Birthday with family party......

We are so blessed to have family close by!!!  I just love getting together with them!!!  They are so fun and it's great to see how everyone is growing up and I love that they still play so well together!!!  We invited several friends... and a great time was had by all.  Harrison came and spent the day with our family....it was a great time!! We went to the Fun Day here in our little town....and got to hold baby chicks, rabbits, goats, lambs, and kittens.  We also got to jump in 2 big bouncy houses, ride the ponies, play on the playground, get our faces painted, go inside a real ambulance AND watch a medical helicopter land and go inside!!!  It WAS a fun time!!! Then we all came back to our house for a cookout with potato salad, dorito chips (your favorite), honeydew melon, hamburgers and hotdogs off the grill and cake and ice cream!!!  Everyone was stuffed and then played outside until family had to go!!!  What a great day with wonderful people we love so much! Thank you to ALL who made today such a special day!!!!

 

Happy 4th Birthday Hunter.....

My kids are growing older....it's just so fun to watch them.  I still feel like I'm staying the same in years....but they are growing older.  Hunter was SO excited to be 4....like his cousin Little Dave.  He really looks up to him in many ways and they are the best of friends.  Hunter is becoming such a sweet boy who loves to give kisses and hugs and he is listening much better this past year than other years.  He's of course gotten taller and is 44 lbs. already!  He's a growing, happy, healthy boy!  We love you Mr. Hunter and are so blessed to have you in our family.... We just knew you would be a specially fun, energetic, surprising boy!!!  You were inducted twice before you'd come!  I even did accupuncture to try and speedily you along, but you didn't agree with coming until you were ready~ 8 days over-due...you came 8lbs 5oz and 20.5 inches long.  What a sweet boy you were and still, our snuggle-bug!  We love our Hunter....

 Here you are....just a few minutes old....

 Happy 1st Birthday to you.....

 Happy 2nd Birthday- family party was spent at Mam-ah and Pap-Pap's house!!!

 Happy 3rd birthday with family and a few friends.....

 Happy 4th Birthday to you.......look how much you've grown in just these tender, short years...you are our little 'dinosaur'....hat and all! 

You just smiled and smiled with your cake this year!  Mommy wanted to make you a train cake and Sister Robertson makes them....so she offered to make you one!  It is AMAZING and ADORABLE!!!  Thank you so much Ruth!!! 

 Daddy and I let you open a few gifts today on your special day..... Grandma & Grandpa Jeppson got you some really cute Thomas stuff....a new shirt, bathing suit and Molly for you to play with...she's the yellow train.  THANK YOU!!!!

 Ethan gave you his special bracelet you love....and one of his Bokugon animals....

 Alexis colored you a picture and gave you on of her pairs of sunglasses you always want to wear!  What special kids......We love all of you SO much.....

 Aunt Vicki sent you some Thomas puzzles.....4 in all!  How amazing....you kept saying...it was so cute to watch you and your brother and sister put them all together!  Each piece has one of 4 different shapes so you know what piece goes with which puzzle!  It is really neat!!!!  THANK YOU!!!!

May 21st- Last Day for Hunter.....

The last day of Preschool is always a fun day....play-doh, fishing, sand table, arm painting, outside play, with lunch afterwards!  It's always a great day with friends.  Hunter was very excited! Here are a few pics of the event.... Hunter sure has grown this year!!!  He'll be 4 on May 24th!!

 Hunter LOVED the play-doh table.....maybe because we really don't do any play-doh at home!

 I just love this one of Mrs. Fuska and Hunter....with his Train on his arm! Cute!!

 Fishing.....and he found a bag of goodies..... Fun!!

 He loves to swing....and is really good at pumping his legs to get himself going now!

May 19th- Hunter's Preschool Program and Ethan's Crossover

May is such a fun month!  Not only are there many exciting activities, things are wrapping up for the school year.  It's a bitter-sweet thing for me as a Mom.  Kids are growing older and wiser....and lots of memories are made! All my kids have gone to Preschool at Morning With My Friends with Mrs. Debbie Fuska (which the kids say Mrs. Debbie but Hunter calls her Mrs. Fuska).  She is wonderful!! Hunter is loved and taught well there!  He enjoys going and being with his friends.  He's been looking forward to this program for awhile- singing Daddy and I the songs whenever her can.  Here are a few pics of his big day!!!

 Right after Hunter's program, we headed off to Ethan's Crossover Ceremony for Cub Scouts.  He crossed over from a Bear to a Webelo 1....We Be Loyal Scouts 1.  He is thrilled to be moving up.  This year he has accomplished much in his electives, again receiving a gold point arrow and 2 silver ones, along with his Bear patch, 1 and 2 year service pins, and his Bear pin.  We are very proud of him and his hard work!  Here are a few pics....

Happy Mother's Day....

This Mother's Day was so wonderful!  Chris and the kids really made me feel so special...I'm blessed to be their mom!  I got breakfast in bed, a WillowTree figurine of quilting....Generations.  Chris made dinner, crockpot pork with carrots, onions, potatoes and fruit salad!!!  We played games, read Harry Potter, skyped family, walked around the block...just hung out with the family!!!   Here are a few pics....