Jacob's 7th Birthday

Jacob's 7th birthday was this past Wednesday. So instead of trying to do something for him on his birthday, we had a birthday party for him on Saturday. He had so much fun. It was the first time that he ever had a birthday party. We had cake, ice cream, presents, and.....a pinata!! It was fun. He had friends over from church. Quentin and his brother Gabe, Jerod (Leslie, Devin, and Megan came too), and the cousins Isabelle, Gideon, and Sydney (Leann stayed for the party too, who can pass up cake and ice cream? YUM!).Mostly there was a lot of running around and screaming for joy. Here are a few pictures so you can enjoy it too!

Quick Visit

Mom and Dad came down last weekend just because they wanted to. It had been a while since we had seen them. Mom and Dad pretty much just went with us to all of our appointments. Mom came with me to Alyssa's first trombone lesson at Senseny Music. Alyssa complained that she was bored, but when they learned "Hot Cross Buns" she was on cloud 9. Isabelle ended up getting sick so Mom and Dad were over here most of the time. Poor Isa! Anyway, here is a montage of our weekend.

Trombone

Alyssa has started playing in the band this year. She wanted to play the trombone. She is the only one in the 5th grade that plays the trombone. She loves it and is really quite good at it. It was funny because when we first opened the case we couldn't figure out how to put it together. I didn't even know where the mouth piece was until Richard found a compartment for it. Despite my incompetence, my daughter is succeeding. Here are a few pictures of her practicing. Enjoy!