Dave's 7th Birthday and Other Festivities

We celebrated Dave's birthday the Saturday after Thanksgiving while the Smiths were still here.  






Dave and his Pokemon cake!

Blowing out candles and ready for presents. :)










As you've probably figured out, Dave is REALLY into Pokemon right now.  We even got him a binder to store all of his cards.  His top interests right now are probably playing video games, watching YouTube videos, annoying Ike, and having nerf gun wars with his friends.  He's still doing well in school and seems to like it (as much as a 7-year-old likes school I guess!).  I can't get over that he is 7 already...the older they get the older I realize I am getting!

Hanging with the cousins.

Dad and Kyra came up for Dave's birthday along with Liam and Gavin.  They were all pretty pumped for a group photo.

Cute.











Sunday we went to have Thanksgiving with the Sievers family in Logansport.

Great picture kids.








And finally, we went Christmas tree hunting that weekend as well at Jalapa Pines.  We love going here for our tree and I think we picked a pretty good one this year!

Who gave that kid a saw?

Dave and the beautiful Christmas bush that he found.

Got our tree!














Had a great time hanging with the Smiths while they were in town...can't wait to visit them in Florida here soon.  Especially after this ridiculous weather we've been having lately!  Ready to be out of negative temps here soon.

Thanksgiving 2016 and Grandma Bertie

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving out at Grandma Bertie's this year.  I am truly thankful for that because just a couple weeks after we celebrated Gma Bertie passed away.  I've been putting this post off for a while since it's still so fresh, but we were able to celebrate her life last week and it was a day full of laughter and memories.  This picture of all of us is just a portion of her legacy...6 kids, 13 grandkids, 6 great-grandkids (so far) and a life truly well lived.  She was a wonderful, faithful woman and she will definitely be missed by many.

















We spent most of the Thanksgiving day out on the farm, and the kids had lots of fun running around even though it was pretty chilly outside.





Dave, Caleb, and Sophie.

I love Dave and Sophie's friendship!

Playing in the back room.

Brooklyn was less than thrilled with Josh the entire trip.














She loves her Aunt Mel though.  :)

















Ike in the awesome ski mask Josh found in the basement.  Dave's been wearing it to school since it's been so cold lately.













So it was a great day of hanging with family, and I'm so glad for it!  Bertie was a very special lady and her legacy of faith and family lives on.