Jake's 4th Birthday

This week we celebrated Jake turning 4! It's hard to believe, he has grown up so fast. Only one more year until kindergarten. Of course he is tall enough to look like he is already in elementary school :-)

On Wednesday, his actual birthday, we celebrated at home with pizza from Wegman's, a Spiderman cake, and presents. Jake finally got the Power Rangers Samurai Megazord that he has wanted for months! Today we had his birthday party at Jump 'N Jimmy's with all of his friends. We were so happy that so many family friends and kids from his class were able to join us. The bouncing, pizza, and construction cake were a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone who was able to join us and help celebrate in the joy of Jake turning 4!

By the way, the pig in some of the pictures is Percy the travelling pig. The kids in Jake's class take turns taking Percy home for 4 days at a time and Jake was lucky enough to have her over his birthday party weekend! We got to take pictures of Jake with Percy and then add them to her travelling journal where all of the kids record their adventures with her. Very fun!

Our Home

The house has never looked this good and it probably never will again!

Paul and I decided to put our house up for sale. The pictures above are from the photographer to snapped pics today for our online listing. We've been in this home for 4 1/2 years and making this decision has been very challenging but there are several factors working in our favor right now and we felt it was "now or never" so that we would seize the opportunity and give it a shot.

Our plan is to be able to sell this house and move into a single family home that will give all of us room to grow and allow the boys more room to play and run. We love this house to death and it has so many special memories, especially the fact that we brought both boys home from the hospital to this home (not to mention the beautifully painted bedrooms....) but its time for the next chaper in our lives and that entails a bigger home and a 4th bedroom so I can finally get through the last hurdles of convincing Paul to have one more baby!

Wish us luck!

Josh's 2nd Birthday Party

Josh and Mikayla, cousins who are only 9 days apart, celebrated their second birthdays on May 1st at Kids N Motion in Woodbridge. We were thankful that all of the immediate family was on hand for an afternoon of bouncing, pizza, cake, and more bouncing! (Where were indoor moon bounce places when my brother and I were kids?!?!)

Fourth of July 2011

Following in our traditional fourth of July celebration, we attended the Fairfax City parade on the morning of July 4th, followed by the old fashioned firemen's competitions, took a nap, and then watched spectacular fireworks at Fairfax High School. Jake and Josh (and Mia) had a great day!