Fun Birthday Party!

Aubrey was invited to a birthday party at the home of one of her preschool friends and the mom said to bring  her brothers.  Davis was busy but Andrew was available.  It was an awesome party!  The theme was circus and there were fun games, face painting, balloons, corn dogs, sno cones, etc.  They had a blast!

Aubrey's favorite part, the trampoline!

Andrew LOVED this game, he even helped with it!

Aubrey trying her hand at knocking the cans over.

See?  There he goes again!

New game!  I think he just loved the prizes. :)

Aubrey trying out the sack race.

The sack was almost as big as she was!

Cupcake time!

The balloon lady making a bee for Aubrey.

Aubrey with the birthday girl.

Dance!

We finished with The Little Gym over the summer because Aubrey wasn't interested in gymnastics anymore, just dancing so we switched.  Now she takes tap and ballet at the Dance Department with her friend from preschool, Charleston.  They are too cute!  Aubrey is loving it!  She came home the first day and said,   "Mommy!  This is REAL dance!"

Ready for their first class.

Charleston is definitely a ham!

Silly girls!

Labor Day Fun

The kids have been begging to go bowling for months now so we finally caved and went today for Labor Day.  We bowled 2 games.  Well, I should say the boys bowled 2 games.  Aubrey gave out after just 1 so she & I wandered around and played some arcade games.  Still, it was fun, and they were running a special where everyone could bowl and have a slice of cheese pizza.  Happy Labor Day!

Putting bowling shoes on.  Aubrey's feet were too small but Andrew thought the shoes were so cool!

This was Aubrey's first time to bowl.

Granny shot!  Amazingly, her ball only got stuck once.

Andrew LOVED bowling!!!

Davis was a pro.

Of course, Rick used to be on a bowling league so we didn't really count his score.

Patiently waiting for our turn.  I'm not sure why she's not smiling, this was before she got bored with bowling.

Relaxing...

...and Andrew had to get in on the fun, too.

Andrew got a hold of the camera to take pictures of all the bowling balls and...

...me, after my turn!  haha!

Rick's Birthday

Yesterday was Rick's birthday and everyone loves birthdays around here so we celebrated big!  We hung streamers around the computer for him to find when he got up, had lunch at Wild Wing Cafe, and grilled hamburgers and hot dogs with our good friends, the Gore's.  I even baked him a Boston Cream Pie, a first for me, and I have to say, it turned out pretty well!  Happy Birthday, Rick!

Streamers on the computer along with a jar of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups with 45 Reasons we love Rick!

My little helper eating the powdered sugar the "fell" onto the counter.

If you help, you get to lick the beater!

They suffered through the picture so they could help Daddy eat his ice cream sundae.

Aubrey's favorite part of the day- holding sweet Baby Adeline!

Rick getting his baby fix.

Aubrey telling Fred & Kristie some story.

Make a wish!

It must have been good.

Annie kept coming back for more!



Just for fun!

After 16 years of marriage and 3 kids, it's not always easy to carve out time for date nights but last Saturday, Rick's boss got married and the photographer at the wedding took this picture of us.  It's hard to believe we had our own wedding so many years ago.  We don't look THAT different, do we?  :)

Nana's Birthday

School is starting here much later this year so we were able to squeeze in one more trip to TN before our break ends and celebrate Nana's birthday with her!  While we were there, we got to spend some time with our sweet cousin, Molly Cate, and we headed over to the Frist for a few hours of art and fun.  We even stopped in at Tullahoma for one night to eat some cake for Rick's upcoming birthday (sorry you missed it, Faye, I hope Dick saved you some!). 

Aubrey and Andrew used party hats to become dinosaurs.

Aubrey & Molly Cate riding the elephant.

Aubrey decided to teach Molly Cate how to flip off the couch.

Aubrey LOVED wearing Nana's fuzzy socks!

Betty took a picture of this and sent it to Agnes for her birthday.  So sweet!

Molly Cate coloring with Betty.

Aubrey trying to get Molly Cate to look their binoculars at each other (right after this picture was taken, they walked too close to each other and bonked binoculars).

Rick lighting Nana's cake.

All we needed was Caron.  We missed her!!  She was already back at school.

Make a wish, Nana!

Davis making his own movie at the Frist.

Andrew drawing a self portrait using the mirror.

Aubrey drawing while wearing the crown she made.

Rick & Aubrey drawing on opposite sides of a glass wall.

Andrew watching Mommy in deep concentration (I was trying to draw a wooden model in the corner of the room, I'm not posting that picture! :)).

Playing an intense game of tic tac toe on the glass wall.

Father & son (take a good look at this picture, it's rare to get one of Dick smiling).