Sunday, May 6, 2012

Ethan's Birthday

The next set of pictures on my camera are from Ethan's birthday:


We went to our regular steak-n-shake birthday lunch


Then on to Baxter's Bunch Playhouse-an indoor jumping place


They both had a lot of fun


And after nap that day we went back for a second round


My recommendation though is to have 2 adults at all times. Terre didn't come for the second time and it was much harder to keep up with them both without her there to help.


Owen was too young to jump this time... but next year he will have just as much fun!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Easter

We all had a great time, as you will soon see...

Ethan hunting for eggs

Cara searching for some

Cara's dress was made in Ghana while we were there in December

Cara found some in the bushes

Cephas and Owen hung out and just watched.

2 years old!

Again, not so good about getting a post up in a timely manner. Here are some pics from Cara's birthday, back in February.

I used the red and turquoise tablecloth as inspiration. I bought matching wrapping paper. I made red velvet cupcakes and dyed the cream cheese icing blue. I wore a blue shirt and Cephas wore a red shirt. I would have coordinated her dress to match as well, but I made it as a practice dress and then never got around to making another one.

Tissue paper flowers also coordinated

Cara's big present was a kitchen and she loved it!

Here she is with her cupcake. Cephas was taking pictures at this point in time and he could use some lessons in composition.

These are able all the pictures I have from her party. Terre and Owen came but Ethan and Tim stayed at home because Ethan had been sick. Pop and Nana were there too. Terre took some more pictures from me, but this is all that are on my camera.

The celebrations continued on her actual birthday, which was a Tuesday. We went out to lunch at Steak and Shake (which is a tradition we have started as you will see in the next few posts)


This is how we turned a double stroller into a triple stroller!

Christmas in April

I am really not good about blogging. Here are some Christmas pictures:

Cara putting the angel on the tree

Ethan and Cara in matching pajamas. Owen didn't have a matching pair because we bought them in the after Christmas sales last year and we didn't know he was going to exist yet.

The best family picture we got, even though it is blurry.

Nana and her grandchildren. Mom made those pajamas for the children so they would match the ones she bought for the grown-ups

Playing with the bubble wrap from one of the gifts. This is a typical view in the house- Mom playing with the kids.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Long time coming- Ghana post!

I have had this post drafted for about a month now but kept waiting to post until I got a chance to download the rest of the pictures. But, I realize people are getting tired of the purple dragon, so here is what I have so far and the rest will come... maybe...

As you all know we took Cara on her very first trip to Ghana in December. She had a blast! Between having lots of cousins to play with, running around in the hot weather, and eating whatever she wanted, she was in heaven. Without further ado, here are the pics:

With cousin, Ena-she was Ena's shadow the whole time

Cara loved the dirt and by the end would walk around on the rocky soil barefoot

Playing at the Accra Mall

In the market with Daddy- she rode on my back while there and I got many compliments

Sleeping under a mosquito net- she got spoiled sleeping with us

With Grandma Florence-they both loved the other

In front of Cephas' land. He has plenty of ideas on what to build there :)

This is Grandma Florence's class-all the girls loved Cara.

And, in another 3 months I will post again :)