Every year seems to go by faster and faster...I wish there were a way to slow things down a bit, or to just pause certain days, or hours...so that we could just soak them in and enjoy them for a little longer before they passed on and became memories.
Andy turned 40 this year! I didn't plan a huge party for him. We just kept it very small and simple...and it turned out to be a wonderful weekend together as a family. Before the cake and ice cream celebration, we went on our traditional outing to the Linder Farms corn maze. Taylor was once again our fearless leader through the maze...at least he was our fearless leader for about halfway through until there was a mutiny on ship, and then Rachel decided that she could lead us just as well. At this point, it became a competition to see which one could get us to the next check point the fastest. These two are hilarious.
After making it through all of the checkpoints so that the kids could get their free suckers (this is a very important part of the tradition) we played on the pedal tractors and sat around the bon fire for a while. It was a great time...then we came home to eat and celebrate!
Addy was Andy's big helper in blowing out the candles...
and she also did some quality testing on the frosting...it was approved.
Andy was relieved that he didn't have to blow out 40 candles. Matthew was disappointed. He wanted the smoke alarm to go off!
Seriously...40!?! And where did all of these kids come from!?!
I love this guy so much...and so thankful that he's mine!
We had the kids rolling with these next couple of shots...
Just a couple of goofballs...
Its our family tradition that the birthday boy or girl gets to cut and serve their cake...so here's the birthday boy...keeping with tradition.
On to cards and presents...and the towel on his shoulder?? Who knows...he's quirky like that.
And I'm quirky too. Just for fun...I wrapped up some peanut butter, jelly, and bread for him to open. We love that little song about Peanut butter and jelly...being so happy on their little piece of bread. If you know that song, you'll get it...if you don't...well...it's okay. The kids think we are so strange...but Andy was laughing and was a good sport.
Something that I've always loved about Andy...is that he wrestles around with the kids. A birthday wouldn't be complete without a good dog pile on Andy. This year, it was Matthew and Lainah who got it all started...
But it didn't take long for them all to join in...while Addy and Emma helped me with the camera. Taylor is getting big enough that he and Andy can really have a good go at it too. It's pretty fun.
In the end, Andy still prevailed as the winner...at least for another year!
Happy Birthday sweetheart...and many, many more to come!
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