February 2013::Dave's Birthday



January 2013::Luke Turns 1

August 2012::Kingston, MA - Grandpa's Birthday

 

The main event for our Kingston trip - Grandpa's 60th birthday.

We love this man!

 

May 2012::Katie's Birthday

 

 

 Katie also opted to have a swimming party:

 

March 2012: McKenna's Birthday

McKenna is five!

McKenna also started her birthday morning off with a birthday banner, balloons, and presents.  I have a feeling this will become a birthday tradition for us.  She did a pretty good job being patient through Brooke's birthday, waiting for her turn just four days later.  She couldn't wait until her special day.

On her birthday, we went to the brown park.  Her favorite.  We brought a picnic and planned to stay as long as she wanted.  She spent lots of time on the swing, and was so proud to finally conquer the firepole now that she's five.  We had a great time.

For dinner she requested Applebee's.  She had never been, but she knew Mom went there with friends sometimes (for the half off appetizers after 9 p.m.) so it must be a great place to go.  We had a great time and she felt so special when the servers sang to her.

For her birthday party we took a car full of friends to the Lehi indoor pool to swim.  It was McKenna's idea and it was a great one!  We had so much fun!

I think McKenna was pretty happy with her birthday celebration. :)

March 2012: Brooke's Birthday

Brookie Cookie turned three!

The Wednesday before Brooke's birthday we had a mini celebration with singing and donuts with her friends during playgroup.  It was just me, Brooke, and her friends.  Nothing planned but donuts and a candle.  When I told Dave that was my plan for Brooke's "birthday party" he said, "Really? That's so not like you."

That made me laugh.

I don't think Brooke minded :)

The morning of her birthday, March 11th, began with a pile of presents on the kitchen table, a birthday banner hanging above the window, and balloons roaming around the kitchen floor.  Brooke was so happy.  She immediately put on the birthday hat and started opening her presents.  She had the right idea - why wait until dinner and cake that evening?  She wanted to play with her presents all day.

Brooke and her rainbow "cake"

And of course, she licked off all the frosting :)

Happy Birthday McKenna!

Little Middle turned 5 today.

We celebrated by having dinner at Applebee's (her choice).

She wore the birthday hat, the servers sang to her, and she got a birthday sunday. She had a blast! A great thing we discovered about Applebee's - best place to play "I Spy!"

Happy Birthday McKenna!

We sure love you!

Happy Birthday Brookie!

Today our Brookie Cookie turns 3!

Last night, while we were all reading before bed, Brooke made all of these little houses out of books. It made my heart happy :) and I want to remember it forever.


Brooke is so cute, so sweet, and so full of personality. She definitely tests and pushes her boundaries (what 3 year old doesn't?!) but she still is our little angel. We love her so much!
Happy Birthday Brookie!

September 2011: Meg's Birthday

Thanks to my friends for making my birthday so special!
I hadn't laughed that hard in a really long time.