Meal Plan

Monday- hotdogs (we have a ton leftover from ruby's birthday) with chili and sour kraut and veggies
Tuesday- CG so we have to do sandwiches...nothing else works...it has been proven
Wednesday- Chili (we will not add the jalepeno and substitute black beans instead of kidney beans).
Thursday-Spaghetti Sauce with Meat Sauce and Salad
Friday- leftovers
Saturday-  Spinach Salad with Salmon
Sunday- Butternut Squash Soup with Roasted Garlic

Happy 5th Birthday!

This little 5 pound 1 oz baby is turning 5 years old today! 

Here are a few of my thoughts and ramblings about our big girl!

We are so thankful for the gift that God gave us in Ruby.  She is funny, smart, curious, generous, loves her brother and sister and loves being with her friends.

We love watching her grow into a little girl.  She asks really inquisitive questions about pirates, God, animals and anything that happens to run through her mind.  She loves to sing, dance, and do gymnastics.  She says "Lou-vey-wille" and we have never corrected her because one day she will figure it out and it is just too cute right now.  It is sad that she isn't a baby anymore but we love this new phase of watching her grow cognitively by leaps and bounds.

At bedtime tonight she said that she loved the flashlight that Mamaw and Papaw gave her.  She said that she always wanted it forever.   We said goodnight and made sure that she new that she and her sister and brother were wonderful gifts to us from God and that we hope that He gave her the good gift of children one day.

We Saw the Horses

During the week of the Kentucky Derby (back in May) we were fortunate enough to go to Churchill Downs two times.  Brian and I went with his work for an afternoon and enjoyed complimentary food and drinks and bet on a few horses.  No, we didn't win anything.  We had lots of fun though.  We decided on Wednesday before the Derby to take the girls to Dawn at the Downs.  You can buy tickets to a buffet and watch some races but we just went in one of the gates for free and watched the horses warm up.  The girls (and us) LOVED watching the horses run.  We got there around 7:30 a.m. which was no small feat but totally worth it.  This will be an annual family tradition for us Laffin's.