Bill's 80th Birthday!

We hosted a brunch to celebrate Bill's 80th birthday! It was a fun morning, and the kids were especially excited because their surprise for Papa Bill was to have the fire truck come and pick him up to continue the party at the fire station! Super random, but Bill had bid on a fire station birthday the year before, and the kids thought it would be fun to do it for his birthday:).  And it was very fun, but very busy!!

The kids helped a lot to get everything ready!

Leo's 1st Birthday

We had fun celebrating Leo's 1st Birthday! We had a little celebration after school and sang happy birthday with our neighbors, then had a park party with some of our friends the next day.  The kids had fun going to Goodwill and getting him gifts under $3!

Rise and shine, Leo! It's your birthday!! 

Our attempt to get a picture of all his little buddies! 

Mother's Day!

I had it in my head to go to Jamison Square in Portland for Mother's Day, so given it was "my day", it wasn't too hard to make happen:).   We hadn't been over there in a few years, so it was fun to be back! And fun to get Hot Lips Pizza for dinner!

Grateful for this crew:). 

Where is all the pizza?

Will's 10th Birthday!

Will wanted to have a bowling party for his birthday. We celebrated it a week before his actual birthday, since I knew it would be busy with the 1st Communion! He had fun hanging out with is friends and sisters! And he was especially excited to go to his game right after! 

Then on his birthday proper, we had a breakfast celebration before 1st Communion, then he got to go fishing after with Uncle Will and Pat and a couple friends, then he chose Dairy Queen for dinner! So he had an especially full birthday this year, which is fun because it was his 10th!

He wanted cookies instead of cake:). 

His Birthday Proper:).

French toast!

They had fun playing 4 Square with his new ball! 

Fishing with Uncle Will and Dad!

Dairy Queen! Our first time eating dinner there as a family! Not our first time getting blizzards:).  

Happy Birthday, Will! We love you! 

Grace's 1st Communion!

It was fun to celebrate Grace's 1st Communion! It landed on the same day as Will's birthday, and I thought it might feel too busy, but it ended up being a great day of celebrations!

From her standard t-shirt and shorts, to super fancy dress that she borrowed from Louisa! So fun and she looked so pretty! 

Father daughter:).

Muriel and crew, and Leo:).  And Muriel's mom, Mona all the way from Baltimore:). So fun to have them there!  

And one with  Grandma:)

With her first grade teacher, Mrs. Rodrigue! So nice of her to come!

Aunt Carrie made the pretty crowns!                

Super fun to celebrate with Emily!

Leo got a lot of attention:). Louisa was one of his biggest fans:).