Ellie's 1st birthday!

 She is a year old! I really cannot believe how quickly time has gone by!

 The stroller that Mom and Dad got for her, hoping it would encourage her to start walking- it didn't really work, but she has started to walk, but she isn't fully walking- Yet...

 She loved the sprinkles I put on her cake, she picked them off and ate them first

 She couldn't figure out how to blow out the candle

 but she was able to figure out how to eat the cupcake- she ate two of them!

 We had to get the smeared frosting pics too of course,

and as you can see she was more than happy to comply! She says "cheese" every time she hears the camera being turned on- it's so cute! (It's really hard to catch her with the smile on her face though!)

Topher's 6th Birthday!

 He wants to be a "bug scientist" (yes, he knows they are called Entomologists) so we got him a field scope so he can get a better look at the bugs he finds in the yard.

 Chocolate cupcakes with white frosting is what he requested this year

 We got him the candles that re-light, and they are kinda more like sparklers- and so he was a bit intimidated...

Ok, so this wasn't on his birthday but it was so cute! I had to share it!

Easter 2013

 Getting these Star Wars toys was pretty exciting for these boys!

 Hunting for Easter eggs

 Ellie was actually really good at picking them up and putting them in her basket, she obviously wasn't great at keeping them in her basket...but she had fun!

The Benson family all dressed up for Easter Sunday! :)