I am 40.

Amidst black balloons and carrot cake, we celebrated my 40th birthday this past weekend. The kids and Daddy made the cake from scratch while I got to enjoy some time to myself at the pool. Earlier in the day we ate lunch at Carrabba's. Where have those mini-desserts been all my life? Friday night before my girlfriends and I enjoyed a night on the town at Canton's First Friday. Yea for the Blue Olive - great atmosphere and music.

Balloon Festival

We enjoyed the Hall of Fame Balloon Festival this year with Aunt Kathy, Cousin Dennis and his wife Michelle and their two daughters Megan and Madi. We were thankful for clear weather as last year the balloons were not allowed to go up.

Camp Wakonda

Natalie enjoyed her two nights at church camp - Camp Wakonda. She made new friends, swam in the lake, and enjoyed camp chores such as serving the food at meal time. She's ready for a full week next year. As you can see, she cut off her hair to donate to "Beautiful Lengths."

Oliver's Graduation

Oliver did Safety Town this summer. We got a kick out of seeing him in a mortarboard.

Summer Pics

Here are some of our favorite pictures from this summer. The kids are having fun playing in the driveway, swinging, riding trains, dressing up, etc.

Few New Pictures Albums

I just posted a few new picture albums. The Great Lakes Science Center trip was over spring break. Then came Easter. The Performances include Natalie's church musical "Assignment Life", Oliver and Kate's puppet show, and Natalie's Suzuki Book 1 Recital just today. Columbus trip was over Memorial Day weekend where we mostly were at the zoo but also met my friend, Erik.

GLSC - Rodney Copperbottom

Over Spring Break we enjoyed the Akron Zoo, Stan Hywet and the Great Lakes Science Center. We especially enjoyed the Robot exhibit at the GLSC as well as the Great Lakes Omnimax movie. As you can see in the photos, we enjoyed meeting a Robot at the Android Cafe that looked like Rodney Copperbottom from the movie "Robots."