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Sarah's turning one

Hey Everyone, how about an update from the Hoskins!!! Wow, where to start??? I'll start with Sarah since she is sitting (no wait, standing) in front of me. She is growing so quickly. She is speaking in full sentences, okay you can't understand them, but she is an amazing talker. She loves patty cake and can do the whole rhyme with her hands. She is almost walking. She will take about four or five steps at a time. And she loves the applause. She is absolutely in love with Alex. He can make her smile on even the "worst" days. :-) She is extremely adventurous. She is very smart. She knows where the food closet is and how to ask for a snack, she knows how to brush her hair. I think that she is quite a smart 11 month old, but I'm biased. Callum........wow, what a kid!!!! He just grew enough to reach the faucet on the bathroom sink and it was an AWESOME discovery. He is playing soccer although he mostly goes out and dribbles the ball around regardless of what the coach or other kids are doing. He is a nonconformist to the max!!! He makes me laugh and cry everyday. He loves to ride his bike. He loves to jump on his trampoline, play with rollypollies ( I have found them in the car, in the house, in his shorts, in the laundry, in his hands, (as far as I know he hasn't eaten any. :-) ) He loves his cat, Figaro. I just asked him what he wants to tell the world and he said, "God is great, God is good, let the tiger go and he will go to his family, Amen." I just asked Alex what he wants to tell the world, "Hello everybody, I would like to tell you that God would bless you. He will also bless your sins. Sins are the bad things you do. And God blesses you, and tell the other world about God. And this is a note for you. And please don't shoot animals. And I pray for you that you are awesome." Alex is my analytical, thoughtful, wonderful almost first grader. He has LOVED school this year and is reading and writing like a pro. He loves to write and illustrate books. My favorite was his book about PeeWee. It was called, "Bad Dog, PeeWee." He says the best thing about kindergarten was doing my alphabet book. He is doing gymnastics right and has mastered the monkey bars. I loves bugs and has set up his own "bug pavilion" in his clubhouse complete with "activities." He loves the space and dinosaur and gem exhibit at the museum. Someday he and Tom are going to Mars. They are planning the trip even now. He is also helping Tom build a go cart out on the driveway. Lots of fun. He is looking forward to swimming lessons this summer and going to Hawaii in November. Tom is crazy busy. He is continuing to work two jobs and going to school. Exciting news....he just got a drafting position at Freelance. As soon as they find a replacement for him on the edgebander he will move into the office. He is very excited, but also very nervous. It is a great step in the direction of engineering which is what he wants to do after school. He has one more semester at Red Rocks and right now he is looking at an engineering program at Metro State in Denver. I'm just trying to keep up with everything. I'm still watching Izzy everyday and I'll also be watching Amber and Athena on and off this summer. I'm looking forward to taking the kids to the zoo, museum, and railroad museum. VBS starts in a couple of weeks and it is always a highlight in my year. We have about 300 kids come through our doors and the opportunity to share Christ with them is amazing. God puts together over 100 volunteers and it is awesome to see everyone working together with these kids. I pray that God continues to reveal himself in new and amazing ways in your lives. Have a beautiful summer. Amanda