July 23, 2009

Here are some pics form Caroline birthday:

First we got her up and let her open a present.

Then we went to Zoinks for a little playtime.

Next we had cupcakes!

Caroline's 2nd and Jake's 30th Birthday Party

On Saturday we had Caroline and Jake's birthday party. We had family and friends over to celebrate with us and we had a great time.

We wrapped our sliding glass door so Caroline could not see the swing set in the back yard and so she had something to "unwrap."

Caroline's backyard clubhouse!

She loves to swing...

She loves to slide...

"Hi guys!"

Preston, Peyton, Jason, Caroline and Walker enjoying the swing set.

"Happy Birthday, Jake and Caroline..."

Caroline and the boys(Walker and Will)

Building the Swing Set

We gave Caroline a swing set for her birthday. It took Jake and Ed 12 hours to put it together (that is with meal breaks and rain delays). Here are some pictures of the assembly day.

Box 1 of 3

Jake's 30th Birthday

Jake's 30th birthday was Monday July 13. Caroline and I picked him up form the airport at 7:00 and then headed home for a nice dinner with Jake's parents. Debbie cut out over 100 30's out of construction paper and then came over to decorate our house. The 30's were everywhere!

That's a lot of candles!

Houston

The first week in July, Caroline and I flew to Houston to visit my friend Summer and her daughter Chloe. We had a great time and we can't wait to see them again! Here are pictures from that week.

Day 1: Summer lives in a great neighborhood that has many amenities including 2 pools. We went to one of the pools the first day and let the girls play together. *We went to the pool most every day because the girls had a great time swimming together.




Day 2: We were busy from the get go. We took the girls to a bounce house place close to Summer's house and they had a good time. They especially loved the slide.

Day 2 (cont.): Summer and her husband Chris play on a co-ed soccer team together and they had a game and we took the girls out to watch.

Day 3: Summer's Neighborhood had a children's parade for the 4th of July so we decorated the waggon and showed our spirit. At the end of the parade route there was a small "fair" like atmosphere with rides and games for kids.

Day 4 (4th of July): We traveled to Lake Livingston (about 1 hour outside of Houston) to visit some of Summer's friends at their lake house. The girls got in the lake, but weren't thrilled because it was quite rough. They had a great time playing in the swing despite the rough water.

Day 4 (cont.): That night, we went to a fireworks display in Kingwood. Caroline pronounces fireworks like "walker-works." Not sure where that came from.

Day 6: We went to the Woodlands Mall this day and the girls rode on the Carousel and played in the kids area of the mall. Summer and I both spent way too much money on kids clothes that day!

Day 6 (cont.): This was also Summer's birthday so she had all of her family over for dinner. We had a great meal and both Caroline and I enjoyed spending time with their relatives.

Day 7: We caught a plane back to Tallahassee this day so all we did was pack. No fun pictures of that, sorry!

Chloe, Summer, me and Caroline.

Chris, Parker, Caroline, Logan, Chloe and Summer.