sweet birthday girl

Lucy loves all her grandparents!

"You are the miracle of our lives. Happy 365 days."

the Ringmaster is sleeping.

Caleb has convinced himself that he is the personified ringmaster from Dumbo. He dons his cowboy hat and rain boots and he is in full costume as far as he is concerned. I don't know what it is about that particular character that catches his attention, but he idolizes him. He tells me whatever he is doing throughout the day, starting with "the ringmaster is" doing this, or "the ringmaster is" doing that. And Daniel even let him sleep with his hat and boots.

pretending to be in Africa

Joel and Sarah are in Africa for the summer, so we've been talking about Africa. Here is Caleb carrying a large basket on his head the way so many do over there.

Great-grandma's a little nervous.

dinosaurs and clone wars

Caleb and Cole, at the Indianapolis Children's Museum - the largest children's museum in the world. It was amazing. While we were on our way up to WI, we met up with our former neighbors who had moved out there a few months ago. Cole's dad had actually worked on the dinosaur exhibit at one time!

Happy Birthday, Love!

How many candles can you count???

30!

I love you, Daniel. Thank you for being the best husband in the whole world! You are my best friend, my treasure, my light. You are mine.

cousin-friends

Now we are here in Schaumburg, IL visiting my sister and family while Daniel is going to the FBF conference at their church this week. Sarah made a picture perfect cake for Daniel's birthday and even put up decorations. It's been a special week or two with our birthdays and all the time with family.

Caleb and Elliot

tender Baby Stanley

McD's with Grammy

Caleb is 3!!!

And it's been the very best birthday of his entire life! :o)

A Nemo party!

and a family picture while we were all together. It's been a great week with Mom and Dad Wynveen. Now we're off to Portage and Madison, WI for meetings tomorrow.

Happy Birthday, Lucy Mae!

I can't believe my "little sugar" is 365 days old. We praise God for bringing her into this world, holding her in the womb when the pregnancy was so precarious. We are so thankful to have a daughter to love. We love her cuteness, her spirit, her tender snuggles, her hearty laugh, her "uh-oh" and "mama" and "papa" and "Kay." Caleb calls her his best buddy. We've been celebrating with my parents up here in WI. We are up here for a week, hitting both the kids birthdays. At the moment we are recovering from sugar highs, but it was worth it to see that frosting face... wasn't it?