Birthday X 2!!!

Layla and Marley had birthdays last week. Marley turned 4 on May 22nd and Layla turned 7 on May 27th. It was a great excuse to head to Noblesville to let the other cousins help them celebrate.


Marley



Layla

 

Pirate Blake, Lexi, Nicky and Layla enjoy being together soooo much!

 

Marley and her daddy play a hot game of cards as Blake looks on.



Lexi loves anything that looks like a computer.



To kill time until the bowling alley opened, we went to the boy's school to play on the playground.



"Chase me KK! Chase me!!!" yell Nicky and Marley.

 

"That's not how you are suppose to do it Daddy!!!" says Layla.



Nicholas feels very  tall!

 

"I can do it myself!" says Marley.



"Now PopPop. This is what I want you to do," says Marley.



Are her feet even touching the ground???

PopPop Tom takes a break!



Finally at the bowling alley, Nicholas is anxious to get started!

 

Layla is ready for the challenge.



Marley needed a little instruction and then was ready to bowl.



Blake, Uncle Brent and Nicky patiently wait their turns.



Both Nicholas and Layla got strikes one after the other!!!



Layla sure loves her PopPop!!!



Nicholas, Blake and Marley love how their clothes glow in the alley's special lighting.



Nicholas makes another strike!

 

"I love you Mommy!" says Blake.



Using a flip-flop theme, Kendra is ready to throw a party!

 

Layla finds one of the many clues hidden around the house that will help her find her birthday presents.

 

Layla finds her homemade card from JoJo.



"I love JoJo's cards" says Layla.

 

Marley loves Angelina Ballerina! "Thank you KK and family!"

 

"This dog can walk!!!"

 

Such a fun gift to prepare for Layla: A photo album with several specially chosen photos. She got to put the photos into the album and will now have a place to keep the photos that I give to her. Even better...there was a peace sign on the front!

 

Brent, Marley and Blake play a game together.

 

Marley, Blake and Nicky have fun together.
It was a great weekend. Unfortunately, I had to leave after this game and before they ate their birthday supper due to Sunday morning commitments at Trinity UMC. I commited to playing 2 duets and singing a solo during the service since the original plan was that everyone would gather in Elkhart for the birthday celebration and then it got changed. I was just grateful that I could be in Noblesville from Thursday to Saturday.  Since Tom and the rest of the family wasn't returning until Monday, I decided that I would go to Battle Creek after church to see Mother and Debra. I didn't realize that I would end up in the middle of a tornado. Many trees were down but once we got out of town, it was best that I brought them back to Goshen since they still have no power as of this writing (Tuesday). It has been a stormy spring.