Happy (early) birthday, Dan and Ben!

Zach will be away for a month and he'll miss the boys' birthdays, so we decided to celebrate a couple of weeks early!  And since school hasn't started yet and we don't have any new friends, we invited old friends that we knew in Hawaii and North Carolina.  The boys didn't mind having a small party; once they saw the cake, they declared the day to be the "best day ever."

Everyone came over around 4:00 and we went swimming in the neighborhood pool.  Lauren stayed back at the house and put the food in the oven so everything was waiting for us when we finished swimming.  We ate supper and cake and ice cream and the kids just played and played.  Dan and Ben had a great time and loved showing off the new house and yard.

It's hard to believe that Dan will be 5 (and living in his fourth house) and Ben will be 3 (and living in his third house).  This is a crazy life and definitely different from the kind that I grew up with, but I think it'll all work out in the end!