A party and some cake...

For Gareth's birthday today, we went to a place called Jungle Jim's Playland.  It's a perfect place for kids whose parents are too cheap to actually take them to a carnival or fair.  The rides are made just for little kids to enjoy (and parents ride free!!).  Ruth and Gareth enjoyed all the rides while Ronan enjoyed crawling around and watching through the fences.

After Jungle Jim's, we went over to Grandma's house for a party!  The kids all played while Jones and I made the cake and Grandma and Aunt Bekah made the yummy spaghetti dinner.  After dinner and presents we got to eat the cake we slaved over.  We were all very full and satisfied.

Gareth was excited by all his presents. He LOVES his new remote controlled car (thanks G-ma and G-pa!) and he's excited to try out his new bike (thanks good sale at Toys R Us!) with his new Thomas helmet (thanks Robbie! (Aunt Bekah)). But the day was so fun and exciting he fell asleep in this bed right away in his new GI Joe Jammies (thanks G-ma!) dreaming about how much fun he will have with his new color changing cars (thanks Aunt Audra!) and his new Spiderman markers (thanks Robbie!).