You know it's Spring...

When you can see green grass again...

And the boys break out the baseball gloves!

We're lovin' it!

Teenager!

It's official, Tyler's a teenager.
The guys came over to celebrate.

Personal electronics are always a hit for boys...

And don't forget about the much anticipated
CASH from Grandma and Grandpa!

Money, a fishing pole and speakers for his iPod...
He's one happy, new teenager.

I love you Tyler, Happy Birthday! Love, Mom.

Serious Fort

The rules of the fort: 1. No shoes 2. No dirty clothes with mud 3. No breaking it. Underneath the rules, is the guest list. You have to sign in if you want to climb in.

I climbed in for a visit and he gave me the tour. The flashlight, he explained, was his emergency backup light. I got a step by step story of how the bottom bunk bed became this serious fort.

Here, he's showing Eric the list of visitors that had signed up to visit the fort. Their names are on the little papers. You can see his touch light on the wall and a makeshift light taped to the ceiling made from plastic pipe with an LCD pen light attached to light it up like a fluorescent tube.

The proud builder. Love you Michael.

Nine

Nine years old...

A two-man tent...

Matching fishing poles...

Cash from Grandma and Grandpa...

A movie and a camp out with Michael in the Game Room...

"This tent is so cool!"

"Look, we can both sleep in it!"

I love you Daniel, you're the BEST!!!
Happy Birthday
Love, Mom