Batman goes for a ride...

Asa in his "fort."
Zeke stalled when it was bedtime. Barn and I were tucking in Grace and Asa and called up Zeke after a few minutes. When we came down we saw what was keeping him from getting to bed on time. He had eaten a whole sleeve of sandwich cookies, well the cream center of the sandwich cookie to be more specific leaving the cookies lined up on the kitchen island.

Happy Birthday Zeke!

Wall-e cake! My cake making friend was unavailable so this was my attempt. Not too bad...


Just a little excited about getting gifts.

Present time!

Zeke "read' this card to us. Something about Batman coming down from the sky to the earth to bring him a birthday gift. Very cute.

Capital Fun

Barnabas, Wade and the kids checking out the gun that fired the first shot of WWII.
Zeke and Ile having fun.

We had our friends Wade and Laurie come for a visit last weekend. We went to the capital gardens to run about. We had a great time!

Happy End of Summer School!

Grace wanted to take a picture of me with my gifts.
My card from Grace. The little pictures are from our presentation. We referenced The World Wildlife Federation (WWF) which is the same initials as the World Wresting Federation. We put it on our hand out as a joke, Grace used them in her art. Oh, and yeah, thats me hanging out at school with all my friends. Too stinking cute!

Barnabas and the kids surprised me when I came home from my last summer class with this great spread! Grace picked out the flowers, Zeke picked out the candy and Asa picked out the cake mix and frosting. I feel so loved! Finally its summer-no school!

Grace having fun with Kit.
On my way upstairs I saw this...

Totally zonked at 4:30 in the evening. He slept till 6:30 the next morning! I think he woke up a few inches taller too.

Fourth of July Fun!

This was the only photo of Zeke where his face wasn't a blur. He was beside himself with joy with that sparkler.
Our neighbor Marcus across the street.
Asa and some mad circles.
Grace working on her name.
Barn getting artistic.

Zeke just moments after yelling "I'm not sleepy!!!!!"
Go, go Speed Racer!

California

These are many pictures form our first family vacation. For some reason a few of them loaded out of order. Our first day in CA we went to "Ruby's Diner" and played at the oceans shore. We had a wonderful week relaxing on the beach and adventuring at Disneyland.

Lunch at "Ruby's Diner." The air places are the children's menus. Genius.

Memorial Day at Seal Beach. Barnabas and his Dad heading for boogie boarding.
Fun at Huntington Beach Pier.

Exploring Huntington Beach. The first escapade to the ocean.

Zeke getting down at the wedding (again, a little out of order).

The Howard men gaze upon the Pacific Ocean. The building at the End of the pier is "Ruby's" where we had lunch.

Toes in the ocean.
This one popped in out of order. Uncle Ken and Asa waiting for "It's a small World."

I wish you could hear the giggles!
Grace's favorite picture.
Waiting for the parade.
Zeke gets a better seat for the parade.