VBS Kickoff

Had a great time at the VBS kick-off party today. Warning: lots of pics coming up. I would have put them in a slide show, but with this blog layout the photos would have been tiny. So here we go!

Sneak Peek - Mike

Thanks Mike!! You did a great job with all of those smiles. :)

Some party pics

Monday was Rachel's birthday. We grilled out - although in the rain and had a fun party.

She got this HUGE Barbie courtesy of Uncle Joel, Aunt Sarah, and Makenna. To be honest the thing creeps me out a bit. There's been several times that I've walked through the house and just caught it out of the corner of my eye and thought it was a kid! After everyone had left Monday I was exhausted so I took a little nap. When I woke up the TV was going full blast. No one else was in the house except for....you guessed it. The Barbie was sitting in front of the TV!

Happy Birthday Rachel!

Happy 4th Birthday Rachel. A couple weeks ago we ventured out to the Indianapolis Art Museum for this photo. There is a sculpture on the grounds of large numbers. The one we were looking for...4, of course!

Birthday Party

The 4th birthday party weekend begins! Today we had a party here at the house for Rachel and her little friends. It went off without a hitch.

I really didn't plan a whole lot in the way of structured games. I figured it was a nice day and we have a big backyard with a play fort.

There's swings

Slides

Sand...I mean what more do you really need.

Throw in some cupcakes on top of that and you have a party.

And a great time was had by all!

Tomorrow marks the arrival of all 4 grandparents. Monday is Rachel's birthday. We'll have the grill fired up and it will be party time again!

Hangin' with my friend

Today I volunteered at Aaron's school, so Rachel made the trek across the cul-de-sac to Chloie's house for the morning. I had things to get done before this weekend and Rachel's birthday party. Thankfully my neighbor Amy said that Rachel could hang out for a while. So after getting back from the school I started baking and cleaning. Nothing like an hour or two without the kiddos for some motivation to get things done. I looked out the front door and saw this.

Amy had them in matching swimsuits spraying them with the hose. Rachel was loving it. There was also the added benefit of the long nap Rachel took when she got back home. I'm thankful for good neighbors!

Happy 30th Birthday Daniel

Happy 30th Birthday to my brother Daniel. My sister-in-law Becky managed to pull off a great surprise party today. I'll let her blog all of the fun details, but here's a few snapshots of the day. The entire family was able to be here, so it was a lot of fun. Of course there was a family photo of the day.