Happy 4th Birthday Lowa and Whittaker!!!
We cannot believe that we have been so blessed to have you as our children! What an incredible blessing you are to our family and all of those who know you! We continually thank God that he has found us fit to be called your mom and dad. We love you so much... Here are some things we love about each of you...
Lowa:
Your contagious smile
Your giggle
The way you love people whole heartedly
Your tender and caring heart
Your hugs and kisses
How much you love Jesus
The way you love to dress like a beautiful girl (curled hair, skirts, fingernail polish)
The way you love to wrestle with your brother - you are one tough cookie
Your imagination
How you play and cuddle with Abraham
Your little walk (the way you shake your buns and walk on your toes - you look like a model w/out even trying)
Your cheerful heart
Your determination
Your forgiving heart
That God made you exactly as he desired and you are his delight!
Whittaker:
Your tender yet brave heart
How you say "I love you" to so many people - melts me!
Your enthusiasm for life
The way you love to wrestle and play hard
How you like to dress up like princesses with Lowa
How you tell Abraham that you love him and that he's your buddy
How FUN is your core value
Your forgiving heart
Your delight in the little things of life
How you love to cuddle, sing songs and read books
How you speak what you feel - you get who you are
You want everyone to be your friend - you don't leave people out
You play HARD
You love God with all of your heart
That God made you exactly as he desired and you are his delight!
For Lowa and Whittaker's birthday, we took them to a place called the Great Wolf Lodge, which is a hotel and indoor water park. It was ABSOLUTELY amazing!! This place is exactly designed for families and the kids had the most fun I think they've ever had. We played hard in the water park, ate a delicious birthday dinner, had sundaes, went back into the water park and then headed back to our room where we told Lowa and Whittaker the story of the day they were born. That was just the first day!! The next day we had breakfast, watched animated characters tell a story in the main lobby and then went swimming some more. The kids had such a wonderful time playing in the water and doing all of the fun activities that this place has to offer. If you get a chance - go there! Tom was able to take a personal day which made it cheaper and less crowded (we went on an "off" day_, so that was good! Abraham stayed w/ Grandma and Grandpa (THANK YOU J & S). It was good that he didn't go this time (thus we were really able to focus on L&W), but we'll take him the next time we go - he'll love it too!! Enjoy the videos and pics...
The huge tree fort where a gigantic bucket of water sprays everyone every 5 minutes or so. This is also how you get up to some of the slides - which L & W loved!
Whittaker going down the slide - oops took a nice spill - it didn't phase him one bit!
Down the slide again...
Lowa down the slide... she LOVEd it...
On one of the many water squirting toys in the toddler section...
Daddy and Whitt - what good looking guys!
Little miss swimmer
Toys that squirt and look like water crafts...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY our sweet Lowa and Whitt!
I love this picture, but it makes me miss my Abraham!
Mommy and Whitt at breakfast
Daddy and Lowa at breakfast (do you like the BEER sign right in front - too funny).
Lowa and Whitt in front of the animated characters - quite entertaining.
Watching the animated characters
Daddy telling Lowa (Whitt was there too, just out of range of the camera) about the night they were born.
Lowa and Whitt after a long day of swimming. They were out in about 2 minutes!
The Great Wolf Lodge - my take on it!
Lowa and Whitt heading down the slide - too cute!
4 comments:
So fun!! Happy birthday younglings!! :)
What fun! We have a Great Wolf Lodge near us, too. I can't wait to take R and her future sister there someday!
That looks like great fun! I had a quick question for you ...if you have time...I thought I remembered seeing somewhere that you had a helpful list for travel to Ethiopia...if you do would you mind emailing me: smeder@verizon.net
Thanks so much!!! Shannon
My favorite part daddy telling his kids about the night God brought them into the world lovely! And you looked like you had so much fun! How fun of you guys to take your kids!
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