesday- Royalty Day. She loved dressing up as a Royal Princess. She won best dressed in her class that day.



Wednesday- Super Hero/Bible Character Day. She was so excited to dress as Mary. This is who she chose to dress like and it made us proud as parents that she would choose Mary.



Thursday- Crazy Hair Day. This day is always a lot of FUN, even though it takes you longer in the morning to do your hair than it would normally. She wanted to be silly and take a picture with one of the Lip-Sticks that you can find in my etsy store...



Friday- Clown Day. Isn't she just the cutest Clown ever!?

We want to Thank all of you who Sponsered Eden in her Jog-a-thon. She ran 21 laps and won first place in her class. She raised a total of $311.00 and gets to go to John's Incredible Pizza on Tuesday. I think she is losing sleep over it, she's so excited.



Since Huntley has turned two we have been wanting to potty train him but my excuse has been that it has been too cold so I would wait till it warmed up. So it has warmed up and as of last Sunday night he hasn't had a diaper on at all during the day. YAY! He has had accidents of course but he has been doing GREAT! So proud of my little munchkin. He's a BIG boy now which kind of makes me sad, but my pocket book will be thanking me. haha For all of you parents out there that is having problems in the potty training, here's a tip for you that has worked on my kids and all the kids in the preschool. Once you make up your mind as a parent to potty train your child you do not put a another diaper/pull-up on them at all except for nap and bedtime. Anyways...here is my BIG boy in his underwear....He is too cute... Well I think so!



He even has a fan club, cheering him on. ( My dad said, "Poor Huntley can't even go to the bathroom without everyone staring at him.") Huntley didn't seem to mind.



Our "Big Boy" now!



I'm thankful that these two call me Momma. They make my days brighter and put a smile on face everyday..I love you Eden Autry and Huntley Drew.





Happy Mother's day!!!!
XOXO
Cheryl