Happy Birthday Mom!

My mom's birthday was this past Thursday and we celebrated tonight by driving down to Fuji Japanese Restaurant.  (Thanks mom and dad!!!)  We thought Landon might be kind of scared of the fire and all the noise but he actually loved it!  Gabriel's favorite part was the soup and the fried rice.  We ate and then we went back to my parents' house and had some coconut cake and chocolate cake.  Mom and dad did a great job making the cakes!  After we ate cake, the boys did what they do best after a sugar overload - Run wild!  We had a wonderful family night.

Gabriel with Grammie and Pop Pop

Landon and Cooper playing!

Chocolate cake (my favorite!)

Coconut cake

Ballet and Pancakes

We started off the day by going to the Kiwanis Annual Pancake Day.   I haven't been in about 6 years and it was great.  We had to eat really fast because Landon wasn't a big fan of Pancake Day. 

On the way

He loves riding in the car

Being silly

Eating pancakes!

Our attempt for a family photo. Ha!  You should have seen the other one!

Tonight, my mom took me to dinner at Applebee's and to see Ballet Magnificat!  It was amazing.  The ladies were really talented and one is from here.  Local ballerinas got to dance too and one was in my mom's class.  It was just precious. 

Someone Turned 8!

Happy Birthday Gabriel!  I can't believe that my firstborn just celebrated his 8th birthday!  He is growing up so fast.  He was excited that school was out on his birthday and got to have a nice lazy day.  We threw him a little family party at Grammie and Pop Pop's house.  We ate pizza and yummy birthday cake.

Gotta love Mario!

We got to meet Cooper, Grammie's new puppy!  Isn't he cute?

I thought I would end with a pic of Gabriel at his first birthday party.  He has grown just a little!  This little boy has brought me soooo much joy over the last 8 years and I look forward to the next 8!