We have a 10 year old

It is so hard to believe that this young man is double digits already.  10 years ago we were in a hospital in Virginia waiting for this little guy to be born.

Now we are running him to every sporting event he wants to participate in, piano lessons, and robotics club.  He is a sweet, smart, kind kiddo who is thoughtful and a little forgetful and disorganized.  But we wouldn't have him any other way!  We love you, buddy!

Landon by his birth tree

 Landon's birthday party for his friends was on a rainy, windy, warm Saturday.  His flag football game was cancelled because of thunderstorms, but a beautiful rainbow appeared.

Landon with his buddies: Tyler, Sebastian,  Karsten, Kaiden, Micah, and Kyler 

 The boys had a good time, beating up each other with pool noodle lightsabers, playing in the barn, and playing football.

Cornhole and the ball bucket game 

 The next day, we had Landon's family birthday party.

Someone got their face smashed into the ice cream cake! 

Nice helmet Emmy

Is it cold in here Brooklyn? 

Emerson is nine!

Our sweet baby girl turned 9 on May 23rd.  She had been counting down the days for weeks and was soooooo excited when the day finally came!  Her birthday is always around Memorial Day and a little tricky to schedule so we had her parties on 2 different weekends. 
She wanted a sleepover for her friend party and invited her sweet friends.  The girls were amazing.  They got along great and were asleep by 10:30.

Lizzy, Emmy, Allie, Claire (and Bob the elephant)

 They made their own pizzas.

 And did some face painting.

 Then it was time for a movie and bed.  They were quiet until around 7 the next morning and played well (even letting Landon join) until parents came to pick them up. 

Em with her birth tree

 Her birthday was on a Wednesday and she wanted to go to Steak N Shake for chili, then Urban Swirl for frozen yogurt.  She got The Greatest Showman CD, Amazon gift card, diapers for her Baby Alive dolls, and some new clothes.

 Then, the next weekend, we celebrated with family!  It was gorgeous outside so we ate lunch on the back deck after opening gifts.

Cousins helping open gifts!

Em loves ice cream cakes!

Emerson is so thoughtful and loving.  She enjoys helping people and likes to be in charge!  She is so creative and loves art, cooking, and crafts.  We are so blessed to have this young lady as part of our family.

Brooklyn's birthday and Mother's Day

My sweet little niece turned 1 on April 21st.  She is certainly starting to develop her own personality.  She loves to eat and her favorite word is, "No".  But she is sure cute!

 We celebrated Mother's Day with going to church to see Brooklyn dedicated and having the family over for dinner.  Matt grilled some delicious ribs and it was nice enough that we could all be outside (although we cleaned the whole basement just to be safe!).

 We also got the garden planted and weeded.  I had to take a picture because I'm sure it will never be this weed free again.  Although, we assigned each kid a box that they will be in charge of weeding this summer so I hope that helps!

Landon's birthday parties

This kids LOVES all things sports, so when he mentioned having a baseball birthday party, I wasn't surprised! 🏈⚾🏀  Also, it was a super easy theme.  We had friends over on Saturday afternoon and family on Sunday.  Can't believe this kid is 9 already!!

 It was a GORGEOUS day for a party.  The boys spent most of the time outside playing football and baseball.  Coach Matt helped keep the games moving. :)

 Brayden, Dakota, Brendan, Greyson, Kyler, Landon, and Micah

I think they all had a good time and I'm sure they were all tired by the end of the afternoon!

Then on Sunday, we had Landon's family party.  It was another great day to celebrate Landon!

What a blessing Landon is to our family.  I can't wait to see how God's plans unfold in his life!

Soccer and Caleb turns 2

Both kids played on the Ravens soccer team this year.  I am imagining I'm getting close to not having both on the same team, but boy is it easier!  They had a great time playing, as always, and both got better as the year progressed.  Landon scored a few goals and Emmy finally got in there and went after the ball instead of waiting for it to come to her.⚽⚽⚽

Coaches: Charlie and Gavin

Back row: Brennan, Malyk, Eli, Kylie, Henry, Mackenzie, Tatiana, Ava

Front row: Charli, Brayden, Landon, Emmy, Lennon

On August 13th, we got to celebrate Caleb turning 2!  He LOVES Micky Mouse Clubhouse so that was the theme this year.  It was so cute.  Caleb is one special little boy.

 This littlest lady is pretty special too!  She's 3 months old and so adorable!

Steven and Kristina were great hosts and we had so much fun celebrating this sweet little guy!