February Birthdays!

Since we have a LOT of birthdays around this time of year, I thought I'd just give you a quick rundown of who turned what in the month of February. 

Most recently, on the 26th, Maggie turned 9 years old (that's so hard to believe...already?)

Our birthday girl with her new friends, the Bitty Twins.

Blowing out the candles on her "horse cake".

Next up: Sam turned 18 on the 17th! I can't believe he's 18 already!!! 

This guy prefers ice cream cake over any other! :)

My "sweet sixteenth" was on February 10th. 

It's become something of a tradition that Maggie and Dad make my cake every year. They did a great job!!!

Indiana Snow Storm!

The weather these past few months has been CRAZY, switching from warm-ish and sunny, to snowy, slushy, and MUDDY! :) We finally got a good ol' snow storm yesterday/last night, and now we have about 8 inches of snow!

 The one downfall? The guys having to shovel out the car so Ben could get to work...no, it's not supposed to be at that angle. :)

 Cal, Maggie, Jed, and Dad making an igloo!!!

Maggie and Jed resting. Nice hat, huh? :)

Happy Birthday, Jed!!!!

Our Jeddy turned 5 this month!!! This little guy LOVES birthdays, and he wanted to go "bumper bowling"! We ended up splitting up into two lanes, one with bumpers, and one without...I think I should have gone with the bumpers...anyway, Jed loved it!!!

 

Here's the birthday boy getting ready to bowl!

Jed and Cal were so fun to watch, they sure got into it!

 Most of us lined up afterwards...Sam's shoes were different so he got to take the picture. :)

 Oh, did I mention Jed loves presents too???

Jed's "J" cake, which he helped decorate...mainly contributing the Skittles! :)

It's 2013!!!

This New Year's Eve the Weavers came up to our house for a night of pizza, playing games, watching a movie, and ringing in the New Year. It's 2013!

Best buds Jed and Katelyn! 

A Brocker family favorite: euchre. Joshua was the renowned champion...by a lot. :)  

(Ike, Matthew, Sam, and Joshua)

 Everyone camped out in the familyroom watching Madagascar 3!!! :)

I think Cal was a bit tired by the time the ball was dropping...don't you think? :)

Happy New Year, everyone! May you have a blessed 2013!

Snowed In!

While we were at Grandma and Grandpa's house after Christmas, the big blizzard came through. We didn't actually get the main brunt of it, but we did get about 8 inches. Which, of course, meant we couldn't go anywhere all day, as the roads weren't plowed and it was pretty windy for a while. We kept fairly busy though, as you can see!

Cal and Jed playing in the snow later in the day.

 Cal assembling the new Lego pirate ship he got from Aunt Roxy...with a little help from Sam...and Dad. 

 Maggie sewing away on her TINY sewing machine that came with her new fashion design kit, also a gift from Aunt Roxy!

I think Jed's hat is a little crooked...don't you? :)

Christmas at Aunt Roxy and Uncle Chuck's!

One of my favorite things we do at Christmas time is going to Aunt Roxy and Uncle Chuck's house on Christmas Day! We've been going there for as long as I can remember but it's always so much fun! We didn't get many pictures this year, but here are a few!

 All the little kids watching each other open presents.

One excited little boy (Cal) holding up his new Lego pirate ship set! 

This was about the only safe place for Uncle Vedder and Grandpa to sit during the nerfgun war...which was awesome, hilarious, and dangerous all at the same time. :)

Mmmm!!! All the goodies Aunt Roxy had for dessert! 

Note: Those petit fours are AMAZING!!!!

Merry Christmas from the Wilson family!

Our traditional Christmas morning shot! :)