Nathan turns 30 and Cameron is close to 1

We had a surprise party for Nathan over the weekend at my parents house. We had old friends from high school, neighborhood friends, and family all in on the surprise! He claims he did not know a thing!! We also took the opportunity to let Cameron celebrate his birthday a bit early (two weeks) with his dad. The weather was not the greatest, but we still had a great time (some crazy schoolside people even got in the pool!) Thank you everyone for coming and celebrating with us.

The Cakes

Since it was Nathan's 30th birthday, he had his own cake. I got a picture of him at 1 years old from his mom for his cake. For Cameron's cake, I had a coworker make his cake. It turned out great as you can see! Everyone was talking about it all night. THANK YOU JULIA!!! And both tasted great.

Cake Time

We had a special little bear cake for Cameron to eat. Unfortunately he did not want to dive right in! We even gave him a bit of Nathans cake, but as you can see it ended in tears! Oh well, we will try cake again on his birthday (maybe earlier in the day!)

Presents

Cameron opened a few of his gifts before he got too tired. He really loved the paper! Gabe was more then willing to help him open his gifts!! We finished opening the rest the next morning when grandpa tom was there. Thank you everyone for sharing in his special day!

We have great friends!!

Simple Pleasures!

Oh to be young and love a pinwheel!

Crazy and Calm

He can swim...with a water suit!

Gabe is swimming with no help from us! He just kicks and splashes around. Thank you so much Jennifer and Jack for the suit! It is the best one we have used!

Up swim video

Gabe loves to get thrown up in the air while swimming. Dad gets a workout!!

Fun at Grandma Laura's and Grandpa Tom's

Cameron is on the move!!
Colored sand was a big hit for gabe!!
The pool is always fun!

Fun in the sand #2

Grandma and Grandpa Toops built a sand box for all the grandchildren. This was Camerons first time in the sand. He tried to eat it and while he was doing that, Gabe thought he should put a cup of sand on his head! They both got washed of with a Garden hose!!