Monday, April 21, 2014

Happy Easter!

Easter morning!  The kids were excited to find some nice little treats in their baskets like play dough, bubbles, sticker books, etc.




Then we went outside to play with bubbles and attempt a few photos.  Elise wasn't feeling well, but we still had a fun time.  These kids LOVE bubbles!















After church we had lunch and an Easter egg hunt with some friends from our Care Group.

Bath Time Fun

This is from one night when we let Finley be in charge of putting soap in to make the bubbles.  In case you can't tell, there's about 1 foot of bubbles on top of the water.  Note to self: supervise Finley with the soap next time!

Elise likes to get a little crazy with the bubbles too!

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Date Night with a View

We are blessed with amazing views here!  Nate and I had a great date night yesterday at Sugar (32nd floor rooftop restaurant/bar).  These iPhone photos don't begin to capture it.


Thursday, April 17, 2014

More of Our Backyard

Here's more of our "backyard", the beach just below us.  There's the normal beach part with sand and ocean, but just to the left there is this really cool rocky area with a sidewalk going around it.  The kids like to go there and explore, throw rocks, and look for shells.  Yesterday they had fun watching (and gently poking) a sea snail.





Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Finley Turns 4!

We got to celebrate Finley's 4th birthday on his actual birthday on Sunday.  We had a very small "Rockstar" party with two of Finley's friends, Jake and Iris, and their families.  Some of Finley's favorite things are music, playing loud instruments, playing outside, and sprinkles, so all of those were incorporated into the party. We wanted to keep things as small and low-key as possible in order to keep emotions somewhat under control, and it definitely helped!  Finley had a great time!  

Since Finley's favorite song right now is "Rockstar" by A Great Big World, he and his friends got to rock out to it in one of the music rooms in the school while we played it on the smart board.  Finley had a blast on the drum.


Elise was happy to get in on the action, too.

Then we went outside and had birthday cake and time to play on the playground.  Finley's request was sprinkles, so sprinkles he had!



Happy birthday to ME!




So excited about this piece of cake.  Just goes to show how often (or not) he gets cake...


Elise loves to play in the sandbox, and she's a big fan of Iris.

Finley got one gift from us this year, but it was a big one...

...A new scooter!  His old one was breaking and he's too tall for it, but this one is adjustable and should last a while.  Just so happens he loves red, too.

 Happy birthday to our bright and passionate 4-year-old son!  We love you and are excited to see what the next year brings!

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Finley's Birthday at School

We had fun celebrating Finley's birthday at school this week!  We brought in cupcakes and stayed to read a favorite book to the class.  Nate even got to leave work for a little while so the whole family could be there!




Elise made herself right at home with the big girls.

Sweet, silly boy.