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Shopping. Celebrating. Bowling. Playing.

May 4, 2010 by Kristin Leave a Comment

We took a road trip to Louisville this past weekend, mostly to visit family. Greg did meet with some contractors at our southern Indiana properties and we visited with a couple of college friends.

I considered it my birthday weekend, and I spent (more than) the Kohl’s gift card my grandpa gave me for turning 31. And I stocked up on scrapbooking supplies at Archiver’s. Mom and I even made an us-only trip on Saturday night (post-Derby!) to Target.

But the best part of it being my birthday weekend was this cake, courtesy my 6-year-old niece Milla and almost-3-year-old daughter Cate.

Seriously. That’s a layer of white icing, another layer of pink icing, an entire bottle (and I believe a few more!) sprinkles, all 48 candles from the box, and all those plastics toys. Yes, we took the toys off before we lit the 31 required candles!

Cate was apparently too busy to join in the cousins picture. Oh, yes, she found plenty of ways to keep busy …

… driving.

… bowling.

… jumping.
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Teaching Cate to bowl was a fun experience. We went to Incredible Dave’s, where the bowling alley totally exceeded our expectations. Right before we started, my brother and I wondered if we should have asked for bumpers for the girls. Well, turns out the guy (who we didn’t think was the sharpest tool in the shed …) programmed our lanes so the bumpers would come up in the gutters when it was Cate or Milla’s turn. They really enjoyed it, as did the adults, who at times could have used the bumpers!

Between turns, Milla liked to take a break from bowling and hold her cousin …

Jaxson, who wasn’t bowling, enjoyed his snacks …

And Cate just took it all in …

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Comments

  1. longbrakeliving says

    May 4, 2010 at 11:35 pm

    Hope you had a happy birthday — I just noticed you said your birthday was Monday; we share a birthday!

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  2. Courtney says

    May 5, 2010 at 1:41 am

    Great pictures! Looks like a fun weekend.

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  3. Life as I know it says

    May 5, 2010 at 11:22 pm

    Jaxson looks like such a little man! SO grown up. And the cake is pretty awesome, very rad. šŸ™‚

    Reply

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Telling stories is my therapy and love sharing with friends on my porch.

The main characters in my stories are my entrepreneur husband, our fifth-grade girl who never forgets, our have-no-fear second-grade boy, and our joy-filled toddler girl. As we live out our stories, we seek God as the author of them all.

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