This has been a very busy week - Gannon, Paige and Michele came to visit us. Michele and I went to a conference and the kids got to play for 3 days!!! Carina, Gannon, Paige and Sam had a really good time! Gannon and Paige were able to help Carina celebrate her birthday at Chuckie Cheese! Which according to Carina was "the best birthday ever!"

Happy Birthday Carina - I can't even believe that you are 5 years old!!! This was probably the fastest 5 years of my life! I have loved watching you learn and become such a big girl! You are so funny, smart, sweet, loving and caring. I am excited for you to be five. This will be a fun year ahead, moving into our new house and starting a new school. I can remember things from my childhood when I was five and it will be fun to watch you continue to learn and love!! I feel very, very blessed to be your mom!! I love you my boo bear!

Birthday girl with her birthday shirt!

What a cute girl! So sweet and as my mom called her such a "saint"!!

Liam playing games
Carina and Paige riding rides
Sam
Maddie riding rides
Gannon riding the horse

Carina got these Mermaids from Jim and Cindy and she was so excited!! Thank you so much for thinking of her!!

Sam and Jeff watching the festivities...
Audrey hung out with Aunt Peggy during the party - Thank you Aunt Peggy for helping!!

Audrey hanging out watching the kids play.
God only knows what Sam was telling Paige - I love this picture!
This is my Happy Happy Boy!
Gannon and Carina being silly!!

These pictures of Paige and Sam are priceless!! I don't think they actually were going any where because Sam doesn't know how to work the Arctic Cat yet!!

Carina riding her new bike
Paige and Gannon taking a ride in the Arctic Cat
Playing outside - Carina and Paige
Making a tent

These two are so silly! I don't know what Sam will do when Carina goes to school next year! They play together all day! A wide variety of things (hotel for dogs, barbies, house... you name it!)

Here is the new smile!

It has been a busy two weeks at our house it seems like with Birthdays and then - as you can see we've had a visit from the TOOTH FAIRY!!!

I was not ready for this AT ALL!! But Carina was so excited - we went out and got a special box to put the tooth in... I thought maybe she would lose the tooth when she was 6 - not 4 (ok almost 5) but the doctor said this was okay - her big tooth is coming in!!!

As Carina will tell you - "My mom cried" - yes this means that not only is my big girl turning 5 next Wednesday (which I am not ready for) now she is getting her big teeth :( Where is the time going!!!

This is classic Audrey face - showing all of her teeth! She is full of spunk and attitude!
Just the girls!

Up to trouble - in the morning she has been found sitting on the floor - getting into trouble...
Hanging around - sometimes when I look in at Audrey she is literally hanging off the bed!