The Big Day

It was Keith's birthday this week and we all had fun celebrating.  The kids were so excited to give him his presents that they had to give them to him first thing in the morning.

The night before Jonah kept saying in a excited voice, "guess what Dad, tomorrow is your birthday."  It is fun to have the kids to make things exciting again.  That night we went out to dinner.  It was fun to spend time together as a family.

I love this picture even though I cut off Keith and Wyatt's head.  I love the look on Caitlyn's face.  She really does adore her dad.

Yesterday Jonah asked Keith to help him practice riding a two wheeler.  His friend next door got his training wheels off so Jonah wanted to practice on his bike.  I was doing a couple of things in the house and about 20 minutes later Keith came and asked if I wanted to see Jonah ride his two-wheeler?  I went out there and his training wheels were off and he was cruising around on his own. 

Jonah is very determined and things seem to come pretty easy for him, much to Caitlyn's frustration.  He was so proud of himself.  He still has a hard time starting and stopping, but he is doing great.

He was so excited so I took him over to the gym so he could get more practice on the basketball court. It is so fun to see the kids learn new things.

Later we all went swimming.  Jonah loves to take his football when we go.  I told Jonah he should try the water slide.  He hasn't been tall enough when they measure him so he tried just going up and nobody stopped him.  I kind of feel guilty that I pretty much taught him to sneak.  Keith took him up there and he didn't dare go down.  I was waiting at the bottom with the camera and it ended up running out of batteries, so I didn't get a picture of him on the water slide.  I took him up there and he was nervous so I gave him a little push and he went down.  Luckily it worked out okay and he loved it.  He spent the rest of the time going down the water slide.

Caitlyn has always been our little fish.  She loves swimming.  She was really proud that she wasn't scared of the water slide when Jonah was.  While I was waiting for Jonah to come down Caitlyn came down about six times saying Jonah was next. 

Wyatt loves the water too.  He has fun splashing and watching the kids play.  It was nice to spend some time together with just our little family.  Keith stays so busy with school and work that we really try to make the most out of the time we have together.