Birthday Girls (& Ted's) Cruise to Cozumel

I am so behind on my posts! Things have been very busy lately. I wanted to make a post about my annual birthday trip with Katherine (same birthday, same year) and Ted and Chris. In previous years, we have gone to Las Vegas and New York. This year, we decided to go somewhere warm, Cozumel. We boarded the ship in New Orleans for a 4 day cuise to Cozumel. It was very relaxing because we had a full day at sea before and after our day in Cozumel. The weather was wonderful in Cozumel ( a warm 80 degrees). Our last day at sea was kind of windy and cool, so we spent a big part of the day in the hot tub. We had a great time talking and LAUGHING with our great friends. This trip was to celebrate Katherine and my birthday, but since we did it later this year, we actually came home on Ted's birthday!! Looking forward to next year already, going to Chicago!

Happy Birthday Ted!!!

Monday night we celebrated Ted's birthday with cake and US Pizza (which Scottie and Dad brought us). We had just gotten back from our cruise that afternoon and I was so glad they had planned a bday celebration for him!! His birthday kinda snuck up on me. We have so many birthdays in such a short period of time (Nicholas'-dec 8, mine-dec 20, Grant-jan 8, my mom-jan 22, Ted-feb 1, then Amber-feb 26). Then there is a break until Harrison May 23!! Great Bday celebration for a FANTASTIC husband and dad!!! We Love You!!

Grant's Birthday Party!!!

Grant celebrated his birthday Saturday with a party at the Athletic Club with lots of school buddies!!! They got to play in the big maze and then moved onto the gym floor for games (dodge ball, british bulldog and basketball). The kids got to expend lots of energy running around playing. With the weather being so cold, its been hard to let the kids be active and I think this is just what everyone needed!!!


Mario Kart cake... Alyssa, Reid, Cade, Brock and Samuel

The birthday party crew...

Kayla, Ellie, Molly, Nicholas, Kara, and Alyssa

Garrett and Grant

Jackson

Harrison

Grant and Kayla

Embarrassed look...

Make a wish...

Nicholas and Mitchell...

Nana with the birthday boy...

Bathtub Buddies!!!

Just wanted to show you what bath-time looks like at our house!!! All the boys love it and beg us to let them take a bath. And foam soap is a must, I have to ration it out or they could use a can per bath. Don't know how much longer the three of them will fit in the same tub!!!

Happy 7th Birthday Grant!!!

I can't believe I am the mom of a now 7 YEAR OLD!! That seems sooo old!! It seems like it was just yesterday when he was born!! Such a sweet, funny, caring, innocent, carefree, independent, smart, beautiful boy he is!! Grant, you make me sooo proud to be your mom, we love you more than you'll ever know!! Happy 7th Birthday, my big boy!!


My 7 YEAR OLD Grant and his friend Kayla, who joined us for birthday dinner, cake, and presents!!

Grant with Nana

Happy New Year!!

We had a fun-filled New Year's Eve celebration with Pepka, Gigi, Blake, Jennifer, Charles, Catherine, Brian and Jackson. Our boys got a Wii this year for Christmas (I know, a few years later than most people) so we decided to have a fun-filled New Years Eve night playing Wii!! We played bowling, tennis and Family Feud. I'm already ready for another game night!!
Nicholas with his "party" hat on... The "BOYS", don't ask why they don't have shirts on, I just looked up at one point and they were all shirtless!!

Dad and Scottie

Nicholas

Party hats and noisemakers...

Even "Harry D" wore his party hat

Nicholas lost his 1st Tooth!!

Nicholas lost his first tooth a few days after Christmas. He was so excited that the tooth fairy got to visit him this time instead of Grant!! A few days before he lost it, he and Grant were rough-housing and he came up to me and his mouth was bleeding, so I was worried he knocked that tooth loose, but felt better when we went to the dentist for a cleaning days later and he said there was already another tooth coming in where he lost that one. So, it really was ready!! Kids look so old when they start losing teeth.