On this day...

in 2005 at 2:54pm, our little Kennan Joshua entered this world at 7lbs 8oz and 21 inches long. And these two parents have enjoyed every minute of the last 4 years. To celebrate Kennan's 4 years of life, he decided we needed to have a pirate party. Arrr Mateys!Our preparations began on Thursday when my parents and brother arrived. Their gift to Kennan was a handmade sandbox by Pops. My dad worked really hard and I think it turned out beautiful!!

Uncle Kyle, Pops, and Kenny working on the sandbox in the freezing cold. The high on Thursday was 43*.

On Friday Lala, Grumpy, Uncle Chris and Katherine arrived.

The kids enjoyed some time reading...

snuggling on the couch...

and Brayden worked on getting Pops wrapped around her finger, just a little bit tighter!!!

Kennan and Grammy made the cupcakes for the party...

and worked on some decorations. (Kennan was practicing his pirate face.)

And this is what we woke up to Saturday morning (the day of the party).

The sun came out and the snow melted, so the crew set forth burying the treasure in the sandbox for the party.

Little did we know, this was going to be one of the last real smiles for the day...Kennan ended up in a bit of a funk as his friends arrived for the party.

Captain Kennan

The pirates went on a treasure hunt...

and collected their booty in the sandbox!

We opened presents, had cupcakes and ate hotdogs and hamburgers.

Imagine now that you are looking at pictures of all of the way cute decorations and cupcakes. I managed to not get ONE picture of any of this. Maybe that is because I was a little overwhelmed by our little pirate who wasn't feeling so hot.

At least we got a family picture!

We enjoyed some time outside with Lala, Grumpy, Uncle Chris and Katherine.

And, this is how Kennan spent most of today (Monday, his actual birthday day).

Blowing out candles on his toast...in bed...before he went back to sleep.

You probably gathered that our weekend went downhill after Kennan's party on Saturday. Kennan and Brayden were both throwing up and Kennan had more going on than that. Sunday was a lazy day with Brayden running a fever and Kennan throwing up again that night. Kennan slept until 9:30 this morning, which NEVER happens. We woke him up to give him his birthday toast and to sing to him, then he kicked us out so he could go back to sleep!! He woke up at 12:30 for lunch and seemed to be a bit better. We went to the doctor this afternoon just to be on the safe side. Brayden is running a fever again (as of this evening) and has a nasty runny nose. Hopefully they will both be over this very soon. I am ready for spring and warm weather to be here. Maybe we will be healthy then!!

This week is our Spring Break and we are hoping that the kids will both be well enough later on in the week for Kenny to take of work a little early so we can celebrate Kennan's birthday as a family. Today wasn't much in the area of excitement since he was in bed most of the day!!

This post turned into a bit of a downer, so I will leave on a funny note. Kennan and Lala were decorating a Bunny House (like a gingerbread house for Easter time) on Sunday. Kennan infomed Lala that "I am kinda fond of these candies". He was, of course, referring to the jelly beans they were decorating with. Love that kid!!