Month in review

 

 Amelia loved this Valentine's Day card from Grandma C that played music

 Lots of little people, and no pants:

 Energy bites and a good book:

 Gavin started Cub Scouts, and is currently a bobcat. He won 2nd place in his den in the pinewood derby with this car he and Jake built from a kit:

 New Cub Scout shirt. He loves scouts. He told me, "Cub Scouts is my favorite day of the year."

She wears these sunglasses a lot:

 New lego table, $4 from my favorite consignment sale:

 Looking older:

 She wore these all through Target:

 New glasses:

 Spring time:

Last night the kids spent the night at Meemaw's by themselves for the first time. It was awesome, I spent 1.5 hours by myself picking out flowers and plants at Lowes last night and then 3.5 hours planting this morning. Definitely enjoying having my parents in town.

Baptism

 Gavin has been looking forward to turning 8 for two big reasons: getting baptized and becoming a cub scout. Today the first took place; he will start scouts on Wednesday. Today Gavin demonstrated his willingness and desire to follow Jesus and become a member of His church by being baptized and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. Jake performed the ordinances, with lots of friends, Meemaw, and Gavin's birth mom, sister, and grandparents attending the event. It was a super special day and everything went smoothly.

 

 Some of those who attended the baptism joined us for lunch at El Bronco afterwards:

 Gavin was happy to receive Christmas and birthday presents from his birth family:

This week

 every day standing on everything possible:

 The kids have been enjoying playing with their birthday balloons each evening. 3 out of 6 are now on the ceiling.

When I take pictures of the kids I generally squat down to get a straight on shot. Amelia tends to think she needs to do this too:

 

Jake left this note for Gavin to find when he woke up on his birthday yesterday. Gavin said it was his favorite present. He also said at first he thought Santa left it for him.

Birthday Party

Once again we combined the kids' birthday parties and had one party in between the dates, on Jan 30. I offered to Gavin for our family to go to the science museum in Atlanta instead of a party, but it was important to him to get to play with his friends at his birthday party. We had lots of friends, lots of food, lots of presents, and lots of fun.

 

 

 Sunday after church playing with playdoh she recieved as a gift:

Gavin and his electronics kit: