Our little Equator Babies (as Kari lovingly refers to them ;)
Hanging out with Stevie watching the train under the Christmas tree!!! What true Christmas blessings these two are!
FINALLY......the time has arrived.......
Auntie Kari's first birthday as a MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alayna Pants chillin' with a sucker...pooped out and taking a break in the bouncy seat :)
Hmmm.....I wonder where the Jack Man got ANOTHER ice cream cone from????
The troops....they make me smile!
Miss Maggie with her first pair of princess shoes on!!!!!!!!
Abby and Alex rock climbing on Stonefire Pizza....Alex's pick for his birthday dinner!!!!!
My mom decided it would be a GREAT idea for us to decorate the cakes this year......oh, boy....we had a good time and they turned out pretty fun!!! 
A castle fit for a princess of course :)
Pinata fun....I ended up taking the bat away from Stevie because I was very concerned about safety issues!!!!
Gabe planning "Pin the Flag on the Treasure Map"
The Birthday Boy and Girl!!!!!
Here is the first of our many birthday celebrations this month. Abby had her first friend party....a Princess Tea Party. All of the girls got to dress up and put make up on.....huge hit!!!!!
The Birthday Princess!
The Princesses on parade in the marketplace....Notice Auntie Kari in the redish shirt participating in the parade ;)
Tea party complete with mini pizzas, pink lemonade, cookie cake, and ice cream :)
Finally, the dance party....they were all so cutie!!!!
I can't even tell you how excited she was to go this morning!!! She told me before she left that she hoped she would get homework....a girl after her mommy's heart!!!!
On the phone with a good morning phone call from ARIEL, THE MERMAID FROM DISNEYWORLD!!!!! Beside herself with excitement and amazement!!!
Her teacher, Mrs. Saxler :)
Well, we can hardly believe the Jack Man is turning one!!!! We had a blast at his party and Jack REALLY enjoyed the cake!!! Thank you everyone for coming and for all of the fun presents....Enjoy the pics!!!
Grandma thought it would be fun if he started blowing while eating cake....Needless to say, Grandma did most of the Jack clean up ;)
Pony rides...she really is just so beautiful and so grown up!
Alex flying like Peter Pan as he would tell you....
The Jack Man's first cream puff!
Everyone has their own style of attack....
We had a blast today with Grandma and Pop at the fair! Stayed longer than normal, ate yummy, yummy food, and are sooooo tired!
Thursday was Readoption Day for the Pethan's! Jack is now officially Jackson Manuel Pethan and he stays with us forever....(not that we didn't already know that, but ;) The judge was very kind and let the kids come up and bang the gavel to declare that the adoption was finalized! 
Abby and my brand new goddaughter, Alayna, got matching Harley tank tops from the judge.
We all went to the zoo afterwards...no pics of Jack, he slept most of the time....but Miss Alayna had fun meeting the goats for the first time! SHE IS SO ADORABLE and FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!! Thank God she is finally home!!!!!
Angie's son, Lucas, was over last night....since his mommy and daddy 
All clean again!!!! We had a blast hanging out! I love the sassy pants man!!!
Jack's new trick....we are greeted each morning by a standing, 
Oh, yes the sword! The boy really can't go anywhere without one!
And here is our version of the "silent tantrum".....can anyone guess which one might be tantruming under the blanket?!?!?! He will really get along so well with Miss Alayna pants ;)
And here is the cause of the spaz attack!
The kiddies are very much missing their Auntie Kari and Uncle Jeremy! Abby gives a great big sigh each morning when I still can't tell her how many sleeps until we go to the airport :( Hurry home!!!!!!!!
Tino man chillin' with Uncle Stevie....
This is Tino new favorite spot....he literally lays here for hours staring into the neighbor's yard scouting out rabbits....He is obsessed with them!!!! He occassionally pops his head in the house to make sure we are all still there :)
Oh, big stretchie after watching his little furry friends!
Tino (again watching his rabbit buddies) and Abby
Our new niece and cousin...Isabella Nancy...born on July 9th!!! She has a perfect little face and is as cute as pie :)
Abby playing T-ball....she spends LOTS of time waving to her fans!
Jack practicing for his birthday!
