Tyndale's 3rd Bday Party

We held Tyndale's birthday celebration at the gym at our church this year. It is a huge space and is just perfect for a huge space jump! Tyndale wanted a firetruck party theme. My cake lady went out of town though, and we had birthday petit-fours instead of birthday cake.

Even Uncle Michael got in on the fun in the jump!

The party was on Kate's actual birthday and she was so sweet to share the spotlight. We had cake that night to celebrate Kate's big day, and when she blew out the candles, Tyndale started to cry. He was bit confused about just whose bday it was! (You can see remnants of teary eyes in the cake pic below) He recovered quickly, however, and we all enjoyed the cake.

Tyndale is 3! family dinner

We woke Darth Vader up on his birthday and immediately opened some presents! Quinn gave him an umbrella and some fire engine slippers. He also got a bike which he LOVES.

 Family (look at all those cousins!) rolled in that night to celebrate with a family dinner...al fresco. We even light a fire in the chiminea and since we didn't have any marshmallows, the kids put cheez balls on sticks to burn...it smelled terrible!

 Tyndale picked this monster ice cream cake from Dairy Queen.

 ...and he quite enjoyed it!

The kids loved playing with these squishy eyeballs...they had so much fun with them that we did have to pull a few off of the ceiling.

Present time!

The chef costume was a HIT...he wears it a few times every day to cook in his kitchen. He said, "Mama, I'm gonna make fire and put an egg in my hat.".....any guesses?

HIBACHI! He loves watching the japanese steakhouse guys cook with the fire and do the cool tricks...this really cracked us up!



Grandma

We recently lost a very beloved member of our family, Grandma Eleanor Krause. She just turned 90 years old in September and those years were filled with friends, family, travel and happy times. She was always smiling and told the very best stories. She had a truly sparkling personality and she will be missed by many.

Here she is holding Tyndale. She and Grandpa were such a wonderful couple. They called their home their "love nest," and they were always so very sweet to each other. My thoughts and prayers are certainly with Grandpa at this very difficult time. I can't even imagine how hard this must be for him. We used to joke that every sentence they said started with "we," like "we like publix" or "we don't go there anymore" or "we think the beach is the most beautiful at this time"..like they were one person! 

Though we are sad that she is gone, we look forward to seeing her again in Heaven. They have a very special angel now.