Happy Birthday singing.....Video!!

Well...I finally was able to upload a video. It is quite fuzzy but for those of you not able to watch in person, here is a little glimpse of Ethan's party tonight. Please check below for another new entry that I posted today, too. More birthday pictures. :)

Oh, and I'll leave you with a quote from our adorable Anns....
"Daddy, I don't think I want to go to heaven....I'm afraid of heights."
She told this to her dad tonight before she went to bed.

Happy 8th Birthday, Ethan!

Our sweet boy turned 8 today! We celebrated by doing lots of nascar playing, soccer playing and basketball. We had a fun family party tonight where these pictures were taken. He got lots of great gifts - he's so excited to play with things that he doesn't want to go to school tomorrow.This is his reaction to his "birthday sundae". He said he "doesn't really care for cake". Oh - great - less work for the mom! We did make-your-own sundaes instead and it was yummy!

Our annual mom/dad/son picture....how sweet! :)

Here is Anna working on her drawings with some reading glasses her mother received as a birthday gift from her own mother. Not funny, mom. They are not needed yet but made for lots of fun for kids playing "office".

Some Spring Fun ....

I cannot figure out how to get lots of pictures on here and keep them all in the right order so I apologize for that. At least there are more than 5 pictures in this entry.

Well - we have survived our spring break and a big part of that survival was our trip up north to Great Wolf Lodge. We went last week Thurs/Friday and we had a great time. Here are Anna and Joel in the shallow "kid" area.

Here is Ethan enjoying the Lazy River. We discovered that if the kids wore life-jackets and didn't use the tubes they flew around in that river super fast - this occupied lots of time and they totally loved it.

And here is Miss Anna relaxing on her tube. She rode around like this for a good 30 + minutes - just taking in the scenery. Ethan and I were racing down the huge tube slides while she was taking it much slower. :)

Ok - here is the "out of order" part. Here is a cute picture of Claire on Easter Sunday eyeing Grandma's cute Easter table decorations. She eventually got her way and got to play with the cute little chicks.

This was taken last weekend when we experienced nice 60 degree weather (for a mere 3 days). We took advantage of it and tried a little tree-climbing.

Anna and Joel were working in the yard while Claire modeled in the tree.

And another picture out of order - this was taken at Frederick Meijer Gardens on Spring Break. We went to visit their butterfly exhibit and Ethan was lucky enough to have one land on his wrist. It looked like a white monarch and just sat on him for awhile.

All in all we had lots of fun. Baseball, T-ball and soccer season is about to begin so keep checking back for updates. :)