Father Daughter Ball

Gracie looks forward to this night all year long! She was so excited today she could hardly contain herself! The Father Daughter Ball! Mike has taken her every year since she was a year old. I think they have only missed one year. They make a special night of it, going out to dinner and then dancing! She hasn't gotten home yet, I'm sure she will keep her Daddy dancing as long as she can! She is so blessed to have such a wonderful father who does these special things with her! These memories will last a life time!

Uncle Steve and cousin Faith went with them!

Special corsage from Dad! I hope she feels like a princess! :)

Catching up!

One of the boys favorite things to do is race to get Dad's boots off when he gets home. Eli has started getting in on the action and is getting pretty good! It's fierce competition at the Isley house!
Cole has his first wrestling tournament on Saturday. He got his singlet last night at practice and was SO excited to show me! He is very excited for Saturday and so are we!

Morning cuddle!

For Gracie's birthday Connie and Bruce (Grandma and Papa) helped us re-do her bedroom! It is soooo cute now! Thanks guys! Here are a few before pictures of the blah room.

And here it is after! Pink walls, new chair rail and new base boards! Adorable! A few new pieces of furniture too! Now I just need to find her a white dresser to replace the old one!

Happy 6th Birthday Cole!

Cole Michael Isley born February 17th, 2004!

We took a few of Cole's friends and went to Chuck-E-Cheese for his birthday! To be honest I was dreading it because that place can be soooooo crazy, but Wednesday night was a great night to go! We played and played, had pizza, ate cupcakes and opened presents! I can't believe Cole is 6 years old! He is growing up so fast! What an amazing little boy he is! I wish I had taken some better pictures, but oh well, here they are! I was a little busy chasing Eli the monster around! He was happy as long as he was going or had cake in his hand! :)
He made quick work of opening presents!

Joey and Cole with Chuck!

Blowing out the candles!

Dancing on the stage!

Umm.... well.... Mike did share some of the tokens! LOL

This is his goofy fake smile!

"Look at all my tickets Mom!"

Cole and his buddy Jaxin!

Party Time!

Joseph William Isley 2/1/07 9:07pm

My JoJo as he is so lovingly called around here turned 3 years old on Monday. We had a party for him on Saturday along with Avery! It was a lot of craziness and chaos, but so much fun! We had cake and ice cream, opened presents (with lots of help) and had a pinata! I think the kids were as worn out as I was! Can't believe he is 3! He is such an amazing kid! So full of laughter and smiles and spunk! He definitely keeps me on my toes! I love you JoJo! :)
Lots of helpers to help him open his presents!

Avery got tons and tons of dress up stuff. One thing she got was a wedding dress and a ring. Joey took the ring in and said Avery you are marrying me, or something like that! Anyway, I couldn't find my camera at the time to video tape it but Em got some pictures of his first proposal! LOL

Blowing out the candles!

My big 3 year old!