Miles' Birthday!

Miles is officially 6 years old now! It's hard to believe. We had his party a day early because we left on vacation the day after.

Everyone wanted to help unwrap the presents! This is quite the action shot of Miles. Why is he putting his six fingers beside his face to blow out the candles?? We shall never know. He chose mint chocolate chip ice-cream cake roll for his cake. A family favorite. Perhaps he was swayed by his mother, but I plead the 5th.

Done!

I just want summer to be over. Done. Kaput. Enough already. I'm ready for school to be back in session.

Happy Birthday!

Hunter had a happy 3rd birthday yesterday. It was a great day and all day long he was very excited to tell everyone (and show everyone) how old he officially is now. It's so nice being three!

Hunter asked for a strawberry cake.

This I interpreted to mean "Mom, I would like a double chocolate fudge pudding cake with chocolate glaze...and strawberries on top!"
It was well worth the chocolate!

Hunter had to open the presents fast...before anyone else could get them.

I'm sorry, but I had to put this picture in. Spencer took it in jest, when Hunter obviously wasn't looking, but I think it's really funny. Hunter got new underwear for his birthday.

Levi thought that perhaps he was the owner of the new blue ball. There have been a few confrontations about said ball.

Overall it was a wonderful birthday, and we're so glad that Hunter is part of our family. And we're also glad that he has survived to the age of three. May he had many more happy years!

Secret Father's Day Present

I just wanted to share what the children made for Spencer for Father's day. No one is allowed to tell him...shhhhh! The idea came out of June's Friend magazine, and as you can see, they are keychains made out of a tie. Very cute. Ella-marie even found a tie that was pink with purple polkadots.

The ties are in order, left to right, from oldest to youngest. In fact, that is Levi's hand trying to sneak his tie away so that he could chew on it.

We're so very thankful for our Daddy!

Vacation with Grandma Kathy and Papaw!

We were lucky enough to get to see Grandma Kathy and Papaw this last week when we went to Pigeon Forge/Gaitlinburg. The kids had so much fun...if you as what their fave part was, the answer is always "ALL OF IT!!" I have way too many pictures to put all of them on, but I am going to try to get at least one of each child, and perhaps my favorite ones.

Grandma Kathy, Corbin, Papaw, Miles and Hunter

All Hunter wanted for the last couple of weeks was to see an "ocopuss" His dream came true!

Corbin is about to be eaten by a megaladon!

Miles sure loved eating (especially because he got more dessert than normal)

Ella-marie and Hunter with Smokey the bear.

Levi doesn't really have any idea what's going on.

Five Little Monkeys...

jumping on the bed.

One fell off and bumped his head.

Mom and Dad took him to the emergency room

and the doctor said,

"No More Monkeys Jumping On The Bed!"

Levi got 4 staples in his head. There was a lot of blood, lots and lots of blood. Levi is just fine and started running around as soon as the doctor stapled him and gave him a drink of water. Thank goodness Patty was home next door and could watch the other kids when we took our run to the emergency room.

Carowinds!

We were lucky enough to be able to go with Spencer's band to Carowinds Amusement Park this past Saturday. The kids had a blast and the lines in the kiddie part were quite short. What a day! What a long, long, long day!

Hunter and Ella-marie loving the carousel!
Miles and Hunter in the red boat, and Corbin in the blue.

Corbin and Hunter flying with the Red Baron (in the background you can see Miles and Ella-marie too)

Amber and Levi, just resting for a moment.

This picture is an action picture, taken whilst whirling at top speeds in the hot-air balloons of death. Miles and Corbin are not screaming, yet...

This is during the same ride, and Levi is a little worse for wear. But what a fun time it is!

Levi finally took a nap at 7pm for exactly 10 minutes. Totally unacceptable, but there wasn't anything we could do about it.