McKinley Jane and Grant Alan

For their actual birthday Chad and I were both off.  The theme for school that week had been dinosaurs so we planned a fun dinosaur themed day to go along with the school theme! Riding in the Power Wheels that Grandma Julie and Grandpa Ted got them Grant decided it was easier to pull than to drive Cute birthday outfit!! Outside of the T-Rex cafe for their birthday lunch!  What a fun place to eat! Watching the thunderstorm Checking out the Dino exhibit at Crown Center Digging for dinosaur fossils

Hard to believe but we just celebrated the kids FOURTH birthday!!  Since it was a summer Olympic year we decided to do an Olympic theme.  We had various games that the kids participated in and red, white and blue food!  Our charity we chose to donate to was the Special Olympics of Missouri.  Since there are so many cousins that are their age we invited all of them over and had 6 kiddos and 2 babies!  So much fun to be able to celebrate with family this year.  We were supposed to make a funny face and Chad took it REALLY seriously! FOUR years old!! With Granny and Papa Jack Checking out the fish tank she got for her birthday Grant making his fish face Getting ready for the ball roll game Getting ready for the race around the house (which was NOT successful by the way) The biggest hit was the target shooting where we took a garden hose and shot down soda cans! When your party consists of all family you g...