Remembrance

I've not forgotten you. I love you, see you someday.

And yet, another birthday!

Last night we got to celebrate another birthday. Our little friend Jedidiah turned 2 yesterday. We were invited to the Lawson's for a rocket ship birthday party.

And you might think we'd be done with birthdays for awhile, but we're not! Travis will have his next tuesday, then Truman, Saige and Sloan are at the end of February. More parties to come!

One more birthday present...

After church and a nice lunch at Pueblo Nuevo with the Porters, we headed out to Ray and Pat's for Amelia's last birthday present. Ray got her a gator and has been hiding it since before Christmas. It was a very warm (about 70 degrees) and windy day.

 It took her a little bit to get the hang of it, she ran into a few trees.

 Truman finally got a chance to try it out.

 He kept wanting to drive like a European on the other side and use his left foot on the pedal.

 We rode around on the four wheelers some too. After this last picture was taken, we headed to the shed to put it away and Amelia fell alseep on the way from the house to the shed.

After all the weekend festivities, we went home and everyone (Travis and I too) took a nice long nap. We had to wake the kids up after 6:30.

Amelia's 3rd Birthday Extravaganza

Thursday night I baked sugar cookies for individual fruit pizzas for Amelia to have at daycare for her birthday. I may have made one for myself when I finished baking them. I love my new jadite plates and this is one of my favorite mugs, made by Kirsten Kieffer.

 Friday night Amelia spent the night at Grandma Pat's and Grandpa Ray's so Travis and I could work on her birthday present and preparations. I started baking the cake, pink cake, all shades of pink. When I asked Amelia what kind of cake she wanted, she said PINK! So pink is what she got. I saw a ombre pink cake on pinterest, so I decided to give it a whirl.

 As part of Amelia's present, we did a little room makeover for her. While I was working on the cake and playing with Truman, Travis started painting one wall in her room. We picked out this nice turquoise.

 The finished product. A big girl room for a big girl.

 Ray brought Amelia home this morning and I just waited for her to go into her room to discover the changes.

 And the birthday party begins! Ashley brought her this giant button to wear.

 The kids watching Up, their favorite movie.

 Playing in the basement.

 Grandma Cretia's welcome wagon.

 All of the kids enjoyed going through Amelia's dress up box, especially Saige. She wore this necklace most of the day. So pretty.

Twins!

 The kids got the booster seat and took turns playing baby and feeding each other.

Scott and Saige scaring the other kids.

She had so much fun blowing out the candles and did it so quickly, that I lit them again for her to blow out.

 Later in the afternoon, the Porter's came to visit us. They came to town for a wedding. We haven't seen them in over 7 months, so it was great to visit and catch up. They stayed with us for supper and the kids played while we talked.

I love this boy. LOTS. He's my little cowboy butterfly.