My 43rd Birthday

We celebrated my 43rd birthday at home today, a day late due to a busy schedule on the 8th.  I can't think of a better place to be in my life than with my amazing children and wonderful husband!  Happy Birthday to me!!!

Ethan and Evan turn 2

Zeddie, Paul and I attended our little friend's two year old birthday party.  Ethan and Evan are quite special to our family and we are so glad that Zeddie and Paul will grow up with them!

Gabe turns 8

It is great to be 8!!!

Camille turns 12

Happy 12th Birthday Camille!!!

Seth turns 10

Seth's birthday landed on Father's Day this year and I didn't even get a picture of Seth and Ben together!  Seth chose Texas Sheet Cake for his birthday cake again this year.  It was always a favorite of my brother Brian's too.  We got him a new baseball glove as he was outgrowing his other one.  He had a great baseball season and even made one home run and quite a few triples.  He got to try his hand at pitching too and got pretty good at it by the end of the season.  He continues to love Cub Scouts.  He finished up his Bear and is now a Webelos.  He attended his first scout day camp last week.  He still loves all things cowboy and is an amazing help to Ben in all the projects here on our little farm!  Whenever I ask for his help he is always willing!  I love you Seth!  Happy Birthday!

Sweet card that the kids made for Ben for Father's Day. 

Zeddie turns 2

Our little precious boy turned two today!  How can that be?  Time really does go too fast!  He has been such a joy in all of our lives.  I am not sure what we would do without his smiles and laughter!

Zeddie loves school buses.  Three buses pass by our house twice each day.  He gets so excited when he sees them so we decided he might enjoy a school bus for his birthday cake.  (Grace had the same cake for her second birthday too!)

Gabe's 6th Birthday

We celebrated Gabe's birthday today.  He chose his favorite meal - noodles with butter and parmesan cheese.  We made some fresh basil pesto to go along with it!  He wanted to have an ice cream cake and I came across a fun idea here.  It is an Ice Cream Sandwich Cake.  Normally I am all about homemade but you know sometimes it is okay to do it differently.  It took longer to purchase the items than to put the cake together.  I think we all had our portion of calories and sugar for the day!

Seth and Gabe with Lyssa and Lena!

Funny faces!

Gabe is opening a present here and they all wanted to be sure to see it!

Ice Cream Sandwich Cake

Make a wish!

yummy

Me and my sweet Gabe!  I love you!

Seth turns 6