Birthday Party

Alli had a wonderful birthday and enjoyed being surrounded by so many family members. She felt special in every way and wanted to thank everyone who sent gifts and also came to the party.

My Little Pony cake

Thank you Bryan, Lisa and boys for the Despicable Me movies.

Thank you Nana for the rest of the Magic Tree House series.

Thank you Grammy and Papa for the Frozen Elsa, Anna and Christoff dolls.

 

Thank you Ben and Stephanie for the Toy Story movie. I'm sure you can see from the picture above how excited she was to be getting so many of her favorite movies!

Thank you Andrew and Kara for the How to Train Your Dragon movie and Dr. Seuss book. We've been reading a story every night before bed and she has loved every one!

Thank you Shannon, Rusty and the girls for the My Little Pony dolls. Alli loves playing with them.

So...it was rainy....and not very warm...but we braved the pool for the kids. I'm glad we did, because they loved it!

Nothing more fun than a water fight :)

TN Aquarium

Ever since moving back to Winchester, we've been wanting to take the kids to the Aquarium in Chattanooga. I hadn't been there in over 15 years. When Ashley and the boys came in to visit, we took the opportunity to go to the Aquarium. All the kids LOVED it. We also got a year membership with Chris and Marilyn so we are looking forward to going back soon.

Alli was excited about being able to pet/touch the Sturgeon Fish.

This picture of the 4 makes me laugh.

We love when Ashley's family is able to come in for a visit. We see them about once a year and make every effort to spend as much time with them as possible. The kids are all close in age and get along so well.

Petting the Sting Rays. We spent quite a bit of time here. The kids loved the Sting Rays.

The kids had a blast and were completely worn out by the time we made it through both the Fresh water and Salt water sides of the Aquarium. Ethan even fell asleep at lunch! Definitely worth the trip.

Happy to be 5!

Alli is so excited to be 5! She couldn't wait to celebrate her birthday. We waiting most of the day to celebrate because her Aunt Ashley and cousins Carter and Levi were flying in. Their plane got delayed so we went ahead and did a small family cake and gifts. She is looking forward to celebrating with the rest of the family on Saturday.