Race for the Cure

First things first...HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARYN!! I got to have dinner with Pati, Luci, Caryn, Josh and Ryan last night at Timberline. The food and service were so-so, but the company was perfect! :-)

Brent, the kids and I walked the Race for the Cure with our friend Annie and her family this morning, and the weather couldn't have been better! It was fun to have Amelia ride along with us (check out her sweet pigtails!) Next time I'll put Sophie and Amelia together so they can bond. :-)

The kids got to see the police mascot (he's kind of hard to see--he's behind the wagon) and Ronald McDonald! Ronald asked if he could ride along!

This cocker spaniel was dressed in rhinestones and a pink sweater, and the kids loved it!

Annie is going to e-mail us a picture of our whole team, so I'll post it when it comes!

Upside-down world!

Sophie has *almost* mastered putting her sunglasses on!

A couple of pics...

OK, now I'm serious--we need a new camera. Almost all of the pictures I took this weekend are in some cyberspace black hole, so these are the two I was able to retrieve. I'll work on it more tonight, because I got a bunch of great pictures of the family!

We all had a GREAT time in Leavenworth! We bought them a new wagon (pictured) for their birthday, and they just love it. The weather was perfect, so we spent a lot of time outside. We had been pulling the kids up and down the street, but Dad and Brent had a brilliant idea to pull out Dad's new lawn tractor and kick things up a notch. :-) HYSTERICAL!! The first picture is Brent riding them around (as fast as the tractor would go--seriously), and Dad taking them for a much more leisurely ride.

All three kids had a doctor's appointment yesterday, and everyone got shots. NOT a happy bunch! Brent held them all down so I didn't have to be the bad guy. :-) The boys now weigh EXACTLY the same--20 pounds, and they're the same height. Graham is gaining weight so well! He's consistently been one pound lighter than Blake until recently, and they both are fantastic eaters. Sophie is 24 pounds, so I wonder how long it will be until brother pass her up??

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY BLAKE & GRAHAM!!

TODAY IS THE BOYS' BIG BIRTHDAY!
HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY,

BLAKE & GRAHAM!
WE LOVE YOU!!

We just got back from a weekend trip to Leavenworth to celebrate all three of the kids' birthdays. We had such a good time, and got lots of pictures--I'll post some of them tomorrow.

Wow--what a year it has been!! :-)

Happy Birthday John!

Today is my brother John's birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHNNY!!
Wish we were in Memphis to celebrate with you! I bet Amy made a great cake, and Mary Ann and Emma are singing their hearts out. We miss you guys!

WHAT...A...DAY!!!

We had a great birthday party at the park today! VERY chilly and windy, though. Thanks to everyone for braving the temperatures to spend the afternoon with us! We are SO LUCKY to have you all in our lives!

I won't try to put captions on these photos, but here are a bunch of the pictures of the festivities and guests. The kids have on cute Elmo outfits, but we had to bundle them up in sweatshirts! My camera acted up on a bunch of shots (surprise, surprise!), so I'm hoping someone else got more pictures of the rest of our guests. If you snapped any, send them our way!

Birthday Party Update!

Just a reminder about the kids' birthday party this weekend at Sedgwick County Park! Sunday from noon-2pm at Shelter #1 (enter from the 13th street entrance, and it's the first shelter to the left of the entrance), and we'll be serving hot dogs, hamburgers & cake. If you want to bring a side dish, we'd love it--but don't worry about it if you don't have time to get anything.

We've had some calls about a back-up plan because of the rain, and at this point our only back-up plan is prayer. :-) The shelter is covered, and we stopped by there yesterday when it was raining and the picnic area was completely dry. The forecast is calling for little or no rain that afternoon, so we're keeping our fingers crossed!

In the event of a complete change in forecast, we'll move the party to our place. If we do that, I'll be sure to post something here first thing Sunday morning. At this point, we're holding strong to our original plans.

We can't wait to see you on Sunday!