Happy 5th Birthday Zeke!

Ezekiel turned 5 today!! He got to wear a birthday hat at school and share frosted sugar cookies with his class. He's thrilled with all the cards, internet greetings, and (of course) gifts he's been receiving. He's such and deeply complex little boy, I'm very curious about the person he'll grow into.
Here he is at his birthday party last Saturday. His best friend, Braden, has just dealt the fatal blow to the dinosaur pinata despite Zeke's efforts to keep it away from him. We also played several games and ate yummy cupcakes. It was a fun party.

The Lions

Zeke's cute little U6 soccer team decided to call themselves The Lions. They had such big smiles as they ran around the field. Here's Zeke scoring a goal!
Chris is an assistant coach this year. The coach, Corey, is the dad of Zeke's best friend, Braden. This is going to be a fun soccer season.

Zeke's first day of school

Zeke was so excited for his first day of Pre-Kindergarten! And he LOVED it. His favorite part was making marble tracks. He said he was afraid of the other kids at first, but then he started feeling happy. Keilah wanted to stay with him when we dropped him off. A good first day.

Silas's first day of school

I love that I can take his picture from our front door and his school is in the background. He is so excited for second grade!

County Fair

We went to the Woodland County Fair today. It's a good farm community Fair with lots of livestock, local booths, and fun rides. The lines were non-existent and the boys got to be on the rides by themselves. Keilah's rides were a little more popular.
We walked around and signed up for drawings, looked at the animals, went on a few rides, and dripped soft serve ice cream down our fronts because we couldn't eat it fast enough. It was a fun afternoon.

Cub Scout Silas

Silas has entered the world of scouting. He's so excited, it's cute. He's already got the Cub Scout Promise memorized and can't wait to earn his Bobcat badge. I love that boy's enthusiasm!

Reunion Crowd

Here's the picture of MOST of the people that were at the reunion. Ashleigh and Chris aren't in it because they're at urgent care getting Chris stitched up and Emily and Evan aren't there because Em was putting the tired boy to bed.