happy 7 year birthday owen!

posted by owen

today i celebrated my 7th birthday - the first birthday in our new house! i woke up to a door of streamers and lots of fun balloons waiting for me. everett and eloise both gave me fun gifts and, of course, i got to choose my breakfast of choice - pancake cupcakes! we then ventured off to the zoo to see the new dinosaur exhibit and have fun being outside in the sunshine. we finished the day off with my dinner of choice, dad's homemade pizza, and a movie, night at the museum. of course, what birthday would be complete without my fabulous dessert of choice, a coke/root beer float! it was a wonderful day spent with my family.

evie had the idea of giving me a crown for my birthday

decorating my birthday pancake cupcakes

enjoying my birthday song

evie gave me a star wars yoda lego watch

my very own birthday pin at the zoo

we all enjoyed watching the awesome elephants

the zoo was filled with dinosaurs that moved and made sounds

enjoying the splash area at the zoo

evie being resourceful and creative 
using what he had to fill up the bucket

me and mommy

me and daddy

daddy even let me take a few pictures by myself with his big camera

we loved the t-rex

my crew

eloise gave me a camo fidget spinner

mommy and daddy got me a learning drone...daddy's currently
trying to learn how to drive it so it might be awhile
before i show off my mad skills

digging for dinosaur bones

i'm now officially seven years old

happy 4th of july

posted by the kiddos

we celebrated the 4th in our new neighborhood with a block party. all the kids decorated their bikes, wagons and scooters and we took a ride around the block. there are a ton of kids on our block so it made for quite the gathering. then we spent the evening eating and hanging with all the neighbors.

getting ready to ride

lots of great new neighbors

decked out in the red, white and blue

making a flag cookie

happy birthday america!

happy 2 year birthday eloise!

posted by eloise

i celebrated my 2nd birthday in style today. mommy and daddy decorated my door with lots of streamers and my brothers greeted me with lots of smiles and fun. downstairs were lots of balloons, fun plates, more streamers. mommy made me yummy birthday pancakes, complete with whipped cream, chocolate chips, and sprinkles. we spent the morning at the zoo looking at all my favorite animals and finished the day by stopping for birthday cupcakes at buttercream bakeshop where we each picked out our own yummy cupcakes!

the birthday girl!

running through the streamers provided all day fun!

now i'm 2!!!

our family's birthday tradition - birthday cake pancakes!

my brother's gave me my own set of lego duplos with lots of pink pieces!

mommy and daddy gave me a set of pop beads
so i can make my own jewelry!

the zoo knows how to celebrate a birthday in style!

doing a little dancing in the grass

pretending we're tigers outside the new tiger exhibit

i picked out my own little giraffe from the gift shop for my birthday

owen chose a chocolate vanilla cupcake

evie of course chose a candy cupcake

my strawberry cupcake complete with a candle mommy brought along

yummy cupcakes are the best for celebrating birthdays!

happy easter 2017

posted by mommy and daddy

we all enjoyed a wonderful easter with an early church service and then a pot luck and easter egg hunt with lots of families from our church. of course the kiddos also got sweet treats that were put into each of the eggs.