Happy Birthday

Cayden and Beckham turned 4 and 2, respectively, over the summer. After last year's Little Giggles party success, it seemed crazy to not do it again - only times four. That's right, we had a quadruple birthday party - and it was awesome. I'm certain that if it's up to Kristin and I, the kids will be having combined birthdays for a few more years, at least until Cayden and Millie have a Harry Potter birthday, which will be the birthday to end all birthdays. 

Here's the deal. Our kids love each other. We would be at the others' party anyway, so why not do it together. Someone else's location, someone else cleans it up - Bam! Done! 

Our theme was superheroes, and bless Millie and Sydney's hearts. They went a long with it - and Millie got a unicorn too. By the way, these cakes taste as awesome as they look!

Two peas in a pod. For the most part, they were always together.

I can't tell you how much I love these two.  They spent almost everyday of 5 weeks together over the summer, and I don't think they fought once. Just played and acted crazy silly together. Totally warmed my heart to watch them.

Beckham got to eat pizza, too! With no toppings, poor kid. He takes what he can get.

See. Goofy. Love it!

These last two pictures sum up these boys. They are "on" all the time. Full of energy. Run, rather than walk. Scream, rather than talk quietly. Eating all the time. Pestering each other, all the time. Beckham loves his big brother so much. He does what he does. Pete and Repeat.

While Cayden may not express is affection as well, every now and then, you can see he cares. For instance, in the elevator, if Beckham is slow off the elevator, or if there appears to be a chance that Beckham won't get off in time, Cayden freaks out!! I believe it's because he doesn't want harm to come to Beckham, and that's a sure sign of love, right?

Oh the adventures that await us.

Our Summer

Hi. We've gone and come back. And I didn't blog anything while we were away. We spent roughly 5 weeks in Arkansas this summer, and it was Perfect. We didn't take any trips anywhere, we just spent time with family and friends. A lot of time. We were lucky enough to be able to rent a house for our stay, so that put us smack dab in the middle of everyone. It was easy to take the kids for activities, and meet up with family for dinner and hanging out. I'm really not sure anything could have made it better!

The kids and I spent everyday doing something. Whether is was at the trampoline park, the pool, Little Giggles, the park, etc. We were busy doing things, and most of the time we were with Mills and Syd. I think this summer was the first time that it became a little easier to just. do. You know? Beckham still takes a nap, but he was pretty easy going, and as long as we were busy, the kids were pretty great. 

I've included a bunch of random pictures, and I will definitely do a blog just about their birthday party, but here is a little bit of our summer. 

Don't let sleeping pictures fool you. Flights with these two, especially the little one, are hard.

Hair cuts.

Best Friends, reunited. This was the most amazing thing to watch. Cayden and Mills just picked up right where they left off, and seriously NEVER fought. They jabbered and talked, and played, and did silly things, and I'm certain that they love each other.

The Fab Four - back again!

 Playing in the creek. It was coooold. But they loved it!

 Millie taught Cayden how to Cannon Ball - But he yells out something about Monsters.

Lots of time in the pool. I'm so thankful that we get to come back for visits. We miss our family and friends terribly when we are gone, and just love. love. love spending time with everyone when we visit.