Birthday Celebrations

Tom's 10th birthday was Oct. 24th...as you know, Summer came home on the 23rd...needless to say, life has been a bit busy since then! We knew Summer was coming soon, so the Sat. before she actually did, we took Tom to the Pacific Science Center with 3 of his friends, Andrew and Morgan of course. They had a great time there after we ate Pizza. After we closed down the place, we went to McDonald's for dinner...mmmm....well, it was actually very fun for the boys :)

Jacob, Tyler, Tom, Cody, and Andrew pose for the shadow wall...a bright light flashes (no, not from my camera) and their shadows are frozen on the wall...they had loads of fun in there

Andrew in the big chair

A big game of chess with Jacob and Tyler

Cody and Tom at the big kids table

Cody and Tom played hazard cone checkers

Morgan and I hung out in the little kid's area and she had a ball! She had fun wrestling with this "baby hump whale"...she gets her animal names from Go Diego, Go!...all whales are designated humpback, well rather, hump whales...she is funny :)

Morgan is hammin' it up for mom!

Cuteness is dangerous!

The boys played with this contraption for probably 45 minutes!

Cody, Tyler, Tom, and Jacob

Morgan rode the giant catepillar

Andrew was "bugging" his brother and friends with this giant bug puzzle

Tom loves the butterfly house and stayed in there until one landed on him

Some cool butterfly shots

Tom, Andrew, Morgan and Jacob and a butterfly

Morgan loves the "dinosauts"

Oh no! Jacob is feeding Tom to the giant scorpion!!


Happy Birthday Morgan and Tom!

We have such a large family, we combine birthday gatherings...Tom turned 10 on Oct. 24th and Morgan turned 3 on Nov. 4th

This year's birthday cake was a chocolate fountain...no candles, no ice cream, no baking! The kids loved it...we might have to repeat this :)

*WARNING! Tone deafness runs in the family!

Morgan loved her Dora castle and furniture she got

Aunties, Debbie and Rachel played too

Morgan opened her gifts very carefully and had a great time

Tom got a bunch of DS games...he was in heaven!

After about an hour, Morgan tore herself away from the Dora toys and finally dug into the chocolate fountain....literally

...good thing we were all done, yuck! She takes the term double dipping to a whole new level!

Chris, Morgan, and Ryan

Brianna, Connor, and Tom

Birthday boy!

Summer got all dressed up...first time in a dress, cute, eh? Today was also a welcome home Summer party...most of the kids met her for the first time that night

Ryan going in for a kiss.....

...plants one on Summer

Grandma Norris and Summer

Brianna is the oldest on my in-laws' side of the family...she loves the little kids...we love her! Hi Brianna! :) I am very tempted to rent her for a couple of weeks to help me at home!
Who could resist this face????
Jared is getting big :)