Luke's 10th

What an amazing 10th birthday Luke had!

 It started out with his breakfast of choice:

Mom's homemade pancakes. In the shape of Mickey of course!

Then we headed to the movies with Uncle Marc, Aunt Jessica, Kennedy, Ashby, Grandma and Grandpa. We went to see the new chipmunks movie. A favorite of all 4 kids!

Then it was off to Chuck E Cheese. We were all met there by Uncle Adam, Aunt Cindy, Andrew and Seth.

 I thought that it would be okay to use this picture since it doesn't show the faces of people that don't like their photos to be on blogs. It does however show proof that they were there! :)

Then it was home for some play! Video games were played and cleaning was done for the family party.

Boy did he get spoiled!

Do you love the red velvet cake still on Luke's mouth? Oops!

 This year his theme was "Army" we had camo everything. As much as it pain Mom to the core!!

Luke loved hearing from all of his family and friends that couldn't be with us.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Luke's special day! Thank you for making it so amazing! We love all of you!

Happy Birthday Luke!!

PS: We will hold a kid party at the laser tag place in a few weeks so that he can invite friends from school too. Watch for invitations and a blog post to follow!



I can't believe it!!

Anyone who has had a child has heard the words, "They grow so fast!" I can't count the number of times that I heard those words when my kids were little. However, like many things you just don't know until you experience them for yourself! I am here to say that all of those people were right! Yesterday, my little man who I still see as this:

Turned 10!!!

Yep that is right. I am the mom of a 10 year old! It sounds weird, but I don't know where the last 10 years have gone! My little baby...the boy I always dreamed of... my little man is turning into quite an amazing young man. It brings tears to my eyes to think that I only have 8 more years until he leaves the nest and even fewer until he doesn't want to hang out with us anymore! I will cherish every moment that I have and will adore him forever! But just for my own amusement enjoy a trip down memory lane with me!

1 year old!

2 years old!

3 years old!

4 years old!

5 years old!

6 years old!

7 years old!

8 years old!

9 years old!

and now 10!!!

Luke, I love you more than words can say and I am so proud of the wonderful young man that you are growing up to be! I look forward to another 10 years!I hope that whatever you wished for comes true!

 

Catch up

Oh my! Since we started school I have not been good about posting! Here is my attempt to catch you all up on what has been going on.....

We started school! Here are our "First Day of School" pictures:

Joerg ran the Disneyland half marathon... again. He beat his time from last year by 3 minutes. Pretty impressive considering he only ran 9 times before the race! Our passports expired so we went to a couple of museums with Grandpa. It was so much fun!

The kids played dress up at one museum!

Although Sami was a little shy about her outfit...

I had no hesitation in embarrassing the kids with my rendition of a Native American by the Christmas tree! It was hilarious!

Luke held true to his normal form....

We went for a short bus ride...

Joerg looks a little too happy to be driving the bus!

Then the kids flexed their muscles!

They both impressed us with their upper body strength!

When we got home it was time for Michael & Becky's "I do's"

Obviously we all had a blast!

 Along with the wedding came a visit from my brother and niece! Our family had so much fun together for the short while that we had!

I asked Adam if I could post pictures of Andrew and Seth and he asked that I don't, so even though not shown the boys were there too and we all had so much fun! All 5 of the cousins really enjoyed spending time together and we hope that Ashby can come visit soon so that we can have fun and play with her too.

Now life is going to be calm for a little while! Well... as calm as life gets in this stage! I hope that this finds you all well! We love you all!