Ups and Downs

Well, our week started out celebrating Allee on her very special day on Sunday! Jesse and I both got to baptize her! It was such a very special and precious moment for all of us! Papa Chuck, Gigi, Angel, Ellianna, Poppie John, Grandma, The Collins' Family, Mr. Bill, Grace, and Annie all came to witness this precious moment and we all went out for lunch together afterwards! I will try to put the video up so you can see it later! Mrs. Tammy and their boys, Sam and Will, left on a Mission Trip on Saturday so the girls, Grace and Annie, got to spend the night at our house Sunday night. Monday was a pretty rough day. We spoke to our family dr. and Miss Allee did test positive for mono. Jesse and I both feel so bad because she had been sick and we just kept making her go on with her normal activites! She is already in phase 2...so she is already through the worst part! Allee will have to miss the next 4 weeks of soccer, which has totally bummed her out! Jesse is the coach of her team so he is trying his best to include her in practices but she can't take any chances of contact because her spleen could be enlarged. Then in the afternoon our sweet dog, Molly, got ran over on the highway. She was a very special part of our family and we all loved her very much. The sweet vanHoornbeek girls were there to help keep our girls focused on things much higher! Annie and Allee had just painted Molly's nails a couple nights before. So Annie says to Allee, "God is really going to love Molly's pink nails. She is going to be the most fashionist dog in heaven." Mr. Bill had made dinner that day so he brought over a pork roast to share with our family that night! We all played a game of Clue DVD and Mr. Bill got to see our girls' competitive sides! Not to much happened on Tuesday! It was a pretty normal day! All the girls got to come into work with me and hang out! Now Wednesday begins! Mrs. Tammy and the boys are on their way home from the Mission Trip so Grace and Annie will be going home this evening to see their Mommy and brothers. I know they are so excited to be all together as a family again! But, I know my girls are going to feel a little lonely without having their best friends with them.

Allee's Big Decision

Miss Allee has made the decision to get baptized and let God rule over her life!!! She is getting baptized this Sunday! We are very excited and proud parents! This is the biggest decision that she will make in her life! Nothing can explain our EXCITEMENT!! Praise God for making his presence visible in our girls lives! Allee hasn't been at school all week. She has been sick so much this winter. Our family Dr is running some blood work on her. We are now just waiting for the results. We are all a little suspicious that she might have mono. She has the classic mono symptoms but she could also just be worn out from being sick so much. Some days are good and some days she is completely exhausted! Hopefully with having Spring Break next week she will get rested up and feel all better!

Well What Can I Say...It is now March!!!

Well all I can say is WHAT...It is March??? Well I started this post thinking I would try to post something fairly often but is has been 3 short months since the last post! LOL!! Hannah is entering her 4th quarter in 6th grade and has continued with a straight A record. Jesse and I are so proud of her for her dedication to her school work! She takes her grades very serious and personal! She is still playing soccer almost every weekend in Springfield and having a great time! We will be celebrating her 12th birthday on the 25th! I can't believe that my precious little Hannah is turning 12!! God is so good and continues to guide her life! I know that I am learning a lot from her and she even helps me keep my character in check! Allee is also entering her 4th quarter in 2nd grade and has continued to learn and grow in her school work. She also takes her school work serious! She has been playing basketball this winter and has started her spring soccer practices! Allee loves running and playing sports! She gets so excited to go to practices and games! Allee has grown a lot this year physically and spiritually! She has been talking to us about baptism! We feel like God is starting to put convictions into her precious little heart! What an AWESOME feeling it is when your kids make this decision! Emma is still in preschool and doing well! Emma has a totally different personality than our other girls! Emma is pretty shy around people she is not familiar with and it takes her a little bit to warm up! I took her to a birthday party for a couple of her friends yesterday (and didn't take the older girls on purpose). An hour into it she still had not got to far away from me. She kept saying "I want to go home. I want my girls." After she said this to me enough times we headed on home! There were so many other kids there that the poor girl felt very overwhelmed! As I buckled her in the van she says, "I don't like Birthday parties." However, it does make me SMILE knowing that she loves her sisters that much! Our baby girl is turning 5 on the 30th and that is another hard one to believe! Jesse and I are doing great! We love our free evenings and weekends from running though they come very few and far in between! We have friends with older kids that tell us to enjoy every minute because they are gone before you know it! We are ready to start building our new house together! As soon as the weather warms up and stays there we should be able to get started! We Thank God for such AWESOME girls and for each other!

CRAZY BUSY and ENJOYING EVERY MINUTE

Well I can't believe it has been over a month since the last time I posted! So sorry about that! Life at the Sheppeck house can seem to get pretty crazy! Since the last post we had Thanksgiving which we shared with my family at my Granny's house and then we headed over to Papa Chuck's house for dinner! We had a wonderful time visiting with all of our family! However, we all missed Uncle Jason at Papa Chuck's! We are hopeful that he will be able to make it back to Missouri around Christmas time for a nice visit! Hannah started her indoor soccer games last weekend! They won both games so that was pretty exciting! Our children's choir at church will have their Christmas Program this coming Sunday! Then Hannah and Allee both have Christmas Concerts for school next week! Emma is also having a Christmas program next Thursday! Allee has started practicing basketball getting ready for games to start in January! Lots of fun events happening around our house! Cute story about Hannah ~ So she went to K-Life a couple weeks ago and comes home telling me that her leaders told their group that they should talk to God like he is their best friend since he is. So we sat down for dinner the next night and she says, "I think I am going to try talking to God like they said that I should." She starts in praying and says, "Hey God! It's me!" I thought it was so cute! I hope that she continues to talk to God often as she grows! Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas Season!

Halloween 2009!

We went to my Granny's on Friday night for her Fall Party! She always likes to have a little party so she can see all the grandkids and great grandkids in their costumes! So we spent time together and had chili and potato soup for dinner!! YUMMY!! All the Aunts and Uncles shared lots of great treats with the kids also!

Saturday the girls were suppose to have soccer games. However, when we got to Springfield we were told that the games were canceled! Jesse and I had a few errands that we needed to run so we did those instead. Then that afternoon the girls had a birthday party for a great friend at Sac River Stables in Springfield! What an AWESOME place!! All the girls got to ride horses in an indoor arena and then had cake!! Uncle Jason, you would have loved to have seen that place!! After the party we ran home and ate dinner and then the girls got dressed up in their costumes! Papa Chuck met us at our house so he could give the girls their treat bags...HE BROUGHT THEM ALL A TRASH BAG FULL OF GOODIES! Hannah was orginally suppose to be a clown but the week of Halloween she decided that she wasn't going to dress up this year! Allee changed her mind ALL week on what she was going to be first she said that she would wear Hannah's clown costume, then she decided to be a Pajama Girl and then after riding horses she decided she was going to be a Cowgirl! Emma was a princess but she decided that the crown wasn't very comfortable so she decided to forgo that part! We went to our old neighborhood and trick or treated! After going to only 3 houses the girls decided that they were ready to head home!!! Allee and Emmie were both asleep before we even made it back home!

So Needless to say after Granny's on Friday, Papa Chuck's spoiling on Saturday and 3 of our old neighbor's homes the girls have enough snacks to share with 3 families!

Fall Party Day!

Well Thursday was Fall Party Day for Emma and Allee. I got everyone dropped off at school and headed to work at 8 AM. Went back to Emma's preschool at 10 AM for her party. She had a great time with her friends during their fall festivites!! After Emma's party we went and grabbed some lunch and took it back to the work!! Emma ended up falling asleep so she stayed at the store with Grammy while I went back across town to set up for Allee's fall party at 1 PM. Allee's class also had so much fun! Here are a few pictures from the parties for you to enjoy!