Happy Birthday Miles!

Happy birthday Miles!

Miles turned 5 this week and had a fabulous birthday! If you can believe it, he picked pizza and spinach dip for his birthday dinner...hahaha. I guess that's why his nickname is "Popeye".

And for his birthday cake we collaborated and came up with a pretty snazzy cake. He wanted chocolate, I said how about white chocolate. He said blue, I said how about a blue cake and white whipped cream frosting. He said blueberries, I said okay. It was a lot of fun to make it with Miles helping me. He did all of the blueberries on top.

Look at this action shot!

Kudos to Spencer the photographer! For some reason, Miles looks like Uncle Ryan in this picture...

Did I mention that the inside was blue?

Miles recieved a Lightening McQueen beach towel. Watch out beach, here we come...

And he also recieved some fancy bubble wands and a huge blue jug of bubble solution.

Also exciting this week...Levi grew not one, but two teeth!! He's just been saving them so that they could come with a BANG! He sure had everyone fooled. Congratulations Levi, you're so smart!

And as a last note, I saw this on a bumper sticker this morning. Perhaps you will enjoy it as much as I did...

"Tennessee mothers understand why some animals eat their young!"

Thank you, thank you very much.

Tons of Fun!

Where to begin...we have just had a jam-packed fun-filled couple of weeks. Aunt Hannah came to play with us for two weeks. She really loves playing her guitar! The bigger the better! Aunt Hannah, Ella-marie and Levi having some bonding time.

At least a few of them are having a good time.

The spider ate Ella-marie!!! But luckily Miles is squishing it into submission.

Hunter, Grandpa, Ella-marie, Hannah, Levi, Grandma, Miles and Corbin.
Usually 50% smiling is pretty good, but not so much this day.

We went camping with the Hancocks and Hacketts to Giant City State Park in southern Illinois. FUN with a capital FUN! I'm suprised that we all survived in all actuality! Hunter had his 2nd birthday while we were there.

Levi, Miles, Spencer, Hunter (with two fingers), Ella-marie, Corbin, cousin Zach,

Aunt Michelle and Aunt Emily

Hunter opening some birthday presents.

Miles, Aunt Michelle, cousin Helen and Hunter playing with his birthday ball.

Hunter, cousin Zach, Ella-marie, Corbin and Aunt Emily with the birthday s'mores.

Ahhhh!! This is the best birthday ever!

All of the cousins (that can stand)

Corbin, Miles, Zach, Ella-marie, Quinn, Hunter, Helen

Chloe and Levi were nursing at this moment

For more pictures, visit Michelle and Ryan's blog at www.rhandmh.blogspot.com

Hopefully we will be able to recover soon from having so much fun.

Graduation!

Our amazing Miles graduated from Pre-K last week. I can't believe that the school year is already over! Where did the time go?? I think that Miles had the largest cheering section in attendance at the graduation party. I guess that's what happens when there are so many siblings to make this more exciting. He really is smiling in this picture, I just don't know why he has such a funny face on.

Also, Grandma and Grandpa Johnson and Aunt Hannah have been visiting us for a few weeks now and we have decided that they can never leave. Never ever. They will have to stay with us forever! Hannah will not be happy with that. I think that she doesn't appreciate being roommates with her close friends Corbin, Miles and Hunter...Something about Corbin snoring...

Levi loves having extra playmates!

I haven't downloaded the rest of the pictures, but I will soon. Oh, and Aunt Michelle...Aunt Hannah is in the running and trying to knock you out of the "Favorite Aunt" top spot. You'd better watch out!