Feliz Cumpleanos!

Gavin is 3!!

Gavin had a most wonderful birthday this year....I think it was so fun because he actually got what a Birthday was and what it meant. It was also great to see Gavin's older siblings get into the spirit. At breakfast they sang "Feliz Cumpleanos" to him before singing Happy Birthday! What an amazing thing to hear 3 of your children singing in Spanish to the other one!!!! I love it!

We celebrated Gavin's birthday twice! Once on the actual day and again on Sunday when all of our family could come to celebrate. Gavin loved being the center of attention! Here he is on his actual birthday...he chose McDonalds for his birthday meal.

Opening more presents on Sunday!

Gavin got a fire man coat and boots!! A new favorite thing to wear!

It was an Elmo birthday!!

New toys always seem to be a hit! Here they are all playing with Gavin's new blocks.

Lots and lots of snow!

Good day to all! This post is really most for my sister Megan. She lives in northern England where they don't get much snow....so I told her I would take some pictures of ours so she can remember those great West Michigan winters!!!

Here is our picnic table with it's cap of snow.






Kendra has decided that she loves to play outside and does so when ever she can. Notice the pink cheeks on all of the kids...it has been really cold here, but it is now 18 F so it is pretty warm!














Gavin was being very goofy outside....it always looked like he was going to make a snow angel, but never did...just flopped down in the snow and smiled!










The kids were all throwing snow balls at eachother even though the snow really wasn't packing very well...I don't think they ever made it to their mark.









Yep, that is Ian throwing a snow ball at his mom...can you believe such a good kid would do such a thing? Well, he did!

Saturday Snow

Here are what the kids did this morning! The snow was perfect for snowman making!