Birthdays

and a few other things

We had some fun birthday activities in August - but first a few random things.  John and Emma and I did a bunch of summer crafts - like a lot!    Here is one of them - Statue of Liberty crowns.

Emma takes over my office daily to craft and then leaves a big mess.  

We're working on cleaning up after ourselves.

My mom helped Anna improve her knitting repertoire.

More fun days at the river

followed by smoothies

I took the younger three kids to the mall to buy shoes.  We had so much fun - but our car was broken down on the side of the road (with Scott waiting for a tow) while we were there.  I was in the working car so was able to take the kids home and then go out and wait with Scott.  The car trouble was a huge hassle but at least it happened before our big road trip.  And the mall was fun.

We like checking out the Lego store (Bricks and Minifigs), we got a pretzel and of course the new shoes.

The kids were back at home being watched by Matthew and Anna while Scott waited in the super heat.  I waited with him for a little bit and eventually the tow truck came to take our car to get fixed.

Getting our tow...and the car eventually got fixed.  It was the alternator.

Another day going to a pool party courtesy of Matthew's orthodontist.

Lots of fun!

Now for some birthday fun!!

Anna and a few friends (and I) did an escape room.  We actually escaped and it was really fun!!

Then a fun family dinner

And a Clue themed birthday for Anna!

Cake

We solved a little murder mystery (that for some reason involved a pinata)

The pinata had a clue inside!!

We had a lot of birthday fun.  Happy 14th Birthday Anna!!

14?!?  What!!!

For John's birthday we had lunch at Olive Garden

played Laser Tag and glow in the dark golf

We had Sonic themed cake

and some Sonic themed activities

John (as Sonic) defeated the Sonic big boss (played by Matthew) in the end

Poor Dr. Robotnik

Happy 10th Birthday John!!