Making Ana smile

 Adriana Mae Vander Hart. A stinker when it comes to pictures...

Me: "Anie, smile!" And her smile.

 Me: "No, a real smile! Come on!" Her smile.

 Me: "Ana! Stop! C'mon, a real one!" And her smile.

Me: "Adriana Mae! A REAL smile!" And finally a good picture!

40th Birthdays!

 Two certain people have had their 40th birthdays this month. I won't say their names, but they're in these pictures...

 I'll say too, that the man's birthday was before the lady's.

 That means he's older. MUCH OLDER!

 'Cause you know, two weeks is a LOOOONGGG time.

 He's reeeealllly old!

And today, now is she. (Not mentioning any names..)

Ana, Minte and a Big Wheel

Ana and Minte both love Ana's big wheel. What better way to share, than to ride together?? Course, in just a minute, Minte's gonna push Ana off and take himself for a ride!!

Minte learning English!

We all love to practice English with Minte. In fact, he practices it all day long! We are constantly asking him to say this or that and help him understand how to say words in different situations. And he loves copying! He is catching on so fast to words. These words in the video are all ones that he can say by himself in the right situation!

The Bird Sanctuary, Part 2

 One of the awesome birds we saw at the bird sanctuary. It's just amazing to see their gorgeous feathers! Wow! So beautiful!

 Another cool bird. Basically the entire cage silo thing is full of beautiful birds with an attitude problem! :-) Sorry about the bars blocking the picture!

 We had such a great time! It was fun to spend time with our cousins and see and feed wild birds at the same time. Random thought- Did you know that swans suck the corn from your hand? It makes some of the skin on your palm rise a little. Kinda interesting!

 Alli, Jess, Ethan, and Ana posing for pictures afterwards. They love to play together. Just yesterday Ana and Ethan were laughing really hard about something that they did together a long time ago!

Our family! One of our first kinda family pictures with Minte. We're just missing Dad and Luke!!

Like I've said already many times, we had a great time!

Brothers Forever.

One of the pictures I took in the field. I LOVE this picture! You can totally see the responsibility and pride in Ethan's face as a big brother and can almost hear Minte's protesting squeals!!

I've been having fun messing with this picture and trying to make it look cool, but I can't figure out how to show you!

Minte's Birthday Party

A while ago, we celebrated Minte's birthday! It was a lot of fun! He had his first icecream, cake, and opened presents! He has only opened presents once before when he was helping Luke with his! He did pretty well.

 Here he is in his new car! He had a great time that day playing on the driveway with his cousins and siblings!!

 Here he is saying, "Bye-bye!" as he takes off. With Dad pushing him!

"Oh my word! I got FROSTING on my finger!!!!!! TAKE IT OFF!"

Two year old Minte with some of his cousins!

Happy Birthday, Minte Baby!

Here is a video of Minte blowing out his candles! Too cute! We had practiced a couple times before, so he knew what to do and didn't want to stop!!