The main thing on Emma’s mind these day is how tall she is getting to be. She is always checking to see what she can reach without getting on her tiptoes and also wanting to measure how tall she is against everyone. She is a very tall girl and remarkably coordinated. In this past month, she has had a chance to practice basketball, soccer, golf and her bike. Emma loves being outside and loves running. She continues to live at 100 miles an hour…with no fear at all!
March was a great month for the Strange crew. The first weekend of the month was pretty empty, so we made a trek up to Calhoun for some outlet shopping and enjoyed getting to spend time with each other. One of the stores we went to was a camping store and Emma decided she needed a tent. We found a really cool Disney princess tent and that seemed to fit the bill for our little lady. She has enjoyed quite a few naps in there.
We were also anxiously awaiting the arrival of my sister Katie and her husband JD’s first child. Their precious daughter Nora was born on March 13 and we were so excited to meet her! We spent a long weekend in Memphis and loved every minute getting to know sweet Nora!
Emma also enjoyed getting to go to the NCCS production of Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The morning started with a pancake breakfast with the characters. Her K3 class also had Kite Day that day and then that evening our family went to see the Wonka show. It was amazing! Emma loved it and so did everyone else.
Clint had a deacon’s retreat the fourth weekend of March, so Emma and I enjoyed some girl time. We spent Friday night at a birthday party for her good friend Ella and then got up Saturday morning to celebrate at a princess birthday party for her good friend Aaleyah. Lots of fun with lots of special friends! Our family also made our first visit to Bentwater to try golfing together. Emma is a natural! She loves the putting green and the driving range. That’s all we are trying for now. Emma and Clint have had a few dinner dates to Bentwater after hitting golf balls after school. I love that she loves golf just as much as Clint and I do!
I went on a mission trip to Guatemala with NCCS from March 30-April 5, so Clint and Emma were on their own to celebrate Easter. Clint’s parents came down on Saturday to go to the Cedarcrest Church Easter Egg Hunt with Clint and Emma. They also went to lunch at Henry’s…always a big hit! Clint and Emma went to church Sunday morning and then spent the day with his family up in Summerville. I missed being here with them, but Clint was great to send me lots of pictures of our sweet girl!
Emma continues to be a diligent prayer warrior. Right now she is praying for her uncle Kevin to return safely from Afghanistan in May and also for her sweet brother Eli in Ethiopia that we are anxious to meet and adopt. Emma is full of energy and loves to help. She has a million questions. She is just on the verge of reading as she is working hard to sound things out. Her writing is getting so much better and she has memorized several Bible verses.
This week we are on Spring Break from school and we are having a great time spending lots of time together. It’s nice not to be busy and to see our sweet girls having a blast playing outside, making up new games, and challenging us to guessing games!
