Birthday Bash(es)!!

Hello!! It has been awhile since I've updated the blog...life is busy, pictures get stuck on the camera...and you know...the blog just doesn't get any attention!

But, in honor of my sister in law Violet's birthday (she's a faithful reader and comment leaver on the blog!), I'm updating the blog...with birthday pictures!

 

Both Chloe and Kieran celebrated birthdays since the last posting..so here's some birthday party pictures!

Chloe kept saying she was having a Tinkerbell Hello Kitty birthday...but she was really only having a Hello Kitty birthday party!

On the actual day of her birthday, I had this little cake put together at Hy-Vee with Tinkerbell on it to share with the daycare kids...problem solved!

Our neighbor made the Hello Kitty cake and cupcakes for her party that we celebrated with family and friends!

She's very much into Frozen right now!!

Opening so many fun gifts!

I can't believe she is 3 years old already!!

And the gifts just kept coming even after her party from relatives and friends!

 

Kieran turned 8 years old in April!!

We gave him the choice between a party at home with friends or a family trip to the Amazing Pizza Machine...he chose Pizza!!

Our neighbor friends joined us for the fun....as well as my parents!

So many fun rides and games to keep us busy after eating a huge buffet!

Go Karts too!!

All of the kids had a blast!!

 

 We returned home for some gifts and cake:

A Children's Dictionary that he wanted!

Also a new Scooter!

Kieran and his Minecraft cake that I made.

Happy Birthday Chloe and Kieran!!

 

You too Violet! :-)

What snow?

In case you forgot what snow looks like....here's a few pictures for you from some of our February sledding and snow fun!!

Watching daddy and the neighbors snow blow the driveways...wishing they could go outside to play!

Enough snow to cover the patio steps!

Daddy scooped off the patio and put all the snow in a pile...the boys loved digging tunnels in that!

Sledding!!

Even with the backyard renovation last year, we still have enough hill for sledding!!

Now you have your fill of snow pictures....it makes me cold just looking at them!

Onto springy pictures soon!

A January to Remember

Well, since it is the beginning of March....here is an overview of our January for you!



The kids were very busy playing with new toys, games and doing crafts from Christmas!

Kieran using (one of) his new art sets!

Fun, new games to play too!

Playing games...and playing with each other!

 

We had just a little bit of snow in January and the kids couldn't wait to go out and play in it!!

It was cold outside but they were driving mommy crazy so excited to go outside for some snow fun!

 

Unfortunately our family got hit with the Influenza A virus in January also. Boo!

Kieran came home from school on a Thursday with a sore throat and then had a slight fever on Friday morning so I decided to keep him home from school. I'm glad I did because he got worse as the day went on and Saturday we saw the doctor, who confirmed with a test that he had Influenza A.

He was one very sick boy!

Kieran was started on Tamiflu and they said to have anyone else checked out if we showed symptoms.

Well, Chuck and Chloe woke up on Monday morning with symptoms and I all I had to do was call the doctor's offices and they called in Tamiflu for both of them. One of my doctor's offices put me on Tamiflu also as a precaution.

 

That only left Kiptyn:

Poor boy came down with a fever while he was at preschool Monday afternoon and I had to go pick him up early. He came home and went straight to his bed.

He started Tamiflu the next day...

We ended up with over $700 worth of Tamiflu...thankfully our insurance picked up a big portion of the cost! But, we were very thankful for it because...

 

 After just one week my hubby and kiddos were feeling MUCH better!!

They were enjoying the nice weather outside with friends...and snacks!

Healthy Again!

 

Grandpa Lyle and Grandma Shelia came out for a visit after we were all healthy and the house had been disinfected! :-) The kids got to take a ride in the back of their new truck...they were excited about that!

 

Whew...what a January!!

Lots of fun and a week of yucky sickness...Spring is coming soon and we're looking forward to that!

 

 

 

Bears, Bibles and Bowls!

On the Sunday after Christmas, we celebrated with the Bear side of the family!

The cousins always enjoy playing together and the adults enjoy picking on  talking with each other too!

It wouldn't be a Bear family get together without olives!!

The kids table!

Cousins!!

The kids enjoyed receiving lots of fun gifts!

Kieran got an Action Bible that he has enjoyed reading!

Hello Kitty for Chloe!

Rescue Vehicles for Kiptyn...that all make noise!

Chuck got a special gift too...the big family popcorn bowl that he has been asking for!

 

We had a great time together and we were glad that some family were able to stay the night at our house and stick around awhile on Monday too!

We were blessed to have lots of fun Christmas memories with our loved ones in 2014!