Party Time!

It may be a few days early, but we just couldn't wait! Tonight we celebrated Rebecca's birthday. Now we have all of tomorrow afteroon to enjoy playing with her and helping her learn new games. This year Rebecca was very into her birthday. We went shopping during the week for some things and she got to pick her own cake, ice cream and candles. We also had balloon, which were a big hit. ;-) The sweet couple next door came over to help us celebrate. Here are the pictures!

Rebecca just had to have this Cinderella cake....but oh that icing is SO blue!

Eyeing her pile of presents.

Trying to sneak a peek!

The moment she's been waiting for...

Yay for shoes!

From Grandma Cyndy and Grandpa Jeff

(and the uncles and aunt Josiah, Joelle, & Jeffrey)

My girly girl!

The toys and games.

Getting ready for cooler weather....come on autumn!

Waiting for everyone to gravitate toward the cake table.

( Notice she changed into one of her new dresses. I've now hidden the new clothes to keep her from wearing them in this 100 degree summer heat.)

She was thrilled when we began singing to her and even joined in to help us finish!

Just blow them out, don't spit on them! LOL

My Big Girl!

We can hardly believe our little girl is fast approaching three years old! Three years ago we were anxiously waiting and now its seems like it was just yesterday. Where does the time go?

Back from the Windy City!

We spent most of this last week in Chicago and we are glad to be home! Aaron had a three day class at GE, so Rebecca and I tagged along and hung out at the hotel. It was really nice to have long slow days with Rebecca. We played puzzles, colored, read books, etc. By lunchtime Friday though, we had run out of ways to keep ourselves busy. Solution: girls lunch out at TGIF. Aaron surprised us by getting out of class earlier than planned and met us at the resturant. Finally it was time to hit the road. We pulled in late last night and are so glad to be back in Evansville. We had a good time in Chicago: we rode the subway, visited the big fountain on Lake Michigan, toook a quick turn through Navy Pier and indulged in some great Chicago pizza.... BUT.... the noise, the crowds, the germs.....YUCK! lol I guess we're smalltown people to the core. Here are som of the fun things we did this week.