Since we had Luke's friends party at Chuck E. Cheese's, we wanted to do a smaller get together at the house on Saturday to celebrate Luke's bd with family and to let other family members visit with Ben and Linda. We were so psyched when Aunt Jeannie, Dan, Amy and fam came up from Springfield to stay overnight. We had such a fun time! Luke liked his never-ending birthday celebration, too. He asked if he could have a "crane" party, but that was a little specialized so Mom made the executive decision to broaden that to a general construction theme. The cake had a crane on it though:) Fitting theme because construction is beginning on our addition. Exciting!
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| Lila |
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| We had great weather, thank goodness! A perfect end to the summer. |
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| Orrin |
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| Two peas in a pod - Uncle Garry & Emil |
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| Dan & Amy |
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| Aunt Jeannie |
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| Makeshift water slide was fun for the kids |
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| Real Urban Barbecue = yum |
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| Checking out the toy chainsaw |
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| Flat bed tow truck from G&G B |
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| Justin trying to master the puzzle ball - gift from B&L that Luke is getting really good at |
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| Girls rule! Kate with the machinery:) |
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| He was so into all of his new toys, it was super cute to watch. |
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| swimming with Orrin |
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| John was getting a bit wild on the slide |
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| Will was too! |
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| Crane cake! |
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| Construction plates, napkins and cups - with decorations up all over with the same theme |
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| picking out his perfect piece |
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| stealing some more frosting |
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| Grandpa and Lukers enjoying birthday cake and talking about life |
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| It was a busy day, some rare downtime captured. |
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| No pictures please |
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| At one point Sara had all the kids in there by herself:) |
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| This whole section of the backyard is going away with the addition. Bye Bye back/side yard! |
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| Nightswimming - pool closes in a couple days, enjoy it while you can! |
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| Winding down before bedtime with cartoons |
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| Beach and boat with the Eichinger's on Sunday |
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| The water was FREEZING (in the upper 50's)! But Ben and the kids had a good time trying to get themselves to go into the water all the way. |
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| Brrrrrr! |
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| Uncle Mike didn't mind having Luke & Claire dump water all over him again and again. |
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| what a good sport:) |
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| Luke received a number of Lego sets for his bd and he is getting to be a whiz at putting them together all by himself by following the instructions. Chip off the ole block, I say. |
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| One last afternoon with Ben and Linda on Labor Day. |
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| Fort in the basement |
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| sleeping in his fort |
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| Demo of the existing garage starts soon! |
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| Ravinia with Rebecca & Peter - OAR!! |
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