Birthday month

Rebekah wanted a real birthday party this year with friends. I of course waited until the last minute to get most everything! And then most of the kids families called at the last minute to say they couldn't make it. Thankfully the one friend that Rebekah really wanted to have come was able to make it! We had a pool party, but it had rained a few days before, and the cover came off the pool with all the wind, so all that cold rain water made the pool freezing! Oh it was cold. All the kids were shivering.

Eating pie on Rebekah's actual birthday. We celebrated it on Saturday. I love pictures of Simeon eating. He always looks so pleased with the world when he is eating.

Me and my huge stomach. And Simi of course! I'm huge. Look, even my toes are fat little things. I can't wait to have this baby...and lose all the weight! Only one more week to go hopefully. I'll take anything less than that too!

Kids FREEZING in the pool. Ava (in the blue suit) was begging for hot chocolate when she got out. It's nearly 80 degrees here! In her defense, the rain really did freeze the pool. It was so nice before that.

Lizzie loves the rafts we got Bekah for her birthday. She is not quite so in love with swimming yet. It makes her pretty nervous. However, she's doing far better than Joseph. He won't hardly get in the pool, and when he does he's terrified. What is up with that?

Rebekah asked for a rainbow cake. It was all white on the outside. Hehe...it was fun to hear all the kids gasp when the saw the inside of the cake. And it was nice to not be decorating the cake for an hour to make it look cool. AND I didn't have to make twenty different color frostings. So nice! And easy.

This boy loves to eat!

The birthday girl

Ava, one of our neighbors and friends from church helping Lizzie with the pinata. That thing was SO heavy! Easter candy was super cheap, and I think I bought a little too much!

Our favorite Joseph

The stash. It was mostly chocolate. I'm sure you can all appreciate that!