Monday, April 15, 2013

Golly Gee, Connor is THREE!


 We had a lion and tiger birthday party for Connor!
Most of his little friends were able to come which was great!
He had so much fun!

They had tiger and lion masks which gave them the boldness to chase down the adults, ok just Tim Ross and shoot him dead... several times.  They even ran him up a tree.

Connor's best little buddy from church was there!


Connor was very interested in the cake and kept trying to peek at it in the box :)


This was the drink table!  Lemonade and sweet tea.


I didn't get any pictures of the chick fil a nugget tray but that was a hit!


Carrots, fruit salad, pasta salad, cheese puffs and Doritos... all Connor's favorites.


We had the carrots pre-dipped in ranch... it worked well!


The boys enjoying their food! :)


I think that everyone enjoyed the food!  Good choices Connor!


The kids checking out the pinata before they took a stick to it.


Connor eagerly awaiting his turn...


I was trying to explain a pinata before the party and I said 'it's a lion head that hangs on a string and you beat it with a stick until it explodes'  It sounded so morbid but I knew Connor would love it! :)


We put little prizes in the pinata and he LOVED it!  (we're still sugar shocking from Easter)


Charity is so cute!  She was overwhelmed by all the child chaos!!


Vale loved being outside and getting to play with all the other kids!


The ladies... sittin' round enjoying the day!


And the men, doing the same...


Jakob was so excited to give Connor his birthday present!  And Connor was excited to get it!!!


Yeah Monster Trucks!!!!


Vale dances to his own tune... he makes up the rules to his own games...


This was after the water balloon fight that happened while I was in the bathroom... :)  phew!  Glad I missed that one!


The adults had some fun too... cornhole is always a good time.


Most people had left by this time but this was a GREAT location to have the kids!  They were trapped in which made it nice! :)


Connor had a blast but I think everyone else had a pretty good time too! :)




Connor's 'I'm Three' Video

Connor telling me all of his favorites and such just before he turned thee.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Boys having random fun!

 We have so much fun every day!  I tell ya... I have the best job in the world!

I get to wrangle in this little pirate!


I get to cheer on the valet in training!


I get to watch my boys love on their family!


...well sometimes love on their family... 


I get to watch their defensive training.


 and enjoy their discoveries.


I get to teach them responsibility, like feeding their pet tiger and


eating their veggies!


I get to teach them new games


and practice the old ones.


I get to enjoy them having fun with glow sticks in the tub...


and witness Connor's budding talent as a rave drummer.


Does it get any better than this?  I submit that it can not.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

My boys at Easter!

 I might have gone a tad overboard with the Easter baskets... :)

The boys were very excited!


Connor was most excited to get his little church Bible!


They were pretty excited about the candy too... :)


After church our family came over!! :)  Connor loves his buddies! (Vale just woke up from a nap and might appear to have some sort of mental problem... :))


Baby Emma only lasted so long for the pictures... this was just before the total melt down...


My little trunk monkeys!  I wanted a picture at church but I was there by myself (Jimmy had to work) and I know I wasn't gonna get them to stand still and not run into the parking lot so I put them in the trunk! :)  Connor wanted to ride home in there but I figured there are too many bumps on the highway... ;)


My little giggle monster...


... and my ever happy one...


Connor posed nicely for a picture :)


Not so much the 1 year old... it was nap time... and there was a minor, ok major, meltdown.




Connor was trying to be sweet to him!

After his nap was much better!  We had dinner and an Easter egg hunt!


We hid LOTS of eggs in the house cause it was kinda misty outside.


Connor was a pro after last year! :)


He even found the grilled eggs!!!


We had a great Easter and a wonderful celebration of Christ's resurrection.  I asked Connor why we celebrate Easter and he said 'Because Jesus is ALIVE!!  He rose from the dead!' :)  Now, to get him to understand the importance of that...