Brandon Turns 5!

Birthday cake made with love by Grandma + a fun party with friends at the Discovery Playhouse = a special birthday for a wonderful boy.

Eight is Great.

Anson had a birthday this weekend. We had a party with family and a friend party for him. This year only a couple of friends came which was nice.

Doug and his friend Bryan took the boys out for a quad ride.

Grandma made a soccer cake for the family party. For my 19Th birthday (I think) Doug made me a soccer cake. I'll have to try and find the picture so I can share it.

Anson is a great kid. He works hard, but knows how to have fun and is a joy to have around. I love him very much.

Have you been to Hawaii?

We were so blessed and encouraged at our Bible School class reunion. The guys had a lot of fun golfing and us ladies really enjoyed relaxing while soaking our feet. The kids had a blast doing a treasure hunt. Together as a group we had a Hawaiian theme night. We were also able to sit by a camp fire and have a time of praise and prayer.

The group that was in attendance for the Hawaiian party.

Doug's birthday was the next day so we had cake for dessert.

The youngest two at the party.

A new fashionable way to wear a lei.

Brandon looking pleased with his purple lei. Though I must admit that he didn't keep it on very long.

It's Birthday Month

The weather outside has been unseasonable warm, and on one of such day Doug, and I were able to go golfing with some friends. It was a lot of fun.

After golfing we had a BBQ out on the river. There were three September birthdays in the group so we had some cake.

Anson also celebrated his 7Th birthday this month. The football from Micah was his favourite gift.

I had an awesome birthday this year. I was extremely blessed by the thoughtfulness of my family and friends.

Hoppy Birthday Brandon!!

Brandon turned 2 on Saturday. We had fun celebrating with family and friends. He enjoyed opening his gifts and was pretty good at it too.

Brandon ate his cupcake carefully. He hates getting his hands dirty. He takes after his Grandpa Kroeker.

There were many bunnies who came to the party. Anson being one of them.

Cameron is 4....I mean 5!

Celebrating Cameron's birthday was a lot of fun this year. We had two parties, one with family and one with friends. Pictured above is Anson bringing Cameron his cake, I remembered to put five candles on at this party.

Here Cameron is opening one of his presents and preaching to everyone that you have to open the card first.

Playing games....the kids all did great, it was a very enjoyable party and time went by quickly. Doug thought that I was crazy planning a two and a half hour party with that age group (2 to 5 year old). I think that it helped to have the party in our church basement and the kids had room to run around.

Eating the cupcakes.....when I brought out the cupcakes with the candles, Cameron informed me that I had only put four candles on instead of 5. Oops, time sure does go by quickly.

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY CAMERON. I LOVE YOU!

The Big 3-0

I have officially joined the 30s club and so far so good. On Sunday I went to a birthday party thinking that it was for a friend of ours, little did I know that it was actually for both of us. He also was fooled into believing that it was only for me. Anyway we both ended up being surprised. We had a great time with a lot of our mutual friends. Jamie and Doug did a great job planning the party, I feel very blessed to have both of them in my life. If you want to read more about the event you can go to Jamie's post at blessings-upon-us.blogspot.com. (Jamie I hope you don't mind me copying the picture).

On my actually birthday I just did normal things around the house with the exception of going out for lunch with my husband and in-laws and then later getting to go out on a date with my husband. And then today we just kept right on celebrating at the in-laws for supper. Doug really wanted to recreate my 20th birthday party today (that was a year after we met), but the wind didn't allow it. It was a cool idea anyway and I still had fun. I truly feel very blessed to have such wonderful people in my life.

Anson's 6th Birthday

We celebrated Anson's birthday with a party of 13 boys. We had not planned to have that many, but he had taken the liberty to invite a few extras. At least he told us about it, apparently when his uncle was a boy, he had a few extra boys come home on the bus with him to his birthday party without his Mom knowing about.
Opening up his gifts. I was so glad that Doug came home from work early to help with the party. I don't know what I would have done without him. Anson had a lot of fun at his party. Next year he will only be allowed to invite seven boys.
After all the boys went home. Grandpa, Grandma and Auntie Janelle brought over supper and we kept partying.
For his birthday Anson received a Bible from Grandpa and Grandma.
He also gets to go to a Rider game in October. I must say that he is a blessed boy, and I'm blessed to have him as my son. He is very percious to me.

Brandon's first Birthday

Brandon enjoying his gift from Grandpa and Grandma.
Eating his birthday cake. Yum! Yum!

Cameron is 4!

Yesterday was Cameron's fourth birthday. He got to choose the menu and the activity. He choose hotdogs and bowling. Can a party get any funner than that? He had a great time and that is the important thing.

My 29th birthday.

Today is my 29th birthday. I feel uncomfortable sharing that because growing up we never celebrated birthday's. I realize the importance of celebrating birthdays though. Because by doing so, you are celebrating that person and why not celebrate one of God's creations?

I had a wonderful day. Doug planned a supper party at his mom and dad's. A few friends showed up and we shared a delicious meal and wonderful conversation. I feel blessed to have such a wonderful family and friends.