My Birthday way back in May :)

I had a fantastic birthday this year. The super cool thing is that I got to celebrate it all weekend long, starting on Thursday!  The crazy thing is it actually rained on my birthday and the weather was pretty chilly throughout the weekend.  I have to say I haven't had a rainy birthday for some time.  I don't even know if I have ever had a birthday where it rained. :)

First my friend Natalie and the kids hung out with us at the mall.  Here are the kids playing at the playground.  In the picture below, Jayne is squeezing Evan's cheeks.  I think she thought, "I am going to test this out on someone else.  Everyone is always squeezing my cheeks."

Then Natalie, Tyler and Jayne spoiled us with lunch at B.J.'s.  However, Jayne did pass out from all the fun that day and is sleeping during this picture.

Then that same day my Mom took me out to get some new clothes, etc. while my dad watched the kids.  I have to say this was AMAZING!  I felt very spoiled.  That evening they took us all out to Islands.  Our family got some awesome eating in this year! :)

On Saturday, my official birthday, Jim and the kids surprised me with my birthday gift after we all got ready for the day.  They got me a brand new purse that I had been wanting. 

Then we headed off to an outing of Miniature Golf at Sun Splash.  This was the first time the kids got to golf.

The really got into the fun.

  

They especially enjoyed all the little buildings while we golfed.

That night we celebrated my birthday with a few friends and dined at Buca Di Beppo, I told you we ate well this year. :)

The kids had a great time and hung in there for the most part.  Evie was a huge fan of the birthday dessert.  She is our little sweets eater. :)

 

On Monday I was able to have one final celebration, with my family at Leatherby's.  This time my Brother and Sister-in-law and Grandma were all able to come too!

 

We had a nice time.  Evan helped me blow out my candle.  I actually didn't order any ice cream here funny I know.  I was getting a little bit of sweets over load.  The hilarious part is that they brought me a mini cup of whip cream with a candle for me to blow out, since I didn't buy an actual ice cream treat. :)  However, they did sing a very nice song.  

Thank you everyone for making my birthday so special!  Love you all! 

"Wonder Pets" and the perfect snack :)

While Evie was napping on June 16, Evan came up to me asked me for some celery so he could enjoy it along with his friends on the show "Wonder Pets."  This was all his idea; I couldn't help but giggle.  Here he is enjoying his celery along with the show.  He requested the whole celery stock.  For those unfamiliar with the show one of the main characters, Linny's (a Guinea Pig) catch phrase is "This calls for some celery!", usually declared at the conclusion of each adventure.

Here he is munching away.  Sure do love this boy! :)

Soooooooo behind!!!

As my regular blog followers will see I am extremely behind on my blog posts.  This last month was crazy, both in time and fun.  Thus not much blogging was able to take place.  However, I am hoping to catch up soon.  :)

Here are some cute Summer pics to help fill the void. :)

Here are the kids playing outside on our play structure.  They love this thing.  It came with the house when we bought it.  Jim has made some modifications, but most of it is in the original form.

 

Here are also a few cute pics of the kids in their new camping chairs.  Our friend, Dan Risdon, took them with his fancy camera over at that our house.  We have also enjoyed hanging out with friends over the summer. :)

Not so recent Evie Developments :)

Okay so I have had this post sitting in draft mode on our blog for a couple of months now and keep forgetting to update it to be able to post it.  At this point, this stuff is a little old.  Especially since Evie will be 18 months next month.  At that point I will do one big post of all her developments at that time with some more details.  However, I hope you enjoy what I have in this post too.  Evie is doing many new things that I wanted to post this to remember them. :)  My favorite part about this post is that you can tell from the pictures below how much Evie has already grown.

This picture was taken in May.

 

This picture was taken in April.

  

These two pics were taken in February.

 

-Evie says many words now including...CHEESE for the food and to smile for pictures. :)  Below she is saying it in this pic.  Can you tell?

She is saying it here too. :)

Here she is sitting with Grandma having a snack.

-I am still having fun dressing her up.  However, she isn't always as cooperative these days.  Here she is in an outfit with a little shawl.

 

My tiny love in another dress.  This one was a long dress.

 

Now Evie in some tights all ready for church.

 

Evie in sneakers

-Evie continues to love her brother so much!  We have a lot of brother, sister love in our house.

Being silly together again.

-Also Evie loves anything sweet.  This must be why she is so sweet too! :)  Here she is having some See's Candy (the free sample from the store) on March 16.  Yummy!

Here is our Silly girl, at Brooklynn Moon's first birthday party in March.

Eating a sweet cupcake...yummy!

-Evie loves to sit on the stairs and be goofy too.

-Evie enjoys eating for the most part, but she is very firm on what she wants to eat now.

One of Evie's favorite foods is spaghetti.  During her meal time she likes to organize her food and puts items in her cup holders.  I hope she continues to love to organize like her Mommy. :)

 

When Evie is done eating she likes to just throw things off the side of her high chair onto the floor.  Mommy and Daddy are working on correcting this behavior. :)

Evie eating cereal all by herself

Eating her yogurt all by herself too.  She gets a little messy, but she loves it!

She has also fallen asleep while eating.  So cute!

-She still falls asleep in the car.  Precious!

-She is very smart.  For example here she is asking us if we would you like some chap stick? :)

 

-Evie enjoys bouncing.  Here she is in a bounce house in April at her friend Liv's 1st birthday.

We sure do love our Evie and each day our love grows.  Thank you God for this beautiful child!