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Birthday fun

Luke's birthday was great!

Waking up to a room filled with balloons was a pleasant surprise.

I probably could have scrapped all of the other birthday preparations--apparently all you need for a good birthday are balloons!

Even if Mom forgot to look at what the balloons actually said when she bought them!

We had cupcakes & ice cream (Wall-E was Luke's theme of choice)..

..followed by some fun outside with the cousins! 

...Even Claire had a good time!

Randomly, I will include a few pictures from our recent trip with the Johnson clan to Capitol Reef over Easter weekend.  

I love me some camping!!

Big Day!

Clark and I are just sitting here, baffled at how we went from this:

to this:

SO QUICKLY!!!

Despite my best efforts to delay it, my baby is THREE years old today! 

Happy Birthday to my handsome, loving, smart, funny, wonderful boy.

We love you, Luke!!!!

Picture of the day

Planes!

If you have little ones that like airplanes, the Hill Aerospace Museum is a must-see.

We've been there twice already in the few weeks that we have been in Utah.

Plus, it's free.  Can't beat that!

There are dozens of jets and airplanes to look at, as well as a fun learning center where the "kids" can dress up, sit in a cockpit....

...and pretend to blow other airplanes out of the sky.

"I LOOOVE airplanes!"

"Meh."

These things are fun and fun is good!

Two of Luke's cousins were over on Friday, and we had a very low-key celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday.

We read "The Foot Book" and painted our feet for taking footprints...

   

(Yes, Luke is wearing underwear...YES, he is potty-trained (98%), and YES, we both survived the ordeal. Barely)

Next up was "The Cat in the Hat".

Here are the boys waiting oh so patiently for their treats...

Oh Yeah!

We made hats, if you can't tell...not perfection but cute nonetheless!

Three crazy, fun boys!

Growing fast!

Instead of a big long list of milestones, let me just say that Claire is a joy to be around and is more beautiful each day.  She is so close to crawling.  No hurry, though, as it seems we may have a battle on our hands when she is able to get to Luke's cars and toys unassisted. (:  Just the other day she learned to clap, if very daintily!  Claire is a very sweet girl who likes to cuddle, sleeps well (at night), loves her big brother and smiles and laughs at him when he will take a moment to play with her.  She is very friendly to strangers and flirts with whoever is sitting behind us at church.  A sweetheart in every way, we sure love her!!

In other news, we are baaaaaaack in Utah!  More to come on that soon...