President's Day Fun Run...

Beka hosted a President's Day fun run to help us get into shape!  It was only a 1/2 mile but the kids had a great time!

 Jack did well!  I think he came in 2nd place.  He's always been pretty speedy.

The kids received a medal and a gold dollar coin with one of the Presidents on it.  I walked/ran the whole thing too, pushing Mikayla and realized that I'm out of shape.  I've put it off long enough and now it's time to get going again, especially in time for summer boat season!

Shearing the sheep...

Merril has been growing out his beard for almost 3 months and his hair for a little longer.  Today, he decided he was sick of both and so it was time for a buzz.  This is his crazy beard.  I felt like he was starting to look like a viking or mountain man or that guy from The Notebook.  

This is just for fun!  Can't you see him playing an 80s cop in a B movie?  "I'll need to see some identification."

And then the spikes, which I was proud of this year.  They turned out nice.  We axed the moustache because we both couldn't take it longer than 5 minutes.

Then we went to the sand dunes because it was such a beautiful Saturday!  The kids had fun burying Juliet.

Mikayla had fun watching from the truck.  That windows was all sorts of slobbery by the time we left.

And then Jack wanted to be buried.

There's Merril on the bike.

And then it was Maxine's turn.  She said the sand was like a cold, heavy blanket.

And since spikes don't exactly encourage the spirit, Merril shaved so he could be ready for church.

Mikayla's 1st birthday!

Mikayla turned 1 and I just can't believe that a year of my life has slipped away so quickly!  We had lemon cake with strawberry icing.  Mikayla seemed to like it!

Julie helped me make the cake.  I think Mikayla was worried she was going to steal some of her cake.

Then we cleaned her off and let her open a present.  Mikayla didn't seem to understand what she was supposed to do with it.

She didn't seem to like that Jack was "helping" her.

Mikayla is a sweetie.  She says banana, hi, Mommy, Daddy, book, ball, and uh oh.  She waves to people when they say hi.  She growls a lot, in happiness.  I've never had a growler.  We love her!