Happy 4th Birthday!

What an exciting week for us...we celebrated Barkley's four year birthday on new years day and Spencer's four month birthday yesterday. Happy birthday, boys!

Spencer made a card for Barkley, and we gave Barkley a very special birthday gift!

Barkley with his new friend, Matilda. As you can see below, Barkley had Matilda as a baby puppy but he destroyed her over the years. We joked when Barkley was young that Matilda was his first girlfriend.

Barkley loves his little brother - constantly showering him with kisses

Our neighbors Becky and Michael and their kids Duke and Kate stopped
by to wish Barkley a happy birthday (and to borrow a few eggs!)

We also had fun with our friends in from Washington - Dustin, Jana, Gabi and Jack

And here's how we spent new year's day - cleaning the basement and removing all the clutter from our life. Jon donated this entire pile of stuff to Goodwill. Now we have room for all the hand-me-downs Spencer gets from his cousins Simon, Ryan and Jake.

And here's Spencer exhausted from all the activity! He fell asleep in the middle (literally) of us folding laundry.