Reuben's 1st Birthday

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY REUBEN!

We went to Champaign, IL to celebrate Reuben turning 1 and Mark turning 25.  Mark's birthday is October 1st and Reuben's is just 2 days later on October 3rd.  I'm sure that they will be celebrating many more birthday's together in the future.  What a fun thing for daddy and son to share together!  I do have to say though that Reuben got 98% of the attention. :)

Ash made Reuben a clown cake.

He's just digging into his cake, but already he looks like he is on a sugar high!

Not sure what to do about he stickiness. 

Shoving it in =)

Ok.....all done. 

Having a ball opening his gifts.

What a cool tent from "Ga"!

So fun to be with you Ash!

Before the party happenings...... 

Friday night on our way to Champaign we dropped Duane off for the Taylor Invite and spent the night at my parent's house in Quincy.  We decided to go help out at the invite a little by cutting up around 13 watermelon, so Alex wouldn't have to do it later.  She worked at Starbucks Friday from 3-11:15pm and then had to open the store at 4:30 the next morning.  When she got off around 9:30 she then had to head to the invite.  This way she had 1 less thing to do.

We got to Champaign a little early on Saturday so we could spend some time with Ash and Reuben.  Had a tasty lunch at Olive Garden.  Very thankful for my family!