November 23rd

We spent the day at a ranch hosting a picnic with families from our church for 5 local group homes. Great fun!

In the evening we celebrated Karianne's Birthday. In Peak tradition, Karianne made her own cake. Happy Birthday Karianne!

Happy Birthday Karianne

A little late posting this, Thanksgiving and all...
 Karianne had her 7th Birthday last week. She made her own cake at it was adorable. Fun was had by all, All the girls got to eat a marshmallow snowman.

Karianne is 5!

Karianne got her picture taken for her 5th birthday. Just thought I'd share a few pictures that I love. She is just so beautiful! Five is a big landmark. It makes me reflective about all we went through before we had her, our first little miracle; a living child. She has had 3 siblings before her turn 5 already, but those were just anniversaries that I kept in my heart. Those little Peaks are in Heaven with their Heavenly Father. It is such a treat for me to be able to celebrate this landmark birthday with Karianne. Thank you God for this sweet child.

Happy Birthday Karianne!

Karianne is 4 today. She wore her "beautiful dress" to church, and took her Build a Bear to church to show everyone as well. We came home and had pizza, opened presents and had cake. She finished everything and sighed and said, "this is they way it's supposed to be!"

Although we are so happy she is 4 today, now we can no longer say we have 3 three year olds, and now we have to pay for Karianne at restuarants. Oh well, had to happen some day.

Meet Polka Dot

I think that is the title of a Blue's Clues episode, even though we are all way to old for that now. :-)

Karianne went to Build a Bear today while Angie and Amy went to Mother's Day Out. She will be 4 on Sunday so we took her today so we wouldn't have to buy 3 bears on Sunday. :-)
She was excited that she didn't have to do nap time at school. She informed us that she would not be picking out a Bear to make, she was going to have a monkey because she already had a lot of stuffed bears.
When we got to Build a Bear she reviewed all the options and decided she wanted a pink bear with white hearts all over her. She had strong resolve, but if it comes in pink, Karianne has to have it. There were no pink monkeys.

She made her bear, dressed it up and named it Polka Dot. We decided to leave all the custom clothes at the store and we dressed her up at home.
Karianne loves the mall. When we go she liked to visit Build a Bear (just to look), the Disney Store, eat, play and ride the escalators. We did all that and her day was complete.