birthday bash

Look who's SEVEN!

and look who's FOUR!

These two boys have had such a great week celebrating their birthdays...

It started with 4 dozen cupcakes last Tuesday (Hamp's birthday) and ends today (Sam's birthday) with a "beach party" at the Rec Center and play dates all around...

But the best part was the in-between!

How lucky we are that the boys agreed to celebrate birthdays this year with a weekend in Glenwood Springs, skiing and swimming, and playing.

Saturday was a fine day at the mountain - a little too blustery for a full day - but enough to get in several good runs with all four of us!

Hamp was thrilled to meet up with one of his best buddies - and he and Sam took the opportunity to play as hard as they could in all the fresh snow:

The highlight of the weekend was opening gifts in the hotel room!

As you can see, there was no shortage of goodies for the boys to enjoy...

The gifts for these guys were really amazing - such thoughtful and great ideas! There were fun games, neat toys (not a battery in sight!), cute tee shirts and lots of really cool creative stuff. Not only were the boys so excited about all the fun things, but their mom & dad were overwhelmed at the generosity and thoughtfulness of each gift, card and kind word from friends and family!

We had a very nice family dinner out, and ended the day with fun in the hotel pool! The boys played basketball in the pool and went down the slide a hundred times until they just almost collapsed! The funny part was Sunday morning when we talked about all the fun things we could do - skiing again, anyone?!?!?! - and the boys' choice: play in the pool!!!!

So that's what we did.