Happy 1st Birthday, Livi!

Today is Livi's 1st birthday so we went over to have dinner together and sing Happy Birthday to her since her big party won't be until May because Juli will be getting her tonsils out next time Uncle James is home. So we had a mini-party tonight...

Make a wish!

Let me just take a lil' taste...
Cake is goooooood!
Katie and Juli agree
SCREAMING Happy Birthday to Livi!
(and possibly the last picture of Juli's tonsils, LOL)

Follow me to the presents!

What's in there?

It's a bubble mower!!!

Livi and her present from us

Livi trying out her new mower

But it wasn't long before Thing 1 and Thing 2 claimed it as theirs!
(Look at poor Livi's face, she's like "What the heck just happened???")

She did get it back but the girls didn't give it up easily!

Kelly's 5th Birthday

On Saturday night, we went to Kelly's 5th birthday party. Katie had a great time playing with Kelly, Liam, and Sammie and helping Kelly open all of her presents.

Waiting to sing

Making a wish!

Yummy chocolate pretzels!

Katie, Kelly, and Jenine opening gifts

Super cool!

Katie and Sammie hanging out with their Mom-MomsKatie doing a little light reading before we leave.

Cabelas

Joseph and I took a ride up to Cabelas yesterday so he could off-load his gift card. That place is amazing! If you can't find a fishing rod or gun you like there, then you don't really need one in the first place, LOL. They have all of these animal displays and an aquarium too so it's part store, part museum. The store is humongous! Joseph got a new pair of Crocs and I got Katie a new winter hat and gloves (just in time because it's frickin' freezing here now!!!). We also got her a backpack, like Dora has, because she's been asking for one for the longest time!

Mmm, Starbucks! A good start to any road trip!

A little over an hour later, here we are!

Look at all that stuff!!! (Told ya it was big!)In the aquarium... I swear this fish was smiling at us!

Joseph of the Jungle

On the prowl

ROARRRRRRRRR!

Like a fish out of water!

Target Practice

That darn gun was heavy!Our shooting range, lol

See all that yellow in the back? 1000's of fishing rods!!!

All the mountain animals

The Cabelas sea-plane

Trying to warm up and ready to make the trek home