Lexus turns 11! More Summer Fun!

We are officially heading into Birthday Season (July - September). We celebrate 12 different birthdays during this time! To kick it off we helped my BFF's little boy Ryan celebrate his 6th birthday at Woodland Mound. What a great place to go for a b-day party! I recently bought a new rocket stamp set and luck would have it found b-day bags to match it...so cute!

My 3-yr. old sons idea of breakfast...I don't think so!

 Another summer, another fun day at Stricker's grove for Randy's company picnic. As usual the girls each brought a friend and we all had a blast squeezing it all in. Austin shares his mother's love of roller coasters. This year he rode the BIG roller coaster with me and again with Randy. He loved every second of it and proclaimed "We do it again!!!" when it was over.

Shelby, Lexus, McKenna, Austin & Kimberly

 Lexus turned 11 this year; the last 11 years have literally flown by! Lexus requested an owl cake for her birthday this year. Owls are one of her favorite new animals. She loves them in Harry Potter and The Guardians of GaHoole book series. I totally stole the idea from on-line, and think it turned out pretty good.

Kimberly, Lexus, & Austin playing her new Wii Lego Harry Potter game.



We have had a lot of fun taking advantage of all the FREE summer events provided by the city parks. The girls both attended volleyball and soccer camps, all 3 kids saw the Sunrock Farm animals, Mr. Cowpie, and made some crafts.

 

Mr. Cowpie

 I was soooo excited to take Lexus to the midnight screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 on Thursday July 14th. It was a FANTASTIC experience for both of us! All 20 theaters at AMC Theaters on the Levee were sold out. About 50% of the people were dressed up as some HP character, some costumes were fabulous and some were not...hee hee! We were lucky to have a group in our theater re-enacting scenes from all the movies to entertain us as we sat for 2 hours waiting for the movie to start.

 Steph took Austin to the Reds game against the Pirates on Friday, he loved every time they hit a home run! He got to sit with Aunt Steph and Grandpa Grothaus.

More adorable pics of Bella, she is now 5 whole lbs. and 11 weeks old. The kids are happy they are now able to take her for walks around the block. What a different and energetic puppy she is now that she is healthy and happy!

Bella and her new fav toy!