Grammy came for a visit...

Trying to get a "posed" picture of my two with Grammy was next to impossible, but at least we captured the fact that Grammy travel far to wish us a happy birthday! Thanks for coming Grammy. It was a fantastic surprise - the kids did not know that she was coming. Jack ran to Grammy for an immediate hug and kiss. Molly stared as if to say - are you really here? - but then would not let Grammy put her down the rest of the night! We love you Grammy!

Jack's many faces...

Molly's many faces...

These were taken at the local train station as we were waiting to say goodbye to Grammy from her fun birthday trip to see us!

Jack is 5!...

Jack so enjoyed his birthday party - we had it at a local pizza joint that has an indoor playground! Jack was so excited to finally be turning a "whole hand" as we like to say in our household. He was ready, and so were we. Kyle and I are amazed that we have a five year old. Where does time go? We love you Jack, and can't wait for the next five years of excitement and questions!

Molly is 3!...

I TRIED all weekend long to get a good picture of Miss Molly Parker Bear for the blog, and this is what I got for all the work. I guess I should look at it this way...I got the pictures that show the true Molly - while she is sweet and fun she can also be a bear! We love Molly Clark Parker, and are so excited that she is finally three!

Molly & Me...

...trying to get a good birthday picture of the two of us. Needless to say, she did not want to smile.

Jack is so clever...

Today the family was running some errands around town. One of the places we went to was a home improvement store named Jerry's. They were celebrating their birthday with free balloons, cookies, and soda. We indulged in the treats, and the kids, of course, got their balloons. Well, we were loading up from another store and in the midst of buckling Molly her balloon flew out the door and up into the sky. Of course, she was upset but handled it fairly well - with little tears. I just told her that I could not jump up high enough to get the balloon back. We drove a little ways down the road, and Jack piped into the conversation - while we thought the balloon topic to be done - with..."Molly will see her balloon again when she is in heaven." While he thought this was oh so clever and correct, Kyle and I just had to laugh. It is so amazing to me to see how he is putting things together in his mind like heaven and such, even when we had to explain that she would not see that balloon floating up into "heaven" again!