HaPpY BiRtHdAy MaDeLlYn

Next in the line up for a birthday is Madellyn.

This year she decided she wanted to have an “overnighter” at a hotel in Coeur D'Alene.  (thanks to all of Bill’s hotel points, this was possible!)  The day of Madellyn’s “actual” birthday we celebrated at home.  Before Madellyn went to swimming practice she wanted her favorite dinner which is sausage gravy.  Bill and the kids then surprised her with cupcakes when she got home from practice.  She then got to open presents, and we played a new game called “Farkle”.  Madellyn was super excited with her new clothes, swimsuit and I-tunes gift card. 

 

 

Then Madellyn, along with 2 of her friends and Aubree headed to Coeur D’Alene the next day.

We had dinner at Red Robin.  Then it was off to Cold Stone, Aeropostale, and then back to the hotel for some swimming.

Finally after almost 3 hours of swimming I convinced them it was time to go up to the room.  All the girls then enjoyed manicures and pedicures, from me!  Then we finished the night eating popcorn and chocolate.  Nothing good was on T.V. at that time of night, so the girls wanted to watch some “Salad Chef” infomercial! (Luckily they were sleepy before I had to watch too much of the infomercial, but I think they all wanted to buy their own “Salad Chef”)

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was such a fun night.  I think all the girls had a great night!  I’m so thankful that Madellyn has such great friends.  The next morning at breakfast I got so many compliments on how well behaved all the girls were! 

We are so thankful we have Madellyn in our family. I seriously can’t believe she is 11!   She is such a huge helper and always has such a good attitude.  She is so willing to help others out!  We Love you Madellyn!

Happy Birthday Dallin

 

Dallin’s birthday started this year with a few presents before school.  Kind of a cruel trick, because he REALLY wanted to stay home and play his new DS game and build his Bionicle!

 

 

 

 

 

Then I surprised Dallin by picking him up early from school and we went and met Bill at Dallin’s favorite restaurant “HU HUT” for lunch.  The whole way there Dallin kept saying, “I can’t believe this is really happening!”  (I think one of his favorite parts was I even let him sit in the front seat! )

 

 Lunch was super yummy!  They even gave Dallin his own dessert since it was his birthday, which he so graciously shared with his brother and sister!  He then got to miss the rest of the day of school and come home and play his new games!

Part 2 of Birthday

The Friday after Dallin’s official birthday he had a friend party.  He had a few friends come over in their jammies, eat pizza, and watch “Despicable Me”, and played a few games.

Then we all enjoyed the yummy “Lego” cake, made by Bill!

And once again, Bill’s magic tricks kept all the kids on the edge of their seats!  This time it was the “disappearing penny” trick!

Happy Birthday Dallin!  We sure love you, and are so glad your part of our family!  You bring us so much happiness, with your sweet and caring personality! 

10 months old!

THE FACTS…………………………….

 

This month has been one full of big milestones!

Got her 1st and 2nd tooth this month!

Started pulling herself up to EVERYTHING!

Crawls the “real” way instead of army style!

An amazing eater, will eat anything!

Loves to look at books.

Says Mama (yeah!)

Signs “more” and “fish” (for Goldfish crackers)

Still not a great nighttime sleeper!

Rylee is such a happy baby.  She is so content just being among the other kids and whatever they are doing!  We are so blessed to have her in our lives, and we love her like CRAZY!!

A little game……Can you name the baby?

 

Do you think our kids look anything alike!?!

Happy, Happy, Birthday Breggan dear…….

 

Breggan spent his 5th birthday celebrating with Chuck E. Cheese!

His brother and sisters’ were nice enough to combine all their tickets to get Breggan a big prize!  He was so excited, he chose “trick” gum and clay!  What more could any five year old want?

 

He then chose a “Snicker” cake and a new Webkinz.  He thought his day was perfect!

Now the facts………..

Weight: 38.8 lbs

Height:  about this big….

Loves:  Star Wars, Legos, blocks, Imagination Movers, Playing computer, Doing whatever his big brother is doing, cereal, and peanut butter/fluff sandwiches.

Doesn’t like so much: Scary Halloween decorations, bedtime, (seriously when do they realize that bedtime is GREAT?), any type of “fishy” food, and that’s about it.

Breggan is such a great boy.  We love him so much, he’s so fun to have in our family.  We love his little imagination, and the excitement he brings to our everyday lives!

Breggan vs. The Ledge!

 

Breggan lost!

I’ve always heard about using “superglue” on cuts, but wasn’t sure if it really worked!  but it does, saved us a trip to “insta-care”.

If at first you don’t succeed……

Rylee has decided today that she REALLY wants to be able to climb over the kitchen chair legs.  I’m not sure why, but hey whatever keeps her happy!

Morning:  Stuck right in the middle!

Afternoon: not much more luck!  

Evening: Makes it through the middle, but gets stuck on the other side!

Keep trying Ry, maybe tomorrow you will make it all the way through! (or you will decide to just crawl AROUND to the other side!)