The REAL Birthday

Garrett's actual birthday on the 15th! We still decorated and opened more presents. His big present was a surprise when he got home from school. He left his room looking like this...

and came home to his Animal Safari room.

Okay it's not completely finished as there will be a crib and furniture rearrangements in the future but Garrett couldn't have been more happy. He just kept jumping around and thanking me for the animal room.
That afternoon Garrett had invited his buddy Doug and Rylee to go bowling.

They were so cute cheering each other on. Rylee ended up beating both the boys and luckily the two boys tied so EVERYBODY one. Then we came home for pizza and playing.

Garrett had a great time and is so loved by all of us.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GARBEAR!

Garrett's Early B-day Party

We celebrated Garrett's 6th birthday a little early so Daddy could be there. Garrett was so excited with his alligator cake (yes, that's what it is if you couldn't tell).

He picked out an Animal Planet theme and we had all the cousins and grandparents over for cake and ice cream. He loved all the attention and of course the presents weren't to shabby either!

My little dancer

Rylee has asked about taking dance classes and when I finally found one (thanks to cousin Becca) that I felt was totally age appropriate I signed her up! She was ecstatic to get new dance gear and head off on her first day. Look how stinkin' cute she is!
I don't think she did a single thing in the class, she's shy you know, but she came home and showed me all her "moves".

Labor Day Fishing

Jon woke the kids up at 5:00 am on Labor Day to take them fishing. They were so excited to go with Daddy and didn't complain at all about the early departure. They were gone until 3:00 and had a blast. The first place they stopped at didn't offer much and so they decided to try another spot and as before they got the second pole cast they had already caught one. The fish just kept coming and they all got to reel in several. Fishing doesn't get better than that.


Jon said it was the best day of his year. These little ones LOVE their Daddy!