Birthday Party!!!!!!!

We had Kemper's 1st Birthday Party this afternoon and had a great time! We decided to have it a week early because of the way the Army has scheduled 2 4-day weekends for the month of April. It ended up being that basically everyone was going to be traveling next weekend and the weekend after that due to a 4-day so nobody could have come. Easy fix - we'll have it early


We had a cookout with burgers, hotdogs and ribs on the grill along with some other fixins followed by cupcakes and ice cream! Yum!! I made Kemper a giant cupcake for his "smash cake" and he really enjoyed it after the initial shock of being allowed to play with it.

**WARNING - TONS of pictures to follow*** We did video it, and once I have a chance to figure that out, I'll try to post it!

Kemper, Gavin and Aiden playing

Kemper, Gavin, Aiden and Jessica (and Ruger dog)

The dining room - we hung pictures of Kemper from this past year

The cake table

Kemper's cake and the cupcakes

Uh, mom, what is that thing?!

Testing it out

This is pretty good.

James trying to get him to dig in!

Yeah!!! Delicious!

Such a good sharer!

YAY Kemper!

More cake

What, you said I could!

Hey, what are those up there?!

Gavin says, "Hey, I want to do that too!"

Soon buddy, really soon!!

Such a sweet boy!

Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!! We love you!

See that sly grin?

It's everywhere!

Straight to the tub.

Haha, where does he get that look from?! ;)

Where'd that cake go?

All cleaned up and ready to play!

Gavin just hanging out.

What was left of the cake.

Rome, Italy

Well, it's been awhile (as usual, sorry) and we've had lots going on. Rita got here on the 9th and has been visiting with us, soaking up time with Kemper, and traveling with us. We went to Rome for a 4-day weekend and had a GREAT time. We got to see the Vatican City, St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistene Chapel, Palentine Hill, The Roman Forum, The Colosseum, the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps. Whew - we were busy!

Kemper, as usual, we a great little traveler. He did great on the plane rides and seemed to enjoy the trains around Rome. We carried him in the Ergo carrier again because a stroller wouldn't have worked in Rome and he hung out, looked around and slept. What a life. :)

I took lots of pictures, so rather than to clog up the blog (hehe), I'm posting the link to our Kodak Gallery. If the link doesn't work, just let me know!

http://www.kodakgallery.com/ViewSlideshow.action?&collidparam=92571316407.902421727307.1237400973262