Happy Birthday Pa!

Today is my Daddy's birthday, the young fifty-something that he is!  We loaded up and made a day trip to SamCo on Saturday to spend time with the family and have a little pizza party for Daddy.  The kids sure do love going to the farm, as do I, but I love seeing them there, just running and interested in all it has to offer from the plants to equipment to animals.  We have fun cousins there too!  :)  After a full afternoon of play, we had a pizza party with cupcakes and ice cream and then a little later, hit the road back home.  A fun day with the family, no doubt.  I told the kids that today was actually Pa's birthday though and that we'd make his favorite prize snack after school - peanut butter crackers with a marshmallow on top, popped in the oven and browned up right.  They thought that was the best thing and timing worked out that we were able to FaceTime with Pa, Annie and Uncle Robert to sing Happy Birthday to Pa and blow the candles out on his cracker "cake".  Pa told the kids to save one for him and Lalon promised that we would.  They were eating dinner, so we kept it short and got back to our snacks before they got too cold!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PA - We LOVE You!!

The kids got a quick ride around the farm with Pa Pa!

Sweet Ella sharing her pacifier with Uncle Robert

and now sharing her pig

Brian took all the kids out to fly a kite - perfect weather for it!

Anna is a kite flying rock star!

on Pa's birthday after our FaceTime, enjoying Pa's favorite snack

I believe Ava James and Lalon must have spent the day doing their hair... who's in charge of these girls?!?!

Pa post pizza party!

the Birthday Guy!

Lalon's super excited for cake and ice cream!