Monday, September 15, 2008

It's birthday time for Braden and Aleah!



Braden is five years old!
Braden had a fun-filled birthday! the first order of business on saturday, was to put on the famous "birthday boy" crown which must be worn all day, so that random strangers can wish you 'happy birthday!' We met up with braden's preschool teacher, Cindy and kids for a birthday breakfast at IHOP. Obviously at a restaurant there had to be a couple spills and loudly announced bathroom breaks--throw some syrup into the mix, and you got yourself a sticky situation! We asked the waitress to take a picture of our group



Then, it was off to play some golf at the University golf course. Braden enjoyed pulling the pin for dad, running around the course and playing comando on the cart driver-me! we rode the cart as fast as we could down the cart paths!


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A look back at little braden boy...

~6 months old~
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Aleah's FIRST birthday!

yay! 1 years old! we didn't really do much for Aleah since we celebrated her birthday on sunday, but she did get to devour her very own cupcake! I guess that's as exciting as it gets when you're only 1.
Happy birthday Aleah!



A look back at baby Aleah...

15 comments:

Lisa said...

i love that 6 month old picture of braden and glad his birthday was a great success! So neat that Braden and Aleah were born on the same day!

Sarah Stout said...

Yay... happy birthday Braden and Aleah! Love the pictures, but unfortunately a few of the first ones (with the crown and the group and the ones of Aleah) didn't work for me. Sad! I hope you guys are all doing well. I'm glad that you were able to have such a fun day! :)

Jamie said...

Your kids are growing so fast. I can't believe Aleah is already one, that means Ian is close and I am in denial. I don't want the baby phase to end! Your kids are adorable! Happy Birthday Aleah and Braden!

allgirls said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEAH AND BRADEN!!

Nate and Brooke said...

Happy Birthday Aleah and Braden.... Looks like you had a blast.... We are excited to see you guys in a couple of weeks...

Shari Tate said...

Cute cute kids!

Taking Braden golfing on his birthday...now that's great! Dad and birthday boy get to have fun!

Natalie said...

Happy birthday! That must mean Maddie will be turning one soon. It looks like they had alot of fun.

Lucky said...

WOW!!!!!!!! THE big 5 for Braden
and that first year for Aleah!!

I can't believe that cupcake carousel!! That was a super idea and made it all so inviting!

Lovely pictures, so much fun,
a childs dream come true!

And, I might add...

A grandmother's, to be able
to see it all on your blog..

Roxy said...

i can not believe aleah is one year. she is such a cutey.tell braden and aleah happy b-day for me. i love the idea of a birthday hat. you're such a fun mom! take care.

ranlar said...

I'm so happy to see these birthday pictures. Everyone looks so wonderful.Michelle, how do you organize your pics into groups? Papa and I enjoyed talking to Braden-he's so grown up and seemed really excited about his birthday. Love you all.

Josh and Dana Carpenter said...

Hey sounds great, I hope you don't mind that I found you. I just created a blog of our own. joshanddanacarpenterfamily.blogspot.com. We sure miss you and your family but are glad to hear that things are going well for you all.

Dana

Teresa said...

Happy Birthday to Braden and Aleah! Time sure flies doesn't it?

Shane and Michelle said...

Laura, I started out doing it myself in paintshop and was looking for a program that organizes the pictures into groups for you. Then Shannon had mentioned Picasa(picasa.com)--this program has a feature called 'mosaic' that automatically fits several pictures into one page. It makes posting fun, fast and easy!

Shannon said...

Aleah is just so precious!! It's so strange to me that she is already two. Time goes by so fast when you don't see people very often. Looks like a really fun day with double birthdays.

Shannon said...

Braden seems very grown up these days! He seems like a very sweet kiddo.