Prayer Request

Kaleb's 2 week course at a feeding clinic will begin soon. We are very hopeful that this will give us the tools we need to wean him from his feeding tube and eat a more age appropriate diet. I will be traveling with Kaleb while Keith stays home with Kassidy and Karson. It's going to be difficult being away from each other, being in a new place, having all the extra demands of the clinic on Kaleb every day, shuffling the kids between family and friends at home, etc. In the end we know it will all be worth it! I'll try to keep you all updated on Kaleb's progress via email. As always, we appreciate all your prayers, love, and support so much:)

Fun family weekends:)

Since the weather has been so nice lately we decided to do some fun family outings. We really wanted to try an easy hike in the mountains, but didn't have anything to put Karson in to carry him. He may just have to stay at a friends house while we take the other 2 kiddos.

Our first stop...the zoo! One of our elephants lost a tusk (not this one pictured). This one pictured loved to eat the food we threw at it.
Lots of animals were showing off for us and we got to see them real up close.

How often do you see a black swan? So pretty!

The zoo has the best park, too:)

Greenville opened a Children's Museum a year ago. We finally made it there in February (and got discount tickets since it was the 1 yr anniversary!). It is huge, 3 full floors with tons of hands-on exhibits for all ages. We spent about 4 hours there playing non stop! If you haven't been there yet I highly recommend it...it is definitely worth the money!

Look closely and you'll see Kaleb and Kassidy climbing way up high!

Here's Kaleb in the TV studio singing us a song...he did awesome!

Kassidy giving us a weather report...what a great job reading from a script!

Karson got camera shy!

Watching themselves on TV...they loved it!!

Leave it to a 2 yr old to put stuff in his mouth...yuck!

Super-hero kids! (all about being green, recycling, etc)

Mice on Main-9 mice are hidden on our Main Street in downtown Greenville. You can go to the website and get clues and go on your own mouse hunt. I didn't realize how much fun the kids would have with this:) They are very good hunters! Here's the first one with his Good Night Moon book. If you think you might do this sometime you probably want to skip these pics so I don't give away their hiding spots...

Karson even got into it after awhile saying Mouse where are you?

Here is Kaleb with one of his good friends, Camden. We all participated in Greenville's first Muscular Dystrophy walk this past Saturday. They had breakfast, games and prizes, the walk, a DJ, face painting, etc. Camden's team won an award for raising the most money, too! Their grand total was just under $3,000. Thanks to all of our friends and family that donated in honor of Kaleb's friend:) Our total was $175.

Stay tuned for Karson's bday, Mommy's bday, and more!

Princess Painting Party!!!

This year Kassidy's birthday fell on President's Day which meant no school!!! She was super excited to sleep in (and she did!). She woke up to pink and purple streamers decorating her room and breakfast in bed:)

Her favorite breakfast in bed...toedenholes and hot chocolate! (sorry, I have no idea how to spell that)

For the past 3 years we have had Kassidy's birthday party at our house. We kept it fairly simple and easy. This year we decided to do something different. In August we took the kids to paint some pottery for Mama's birthday and she just loved it! Since then that's all she's wanted to do for her birthday. Affter lunch we went to The Glazing Pot. Kassidy invited her 3 cousins and 3 friends. The girls dressed up as princesses and painted princess banks. The boys got to choose what they painted and each chose something different.

Our big 7 yr old as the Little Mermaid

Kassidy with cousin Sara...the fairy princess cowgirl:) Adorable!

The SC cousins crew (minus Karson who was napping at my friends house)...Evan, Kassidy, Kaleb, Sara, and Alex.

Kaleb busy painting his car which was even personalized with a Kaleb license plate.

All the kids did such a great job painting! Such concentration!

Kaleb's car and Evan's monkey

Alex's dragon

Addie (friend from school), Kassidy, and Sara with their princess banks

Erika (friend from the sitters) with her Belle

Miss South Carolina 2010 was there for a special event but took time out to take a picture with our princesses!

Autumn (friend from school) with her Belle...I can't wait to see the finished products after they've been glazed and fired.

Cake time:) Believe it or not the kids ate this whole cookie cake except for 1 piece!!!

They all had so much fun at the party!

Time to open gifts from the family now.

Is it ok if my 7 yr old daughter has cuter sandals than I do???

She got some great new books! She also got Silverlicious...such cute stories:)

Kaleb picked out this gift for his big sis. He knew she needed more of these...

Yea! Glow in the dark beads:) You probably know what this is...you get a shape to put the beads onto then iron it so they all melt and stick together. They've probably made about 20 of them lately!

Here she thought she was actually getting an iPad...she just said, "Is it daddy?" Sorry baby...

Clothes from Justice are always a hit!

Dance outfit

For dinner she chose Stevie B's Pizza...always yummy:) Bonus: the kids even got balloons to take home!

One more cake for our family celebration! (Kassidy was very into picking out her party cakes this year...how nice I didn't have to make any!)

It took a few tries, but she finally managed to blow out all 7 candles:)

Fun with frosting:)

Sucking the frosting off of the butterfly ring...looks like a paci doesn't it?

All 3 kids LOVED these cupcakes!!!

That was our super fun birthday day:) Kassidy loved every minute of it! She was so happy to be able to spend time with her friends and family and she loved opening all the gifts. Thank you to everyone for the happy birthday wishes, phone calls, skypes, cards, and gifts!!! We love you all!