Prayers and Parties...

I just wasted to post today to solicit prayers for Melanie's dad who is in the hospital in San Antonio. He has a couple of blood vessels in his colon that are giving him trouble again, so pray for his health and strength for him and his loved ones around him. Also for wisdom for the Doctors working to diagnose and treat this problem.
Last weekend we had the mother of all parties for our girls, and here are some pics...

Here is the big present that the girls got for their birthdays from grandparents and us. The kids had a blast playing on it. The only casualty of the afternoon was Avery. She bumped into another kid and knocked her two front teeth loose. She cried for about 30 seconds until she realized that the party must go on ... and in fact it was going on, without her, so she had better get partying!

More sugar.... (like they needed it!)

Big Inflatable Water Slide ... Hundreds of Dollars

Two cupcake cakes... 40 dollars

Party favors, Pinatas, Decorations... 100 dollars

The look on Dads face when all the kids wanted to cram into a five dollar baby pool instead...

priceless!

Hey this party thing is pretty exciting!

Tara Beth diggin the water!

The party was a hit, and man am I glad that we only do this once a year... It was fun getting to see the kids run around acting crazy, hopped up on sugar... they slept good that night... and so did Mel and I! :)