My little Brocky Boy turned 3 today. I can hardly believe it. It feels like he's been 3 forever (he acts so grown up). Since John was gone all night tonight we went out last night to celebrate. We took the kids to Farrell's for dinner, so fun...
and so loud... We were right next to the drums (can you see?).
Look at these guys. A bunch of blondies.
People always stare at us when we are out... I wonder why? :) No but really, the kids are getting much easier to take to dinner. Look at this crazy bunch!
They came to sing to Brock. He was super shy but I think he secretly liked it.
This morning Brock had his 3 year check up. He insisted on wearing these sunglasses and pink belt. Really? Well, I guess getting older comes with the perks of picking out your own clothes.
Lucky for us, today was also National Pancake Day and IHOP was serving free pancakes. Since John was working late, we headed down for a pancake dinner. Only the best for my Brock! ;)
After dinner we went home and sang happy birthday and ate cake. These kids may fight at times, but they are also good at showing each other how much they love one another. It melts my heart.
Happy Birthday little guy. We love you so much.
Tuesday, February 23
Happy Birthday Brocky Boy
Monday, February 22
Brothers
A couple weeks ago I went in to check on the kids after putting them to bed. I found the boys asleep like this...
Sweet Owen was comforting his little brother. So sweet.
Monday, February 15
Play-date with Great-Grandma
It's not very often that we get to hang out with Grandma, but since the kids were out of school and we had a free day to ourselves we thought... why not? Wendy drove us all up to HB where we picked up Grandma and headed for Main Street and the Pier. Grandma said she hadn't been on the pier in years! I could tell she was really enjoying herself and the kids (yes 6 of them) were all running around and enjoying the beautiful weather. They don't get to see their Great-Grandma very much - so it was a treat for all of us. Grandma loved the weather, she loved being with her great-grand kids and even survived a noisy restaurant with all of us. Thanks Grandma!!
Sunday, February 14
Valentine's Weekend
All the kids had some sort of Valentine's party to go to... We made cute Valentine cards with their pictures on it this year. I should take a photo of what it looked like -- so cute. Here is Brock with his playgroup. He doesn't like to smile for photos - but aren't they a cute bunch of kids???
My sister Tracy made these cute heart clips for the girls to wear. It was a perfect accessory for the holiday. They were able to wear them to church on Valentine's day too. I should of taken a picture of them on Sunday (what's with me?) - they looked much cuter in their red and white church dresses. Oh well...
(Ollie Pop wasn't feeling good. She had her shots this week and as you can see her eyes are a bit glazed over.)
John and I had a great weekend. We got to go out both Friday and Saturday night to really celebrate the holiday weekend. Friday night we went to sushi, go cart racing and Golden Spoon with the Barbers.
It was a lot of fun - except for the part when I was run off the road by a 13-year-old and ran into a pole going 30+ mph. Yikes! Nothing 800 mg of Motrin couldn't cure.
Lori and I enjoyed blankets too - although we weren't as obvious about it.
Fun times!!!Monday, February 1
Chocolate Challenge
Well I've had a week to get ready (not that it made a difference) and the day is here. I decided to start a month long Chocolate Fast. I will try and go 1 month without any chocolate. Let me just say, I'm scared! Now many of you may be thinking, why February? Valentine's Day! Well February is the shortest month of the year, so if I'm going to do it I need to keep my torture to a minimum.
