Our living room is complete!

My hubby, my nephew, and my brother in law drove approximately 5 hrs this morning (leaving at 6:30 am) to get this for me:

Our very own piano! Nikki and I are both excited to learn how to play. Garrett might even want to when he's ready also. It's kind of neat because this piano used to belong to my mom and she is a very talented pianist. I hope I have some of her talent in me. When my parents got divorced the piano stayed with my dad and then ended up going to our family cabin. It was rarely being used up there so when I was talking to my grandma about how I'd like to get my daughter in piano lessons she offered for me to have this piano. It was now just a matter of making the trip to get it and waiting for my hubby to get home so he could make the trip. After double checking to make sure it was still okay to have the piano my hubby made the trip this morning to finally retrieve it. I am so excited to have it!!

Birthday celebrations and Pumpkin patch

Wednesday was Garrett's 4th birthday but we decided to have his party on Friday. I wanted to do something for him on his actual birthday so I woke him up to a waffle with a candle and his sister and I singing "Happy Birthday" to him.

He just woke up so he wasn't used to the bright lights from the camera.


The next day we went to the pumpkin patch where they also had several other activities for the kids.

The corn box (like a sand box).

The hayride to the pumpkin patch.

The pumpkins we picked.

The straw bale maze.

The tractor tire playground.

The barrel train ride. I also got to ride so that I could hold Jack since all of the seat belts were broken.

The rotating swings! Jack had a hard time figuring out if he liked this ride or not.

Nikki loved it!

Garrett too! The operator let Nikki and Garrett ride for about 15 min or so because it was a slow day and didn't have much customers. So glad we went when we did. Made it more worth it!

And at last, enjoying popcorn and mini donuts! I've been looking forward to those donuts all year. Actually, 2 years because we didn't get to go last year.


And now "Come inside for a Batman Birthday Party!"

He was trying to pose like Batman on the picture behind him.

Our first activity was coloring some Batman pictures.

Daddy helping Garrett "Batman" to fly.

Our next activity was the "Gone fishing" game. All of the kids there enjoyed fishing for toy prizes.

Our last game was "Pin the bat on Batman" and here they are waiting in line for their turn. We used the Batman sign on the front door for this game. We just brought it inside and lowered it so they could reach it.

And now time for the cake and singing! Thanks so much to my sister who practically made the whole cake. In fact, the only thing I did was fill in the yellow and black frosting. She did everything else and I think it turned out great!

He loved all the gifts he received which were: a homemade Buzz Lightyear pillow & matching cape, a folder with Toy Story coloring pages and a framed picture of Buzz from his grandparents. A Batman action figure from his aunt and uncle. An electronic Buzz Lightyear game from his other grandparents. A BSU football from his friend. And a Buzz rocket ship toy, Spiderman puzzle, Spiderman book, jeans and a Batman glow in the dark shirt from us.

I think he really enjoyed his birthday this year and I had fun doing everything for him. But I'm glad the stress of it is over now.