Our Night Away

It happened, I turned 30! A good friend of ours, Chris, also turned 30 this month, so as a celebration of our birthdays, we went and spent a night downtown. Some more of our good friends, Stacia and Stefan, joined us (me, Josh, Chris, Erin, Troy and Lauren) for dinner at Boehlers (sp?) and then for dessert at another resturant. We then went back to the hotel and played games for a few hours. The Craftons had to get back to their kiddos, so we called it a night around 11pm. I know that sounds early but I was pooped! I can't tell you how bummed I am that I didn't get a picture of all 8 of us..or even just the girls!
The next morning we went to the Guenther House for breakfast. I hadn't heard much about the place...and then Josh comes out with this enormous cinnamon roll for us to snack on while we were waiting for a table. Ok, the best cinnamon roll I have ever had. I even bought another to take home and share with the boys later for a snack!
What a wonderful time we had. I had such anxiety about coming for a night out, mostly where Jacob was concerned. But it turned out that he did perfectly. My mom stayed the night at our house, he took the bottles for her without a fuss, and slept soundly. Thank you Lord for that wonderful gift. And thank you to Chris for inviting us to come...and pushing me to be serious about bottle feeding Jacob so I could have a night away! It was so much fun! Can't wait for our bed and breakfast night away!

Will You Be My Valentine?

So yesterday Ethan asked Josh, "Who is your valentine?". Josh told him it was mommy. Ethan replied, "But I was going to ask her to be my valentine." Awww..so Josh told him I could be both their valentines. I know this picture only has 2 of my 4 guys..but its too good not to post!

Sweet Brothers

I know the lighting is not the best, but I love this picture of all my boys!

Ethan's 6th Birthday

Wow, Ethan is 6! We took them to Amazing Jump for the first time back in December and Ethan said its where he wanted to have his birthday party...so here we are!

We were only allowed a certain amount of guests, so he had a hard time narrowing down his list! He and his friends had such a great time! The party turned out wonderful!!

My birthday boy

Getting ready to play dodge ball..

Make a wish!

One of the whole family