Joy's birthday and other pictures from August and September

 Here are some pictures from August and September. 

 We went to the Zoo right before school started, we had lots of fun and I love this picture of our kids. 

 Then the first weekend of September, we went to see the balloons at the Boise Hot Air balloon festival Nite Glow Spectacular.  My favorite part was seeing the sunset on the bridge by the park while we waited for the festivities to start.  

 Pretty balloons, crazy crowds.

Then the second weekend of September, we went to Utah.  We enjoyed staying with my friend Kyrenia and we got to see Temple Square and then we went to Lagoon the day after that.

Lagoon!

 Andy was so cute on the roller coasters. 

  Lagoon was fun, but near the end of that evening I got what we think was a terrible migraine which started a week long adventure with two trips the ER, a lumbar puncture, spinal headache, and another trip to the hospital for a blood patch (to repair the tear from the lumbar puncture).  After spending most of a week laying down in a dark room, I'm more grateful for the mediocre health I usually enjoy.

   

Then near the end of September, we got to celebrate Joy's 7th birthday. We are so blessed to have her in our family.  She is truly a joy.

Aunt Tena decorated this cake per Joy's instructions and it came out so well.  We love having Aunt Tena in the family!

  Yummy Cake

We had a fun party with lots of family.  That's my report for the last couple months.  I hope you are all well.  Love, Aubrey

Grace's 10th Birthday!

Grace got to celebrate her 10th birthday twice this year.  First we had a party at Chuck E. Cheese before the Bousquet cousins left town (about a week before her birthday). It was so much fun.  Then on Grace's actual birthday, we celebrated with a home made ice cream cake that actually turned out really yummy.  We love our Grace and we're so glad she joined our family 10 years ago.  They're growing up so fast!

 Grace and Eva

 BethAnne, Andy, and Aiden

 Andy loves Chuck E Cheese's

 Here's Grace on her real birthday with her homemade ice cream cake (with chocolate dipped strawberries on top).  Yum!

 And here's a cute picture of Joy I took the other day that I'm throwing in here because it's adorable and she wasn't really represented in the pictures above.  Grace and Joy start school in a little over a week, I'm not sure I'm ready for summer to be over.  It's been fun.  I hope you are all well and happy.

Love,

Aubrey 

Caleb and Tyler's Awesome Birthday Party!!!

Tonight we celebrated Caleb's 2nd birthday and Tyler's 13th birthday at an awesome party given by Chrissy.  I wish I had taken more pictures of the decorations and food, so cute.  The bouncy house was especially popular with all the cousins.  The food was great and it was a lovely time.  Here are some pictures.  Enjoy!

 Chrissy's stylish food!

 

 

Yay for the bouncy house! 

 I love Caleb and Lisa's faces in this one.  So funny and cute.

 Such a sweet little family!

 Blowing out the candles, first Caleb, then Tyler.

 Caleb, mid-clap.

Pretty Leeya likes to pose for the camera. 

 The kids got some great cards made by their cousins.

 So much fun!  Thank you Chrissy and everyone who helped.  Happy Birthday Caleb and Tyler!  We miss you Carl and Steph! 

Love,

Aubrey

Zoo!

So much fun at the Zoo today with so many people I love.  I got some cute pictures! Enjoy!