Saturday, April 26, 2008

One more birthday gift!

Because of our never-ending winter, the kids' BIG present had to wait until a couple weeks after their birthday's to be revealed. Finally, last weekend, we had warm, dry weather, so the fun could begin.

Brendan standing beside the white box...I wonder what is in there?

Oh my gosh! It's a 4 wheeler!
It came in a crate, mostly assembled save the handle bars, tires, and battery. It's a 110 cc, gas motor, children's 4 wheeler. Cary got to work assembling right away...
Meanwhile, in the house, Chance and I hung out and waited for the finished product...


It's done! The kids were eager to take a ride...
First, Daddy fills the tank with gas...
Before the kids can ride, though, Daddy has to warm up the motor... Can you see Brendan's feet? They aren't even on the ground - he's THAT excited!! :)




Still waiting...
It's finally time!



Brendan trying his hand at driving, with Daddy supervising, of course...





Saturday, April 19, 2008

A few new pictures...

Chance is growing so fast...here he is trying out the Johnny Jump-up!


Because the kids are getting older, and love to ride around on all of the "toys" we have, we thought it was a good idea to get them helmets and goggles this year...



Happy 5th Birthday, Brendan!

Brendan's 5th birthday was April 8th! Can you believe he's already 5? We celebrated by having a small party at our house with our family and Aunt Erica.

Here is his cake...it's an ice cream cake complete with ice cream sandwiches as the base, carmel, whipped topping, chocolate drizzle and crumbled Skor bar. YUM!

Time to blow out the candles!
These are the cookies I made for Brendan to take to daycare as his birthday treat. I made 2 dozen cookies, and this was what was left. Aren't they cute?!?!
It's finally almost time to open presents!
He doesn't show much emotion, does he? :)

Ahhhhh....the light saber....he LOVES it. Thanks again Grandma Connie and Grandpa David!

And, even though it wasn't Halle's birthday, she was fortunate enough to have one birthday present remaining, as we hadn't seen Aunt Erica since before Chance was in the hospital! Erica got both kids real fishing poles, tackle boxes, and tackle! They are so excited for it to get warm so they can try them out!


Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Happy 3rd Birthday, Halle!!

Halle's 3rd birthday was March 24th - unfortunately, we were still in the hospital with Chance, but since she isn't able to read a calendar, we didn't even tell her it was her birthday until we could be home with her to celebrate. So, it was "Happy Birthday, Halle!" on March 26th! :)

A pic of her gifts, balloons, and birthday flowers...
Happy Birthday, Halle! (yes, I decorated the cake myself...and sure you can hire me to decorate your next one...but I have to warn you, I'm pretty expensive :) Good thing she's young and doesn't know what looks good yet, eh?)
Halle had a wonderful birthday, and loved every minute of it!
Here are Halle and Brendan enjoying a piece of birthday cake (I just noticed the ketchup bottle in the photo - no they DIDN'T use the ketchup on their cake!)