Happy Birthday Wonder Twins!

Today is Jacob and Kloe's 4th Birthday! We enjoyed a day at the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum and a fun family party. Jacob was so excited that his first words of the day were," Where's my pizza and birthday cake?". I laughed so hard. They have grown into such amazing little people.

Jacob is ALL boy. He loves ANYTHING with wheels, that flies, or shoots something. He loves Spiderman and Batman, and is obcessed with Star Wars. Best of all, he loves a good laugh.

Kloe is ALL girl. She loves ANYTHING princess, pink, or frills. She loves Littlest Pet Shop, Barbie, My Little Pony and more. She adores wearing make up and painting her nails. I'm not sure what we would do without her around to tell us what to do, how to do it, and when to get it done. She nurtures anyone in need, and can organize like no other.

What a blessing these little people are in our family! We all adore them almost as much as they adore each other. They really are BEST friends.

Birthday hats and all!

Kloe didn't waste ANY time blowing out her candles!

Jacob has been SO happy ALL DAY LONG!

Kloe really enjoyed the museumHe was the payer guy and she was the shopping girl!

He read his cards and opened his "presidents" all by himself! We are still trying to figure out which presidents he opened!

Kloe was really excited about opening presents!
They each decorated their own cake then we wrote their names in M&M's.
Our sick sense of humor! This shark was on the counter so he had to eat cake too!
After he blew out the candles Jacob picked up his cake and walked off to the table to eat his cake. He was shocked we actually wanted him to share it with us! (But he did very lovingly!)

Their party with friends and the greatly anticipated Petshop/Batman cake is Saturday so there will be a part 2 to this post coming soon....

Junior Prom

I made these!

Jared and date Whitney

The "Group"

The Tux!

Whitney's corsage

Happy 17th Birthday Jared!

Today is Jared's 17th Birthday! Where has the time gone? We are SO blessed to have him as part of our family! He is the comedian in our family and has the innate ability to keep us laughing just when we need it most! Jared also has the most compassionate heart in our brood! What a joy it has been watching him grow to this point! Here's to even more memories yet to be made!

Team Ashleigh!

Jonah is turning 12 and will soon be heading off to seventh grade. He has been changing a lot, and among the changes is the discovery of girls. Well actually, one girl, Ashleigh. Ashleigh is in his class and lives in our neighborhood. She is a HUGE Twilight fan and has a "Team Jacob" shirt. She wore this to school the other day prompting Jonah to declare that he is on "Team Ashleigh!" This is what he wore to school today! (Having a big sister like Kailtin to help out pays off now and then!)

PARK DAY!

Today we had fun playing at Murray Park with Auntie Nicole, Tyler, and London. We flew kites and played on the playground! Grammie is really good at flying kites,! (Who knew?)

Twilight DVD Midnight Release Party

Last night I drove a fun loving group to Wal Mart in Riverton to the Twilight DVD midnight release party. The theme was prom so for the most part, our girls dressed up. We had our necks painted to look like vampire bites and stood in line to have our DVD's autographed by Rachelle Lefevre, the cast member who played Victoria. All in all, it was fun even if we didn't get home until 1:30am!

Jacob's "outside" bed

With Spring in the air, the twins have been enjoying the great outdoors! Yesterday Jacob was excited about his "outside" bed and asked permission to take a book outside. Since kids and books and two things I LOVE to see together I agreed. When I went outside I was cracking up! He had blankets and pillows on Grammie's wicker chase lounge! My favorite part, the book is upside down!

Jonah's science fair project

Jonah participated in the school Science Fair and won 2nd place overall.
Winning this award granted him a trip to the District Science Fair today where his project was rated as excellent. He also won the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots & Shoots
Environmental Recognition Award!
His project was all about finding out which brand of toilet paper was the most biodegradable.
(Charmin Ultra won as most biodegradable!)
He has been invited to display his project at the Westminster College Roots and Shoots Youth Environmental Fair on April 16th! We are very proud of him!

Happy 9th Birthday Kayleigh!!!!

Saturday was Kayleigh's 9th Birthday! To celebrate we went to Classic Skating with a few friends! Everyone really seemed to enjoy themselves, especially the Birthday Girl!