The oldest turns 9!

Amy made a cake with lemon custard between the layers and a cream cheese frosting. It was really good and I don't even like lemon cake.

Finally! Jaisen got that stinkin' littlest pet shop toy she has been whining about. (I guess siblings turned out to be good for something after all.)

Aunt nette and the cousins even stopped by for some fun.

Grandma Williams was there too but we didn't get any pictures of her.
The next day, we took Jaisen down to Bass Pro to climb the rock wall.

Jaisen really likes doing this and seems to be pretty good at it as well. The guy in the picture said that she was pretty good. This was after she took a flying leap in order to make a grab above her head.

We ended the night with the kids camping out in the backyard. Well, atleast 3/4 of them.

That's it for now.

Happy V-Day!

So in an effort to instill creativity in our children, we had Jaisen make her own Valentine's day cards for school. We utilized the tablet pc and had her draw them out on the screen. We then typed on the greeting on the front using a font she created using a utility that windows has for the tablet. The old man edited them a bit in photoshop since the app she used does not print very well. We took them to print at the local MallWart. They turned out pretty cool. She made one for the boys complete with a basketball and a football (trust me she didn't get those from the old man) and one for the girls (sans sports). She also made one for the teacher.

So, enjoy and Happy Valentine's Day!

Daddy daughter day and what not