Happy Birthday, Tatum!

Today our baby turns 7 years old! I can hardly believe it. Tatum is such an energetic and fun little girl, with tons of personality to spare. We are so lucky to have her in our family.

Birthday tradition in our family is to let the birthday child pick the restaurant she wants to eat at for her birthday, so we're going to Red Robin tonight once Dad gets home from work. Then tomorrow, she's picked out a few close friends to go see Junie B. Jones: Jingle Bells Batman Smells at the Tempe Center for the arts. Tatum loves Junie B. because she has Tatum's sense of humor, and Jingle Bells is one of her favorite books. We're super excited to see how they adapt the book for the play. It should be lots of fun. We'll post pictures of the special event really soon...

Connor's First Strings Concert

Connor had his very first strings concert last night. He's been playing double bass this year, and has really enjoyed it. It is very similar to his guitar, so he was quick to catch on. He and Rylee have even played a few duets for us. So his first concert was last night at the high school. Unfortunately, the auditorium was so packed, we weren't able to get good seats--so no pictures of the concert. We did snap a few afterwards, though.

Wow! Look at that thing! When we have it upright, it is literally bigger than he is.

And of course, carrying it home poses quite a problem as well. Luckily mom and dad were around to help out. We were so proud of him. He did an amazing job. Way to go, Chacho!