Great-Grandpa said he has pictures of almost all his grandkids and great-grandkids on the zebra, so we had to get our kids in on the action...
9 years ago
Monday, April 27, 2009
Somebody had a birthday...
**Note-somehow this blog got totally screwed up, but I am posting it anyway cause it took me forever to do it. I will try to fix it later.**
Well, now that I am back into blogging, I should mention that my handsome oldest son turned 5 on April 5th-that's right, it was his special birthday. We left to drive to Utah on Friday April 3, stayed overnight in Cheyenne and intended to leave there and get to Utah in time for a party at like 4ish that night. Instead we left Cheyenne early, went the hour or so drive to Laramie, where we got stuck with the road closed due to snow and wind. We got a hotel, went over to check in and found it was trashy-I would say at least as bad as our honeymoon Castaway hotel. There was a liquor store attached to the hotel with crazy scary looking people in and out at 10 AM as we tried to check in. I freaked and started to look for other lodgings, was told by every hotel that they were booked up. I hung up with the Days Inn who told me they were totally booked, and my mom called me. She looked online and found a room for fairly cheap open online at the very Days Inn that had just told me they were booked. We booked that room and canceled at the yucky place. We checked in there in the afternoon, after a LONG lunch at the Burger King with a playground and 2 very long trips to the super Wal-Mart. We swam and watched a movie and tried to make it fun. The next morning we planned to get out as soon as the freeway opened. And to make a long story short (too late) we ended up leaving about 10 AM. We made it to Utah in time to have a lovely Greek Easter meal (a couple weeks early) at my parents house and a party for Ender. That was his actual birthday. He had a second party at Wes's parents house the next night. I somehow did not get a picture of the cake at my parents house though. In fact I didn't get a lot of pictures there period. Tell me if you have any good ones...In the meantime, enjoy the many pictures I DO have from the parties...
Well, now that I am back into blogging, I should mention that my handsome oldest son turned 5 on April 5th-that's right, it was his special birthday. We left to drive to Utah on Friday April 3, stayed overnight in Cheyenne and intended to leave there and get to Utah in time for a party at like 4ish that night. Instead we left Cheyenne early, went the hour or so drive to Laramie, where we got stuck with the road closed due to snow and wind. We got a hotel, went over to check in and found it was trashy-I would say at least as bad as our honeymoon Castaway hotel. There was a liquor store attached to the hotel with crazy scary looking people in and out at 10 AM as we tried to check in. I freaked and started to look for other lodgings, was told by every hotel that they were booked up. I hung up with the Days Inn who told me they were totally booked, and my mom called me. She looked online and found a room for fairly cheap open online at the very Days Inn that had just told me they were booked. We booked that room and canceled at the yucky place. We checked in there in the afternoon, after a LONG lunch at the Burger King with a playground and 2 very long trips to the super Wal-Mart. We swam and watched a movie and tried to make it fun. The next morning we planned to get out as soon as the freeway opened. And to make a long story short (too late) we ended up leaving about 10 AM. We made it to Utah in time to have a lovely Greek Easter meal (a couple weeks early) at my parents house and a party for Ender. That was his actual birthday. He had a second party at Wes's parents house the next night. I somehow did not get a picture of the cake at my parents house though. In fact I didn't get a lot of pictures there period. Tell me if you have any good ones...In the meantime, enjoy the many pictures I DO have from the parties...Birthday Boy!
Opening presents
He got a camcorder-his great aunt Kris loves and spoils him! He loves that camcorder!
Army, Stef, & Mel staying entertained.
Party 2 cake
Goofball 5-yr-old
Spence, Sol & End
Mel, Stef & the sleeping beauty
Sol
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Great-Grandma Gerry
Still a goofy 5-yr-old
Reading a card
Tom, Grandpa & Mel
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Me & Army. (If you are into Killer Bunnies, you should note that I am wearing a Killer Bunny necklace that Kris gave me!)
Mel laughs!
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Solace
Spence
Uncle Cody
Daddy Wes
Grandpa
Opening presents
He got a camcorder-his great aunt Kris loves and spoils him! He loves that camcorder!
Army, Stef, & Mel staying entertained.
Party 2 cake
Goofball 5-yr-old
Spence, Sol & End
Mel, Stef & the sleeping beauty
Sol
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Great-Grandma Gerry
Still a goofy 5-yr-old
Reading a card
Tom, Grandpa & Mel
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Me & Army. (If you are into Killer Bunnies, you should note that I am wearing a Killer Bunny necklace that Kris gave me!)
Mel laughs!
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Solace
Spence
Uncle Cody
Daddy Wes
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GG (She made the game for us by the way!)
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Mamma Bear (note Wes behind me wearing my glasses)
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The awesome racing tack we gave Ender
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Happy Birthday Ender!!!
Happy Birthday Ender!!! Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Kindergarten choir concert
Just before we left for Utah, Solace had her school choir program. She was lovely! Here are a few pictures followed by the videos of the songs. You have to know that during the video, Armour rolled all the way across the front of the gym and I was grabbing him while I recorded...um...yeah.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Dinner...with a twist
On April 1st, the kids and I thought it might be a funny joke to make cupcakes & french fries for dinner to fool dad. Little did the kids know what they were in for...
Here is our dinner all ready and waiting for daddy to come home...
Armour isn't too surprised by his first taste-he was in on it and helped mom all day...
Kindle loved her "french fries"
Here is Solace. She is waiting to see dad's reaction to the cupcakes-she cannot wait to fool him...
Ender is equally excited and mischievous...
Dad walking in...
Solace opened up her cupcake, and said "ew...,mom, there is something wrong with my cupcake..." I captured the moment perfectly in this picture...(FYI-the cupcakes were actually meatloaf "frosted" with mashed potatoes and the french fries were actually little mini churro-like desserts.)
Ender bravely tries it...
April Fools dinner was a blast!!!
Armour isn't too surprised by his first taste-he was in on it and helped mom all day...
Kindle loved her "french fries"
Here is Solace. She is waiting to see dad's reaction to the cupcakes-she cannot wait to fool him...
Ender is equally excited and mischievous...
Dad walking in...
Solace opened up her cupcake, and said "ew...,mom, there is something wrong with my cupcake..." I captured the moment perfectly in this picture...(FYI-the cupcakes were actually meatloaf "frosted" with mashed potatoes and the french fries were actually little mini churro-like desserts.)
Ender bravely tries it...
April Fools dinner was a blast!!!
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