Happy Birthday Asher-Dasher!

Our sweet, funny, happy, trickster boy is 7! He is constantly playing little jokes on us. Last week he filled my empty wine bottle with water and put it back in the refrigerator. The next day, I pour myself some wine and noticed that it was a weird color. I took a sip and was totally confused, it tasted like water. Did the company mess up? I knew Cor had just opened a new bottle for me and I couldn't find it anywhere! So I gave Cor a call and he just laughed. (don't mess with my bottle of wine!). Asher definitely had me on that one.

here's our boy all smiles
first attempt at a football cake, I wasn't very pleased with it:(
but Asher was!

Arianna taking this picture

s-l-o-w-l-y reading his card from Oma!

little joke I played on him. I forgot to buy wrapping paper,
brown paper bag works well! I'm so green!

eating lunch at the party

opening presents at his birthday party. He had 7 boys over
his party was 2 weeks after his actual birthday,
we wanted a pool party, but it was still a little cool to swim for long

remember Wilbur? He DID turn into a pinata,
he didn't take long to break though!

all the boys
this football cake turned out so much better.
I bought a football mold for this one

Asher's room!! Lego disaster.
He just put together his Lego race car from his cousins and is watching it move

Our Family's First Camping Trip ~~Manatee Springs

We survived it...and absolutely loved it! Why haven't we done this earlier?

On a gorgeous March day, our family headed out for our first camping trip. I will have to admit I had some mixed feelings about the whole adventure. Cor and the kids were quite pumped to go, I was a little more reserved. We were joined, (or rather we joined) some friends from church who are very experienced campers. When they lived in Alaska they camped EVERY weekend! We arrived on Thursday afternoon, set up our tents...(good thing we did a practice run at it at home first) and started exploring the camp ground. The creation was absolutely beautiful. We stayed for two nights, breaking me in slowly. Other than all the ticks the adventure was fantastic, and I would most definitely do it again. It was our first time camping and my first time having s'mores! Can you believe that?! They are so yummy.

the temperature of the spring is always 69,
we couldn't go swimming because apparently humans and manatees don't mix.
We could see at least 4 huge manatees swimming around.
Save the manatees!!

Manatee Spring
I could just sit here for hours it was so incredibly peaceful and beautiful.

Asher and friend Jacob

Jacob, Asher, Joshua and Arianna

setting up camp

It was cold in the evenings and mornings low 30's, but during the day it was around 70.

Do you meet the criteria?

I do...so does pretty much the whole human race. Aren't you glad we can all fit into at least one category ~now that's unity in diversity people!

I want to say more but I'm just lost my train of thought and my kids distracted me!