To say REESE is excited about her birthday is more than an understatement.  The first thing REESE says to anyone we're around is, "My party coming soon!"  Every time we go to grandma Janet's it's this same phrase and we go there at least every other day.  She tells everyone at church, the park, the stores, anywhere we are this same phrase.  She has helped me put together all the party bags with great excitement. I can find her daily in the spare bedroom looking through the bags and boxes of party supplies and when she gets caught her reply is with a huge smile and... yup, you guessed it... "My party coming soon!"

When it came time to take her picture to put on the invitation, she was more than ready.  She posed left and right and blew kisses at us as we snapped away.  I don't love the invitation after I finished and normally I would have redone them, but I'm pregnant and tired!  So, I settled!

I printed these invitations out as 5X7's, rolled them up and stuck them in these clear bottles with a cork on top.  Get it?  Message in a bottle?  I also put some sand in the bottles along with a drink umbrella and a pair of mini sunglasses.  I topped it off with the names tied to the bottle with raffia and turquoise tulle.  They turned out pretty cute I guess.  We're going to hand deliver them tomorrow to all of her friends.  This will be interesting to watch her deliver them.  I wonder what she will say...

Ye-HaH

We went to the local rodeo here in Kamiah dressed in our best rodeo attire.  At the beginning of every rodeo they call all the little kids out into the arena for a horse race.  REESE of course was the first to hop the fence, but KADEN hung back to watch from the sidelines.

REESE was so brave she even said hi to everyone and told them her age.  That's my girl!

BRANDAAN and KADEN went to a father/son round-up at church the next week.  

KaDEn's 1st DaY oF ScHooL!

KADEN was more than ready for school to start today.  He woke up this morning in a great mood and put on his clothes as fast as KADENLY possible.  This is so not the norm for our KADEN.  We are usually pulling him out of bed kicking and screaming with him telling us he "needs five more minutes and turn off the light!"  After he got dressed he went into REESE'S room and told her to hurry up and get ready because his friends were waiting for him at school and they were missing him.  He was so excited.  Last year, he cried when I left his classroom. Today he simply slapped me a high five and said "see ya."  He's getting so grown up.