Birthday Boy!!!

Yesterday Dakota had his first REAL bday party!!! What a joy to watch him share his presents and the insanity of the play afterwards! Our friends the Palmers invited us to have a double Bday party. Their daughter Madison turned 2. Dakota turned 4! Hard to believe that it's been that long. Our thoughts turned towards Bill often and how he would've loved to see the beeming smiles on the kids faces. Was a great time to feel the closeness of friendship and the joy of unity.

If you ever find a toy that you think is the perfect gift for your child, you should probably buy it then and hide it. We had such an incident but we didn't buy it. So, when we went to go buy it....... it was gone. Foowee! After an hour of searching we found a viable alternative to the original solution. Which didn't end up too bad, 8 construction vehicles, with a back hoe loader digger to boot (thats Scoop to any of those with kids)!! Also, 2 dinosaurs the size of small dogs, a very cool book about ocean animals, three books on Thomas the train, a remote controlled JEEP, and thats only this party! We will be having a party with the family sometime soon. Maybe next weekend. Will have to see about the schedule. The best birthday present Dakota has recieved is that of his Uncle Toby coming to town. If you could've seen the enormous smile on his face when Toby came through the door. It would melt hearts.


And of course what would be a bday without your younger sibling (right Bryan?) Such a CUTEY!! Where's that shotgun?