BIRTHDAY POST #3

Bathing beauties..

Quentin really enjoyed the pool, it seemed!

 Spectators enjoying the shade

 Eden singing us some tunes!

 Face painting

 Aunt Jamie and Victoria watching the face painting

 Ta-da!  Dessert.

 More volleyball.

 Pretty butterfly!

 Checking out the tent (that was Mike's father's day gift--more on that to come soon) and trampoline

 Beginnings of a Lion..

I never claimed to be a professional, by the way.

 Tired boy..napping amidst the noise and everything else that was going on.

Next stop, presents.

BIRTHDAY POST #2

Moving right along.

Mike and Travis..

 Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

 The kiddies waiting patiently.

 Birthday Boy!

 Olive

 Jimmy.

Jimmy and Michael went to school together,

having him there made it extra special for Michael.

 Rian

 Estrella

 Mommy

 Aunt Essie

 Andy

 A couple games of volleyball.

Standard for a summer picnic around here.

 Kathy

 Aunt Sheri

and we press onward.

Fyi--I have 73 pictures.

We've only hit the tip of the iceberg

BIRTHDAY POST #1

Happy Birthday, Michael Jacob!!

(The bouncer was an extra special thing)
 Michael turned 5 on the 11th..we had his party on the 9th.
This is my 3rd attempt at posting..I have a LOT of pictures..so be prepared.  We have said since he was born that we would have a "big" party when he turned 5..otherwise it gets to be too much with large families and friends.
So, here we go.
It had rained Friday night, but Saturday was beautiful.  Even a bit on the warm side.  But it would have been miserable to have indoors.  We don't have air conditioning or a lot of space to hold the amount of people.  So it worked out well.  We did miss several friends who could not be with us..but such is life.

 Rock painting.

 Pinata!!
This pinata was not one of the hitting kind..it was a pull string.
Ever hear of such a thing?  We let all the kids take a swing at it a few times, and then we pulled the strings.

 Birthday boy!!

 The goody grab

WE LOVE OUR LIBRARY

Our library is awesome.
They have so many programs--
really a lot of diverse activities.
From knitting to poetry to yoga to legos--you name it!
We signed up for summer reading this year.
"One world, many stories" is the theme.
So far so good.  It is exciting because each time they hit their goal (10 books), they get to pick a prize.
Sheesh!  At our house, 10 books could happen in a day!!
Anyway..
The summer schedule at the library is packed with fun things for the kiddies.  Last week we went to a "Magic" show.

Michael LOVED it. 

The above picture shows him holding back his giggles at the "magician's" antics.  By the end, he was hysterically laughing out loud.  It was cute.

The show was pretty well attended.

The bunny did not come out of a hat.

But was there nonetheless.

Looking forward to more events in the next couple of months!!

LOOK WHAT I CAN DO!

Well, it is official.  He is a climber..and a crawler.

Look how proud he was of himself!!

 Brothers