Monday, November 12, 2007

More Birthday Fun!!

This weekend Ben's side of the family came over for a Birthday Brunch. We celebrated Jake and Kacie's birthday. Jake sure didn't mind celebrating his a couple of weeks early:)
Thanks Grandpa and Grandma, Uncle Eric and Aunt Cherith, Addi and Logan for taking time out to make our kids feel special.
I asked Jake what type of cake I should make. He said that I should make a cake that was one side boy and one side girl...this is what we came up with. One half was monster truck and the other half was my little ponies.

Kacie is now officially 3!!


Jake with his new laser tag guns...

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Princess Party

Kacie was able to have 2 of her friends over during the day for a
PRINCESS BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Thank you Tymber and Faith for making her 3rd birthday special!

Princesses: Tymber, Kacie and Faith


Kacie with her new toys...


Kacie in her new sweater hoodie...TOO CUTE!!

Monday, October 29, 2007

Pump it Up

Our good friends Jon and Angie have 2 kids who both celebrate their bdays in Oct. This year the party was at Pump It Up. It is a place with huge inflatables. We all had a good time! Thanks guys for a great evening!


Ben getting ready to launch Jacob

Ben and Kacie going down the slide

Birthday Celebrations...

Happy Birthday Grandpa

Grandpa Denny and Ben have October birthdays only 3 days a part.

All of Ben's family came over for a fun birthday party!!

Monday, October 15, 2007

October Festivities

We had such a great time hanging out with family this weekend. Ben's brother and his family invited us to come to the Maize (a town outside of Wichita) festivities. We started the morning bright and early as Cherith (Ben's brother's wife) and myself ran in the 2 mile FUN RUN. Then we headed into town to watch the parade. After the parade the kids rode on the ponies and we went to the car show. Here are a few pictures of our day...

Cherith and Jodie after the race

Cousins: Jake, Kacie, Logan and Addi


Waiting for the parade to start...the kids are ready to get candy!


Kacie LOVED riding the pony!!

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Walter's Pumpkin Patch

What a wonderful time Jacob and Mom had at the Pumpkin Patch with his kindergarten class! Not only was it exciting to take a ride out to the patch and pick out a pumpkin, but the place we went had so much other stuff for the kids to do...

Walters' Pumpkin Patch gives your family a day on the farm that everyone will enjoy and treasure! This pumpkin patch surpasses any that I have been to. Here is a link if you live around Wichita and you are interested http://www.walterspumpkinpatch.com/

Mason, Jake and London were the "Kings of the hay bails"


Jacob and Brycen proud owners of a new pumpkin!

For those of you who know Jake pretty well, you know that he is a little bit of a chicken when it comes to trying things that are high and fast. We spent 30 minutes WATCHING his classmates going down the tunnel slides. But by the afternoon he talked himself into trying it one time...he loved it!


Jake's kindergarten class

Sunday, October 7, 2007

6 Days in Taipei, Taiwan


Ben was in Taiwan for 6 days on a business trip. Actually 4 the other 2 were spent on an airplane. It was overall a good experience for him. We of course missed him here on the home front...I am so thankful that I have Ben to do life with!




This is a picture of the scooter traffic. Ben said that they are everywhere...he saw a family of four on one scooter, a guy who rode barefoot. Rain or shine there were the same number of people out on their scooters.



When Ben would call, he would tell me about the food that he had the opportunity to try. This meal actually had a steak with it, so he was pumped! One of the delicacy's that he ate was a bird's nest. He said it actually tasted OK...however he was sure glad to sink his teeth into a burger when he was on his own soil.


Ben on a scooter. He said that the Taiwanese people were laughing at the tall white guy on the little scooter. They found it quite entertaining.


A Typhoon was on its way just north of Taipei. Ben's plane was the last plane to take off before they shut down the airport. As the plane took off it was shaking very hard due to the high winds and the rain. Ben said that he was actually a little bit nervous. But mostly he was glad that he did not get stuck in Taipei and have to endure the storm.