Mom Heikoop's 70th Birthday

For Mom Heikoops 70th birthday, all the children and their spouses had met at the Mandarin for an adult dinner on the Friday before. Then for the Sunday afternoon, we had lunch at the Windmill all together, then some park time and some singing time. Diane  had organized that each family do a couple scrapbook pages of memories for her - so that was a neat gift for her to enjoy. 

Little snitcher of daddy's coffee. 

Trying to keep the kiddo's safe and entertained while in the Windmill store. 

I love these two's expressions. :) Laura was actually trying to photo-bomb Reuben. :) 

The birthday woman

Abby giving her mommy some kisses. 

The boys having a blast on this car. 

Little Ian 

We were going to go on a walk, but it was just so cold and windy that we settled for that park time. 

Uncle William is the best at getting happy faces!

Opening gifts from the kids. Katie and Erik went to the dollar store to pick out some things for her. 

We spent some time just singing all together - as that is one of mom's favorite things to do as a family. Part of her birthday party celebrations. 

Opa getting some Jason time in. 

Little monkeys looking for toys 

Aunt Miranda is pretty great to all these nieces and nephews that she arrived as an aunt to... She'll make a wonderful mom. 

Love this one of these two - taken by James. :) He has such an eye for coordination in colors and contrasts. 

Julia - letting me practice on her in low light

Mom and Dad

The multi-talented sippy cup drinker - Colin :) 

Jason's Looks

This guy's facial expressions change so fast. When I'm making him smile, I have to shoot ultra fast, cause the next second he's looking all serious, wondering why I was laughing. ;) But so cute. 

I handed the camera to James for a second, and got a couple of us - nothing amazing - but we were twinning with our shirts and I like getting some shots with my kiddos.

Learning how to make Sourdough (our Field Day Trip)

A dear friend from our church - Sonya - invited me and the kiddos over, for a field trip day. To learn: How to make sourdough bread. This gal did an amazing job - first reading "The Little Red Hen", and talking about the process of bread, and then moving on to actual making it, and kneading it. 

She's a natural teacher, and does so well with her kiddos too. 

Sonya had three different dough's done up - at different stages - so they could do it all without having to wait for the bread to rise - and then they made lunch at the end! Pizza's. I enjoyed it so much. It always is a little treat to have someone else teach for them for a bit - but with putting a lot of heart into it. 

All the kids loved it - and we made quite the mess for Sonya. :) 

Small Moments

Playing with Erik's dollar store billiards game 

Lee-Lee - after taking out all the clothes I had just put away. :)