Bald Eagles and Bike Riding

A couple of weekends ago, we decided to hop in the car and go up to Grafton and drive along the Great River Road to see if we could spot any bald eagles. The weather that day was absolutely beautiful. So the girls were all decked out, had their bonocholars on the whole way there, ready to spot bald eagles. Well, apparently Eagles like cold and when it's warm they stay in their nests - which for us - was NOT a good thing. We looked everywhere, didn't see even one - well maybe we saw 1 - but heck it could have been a hawk for all we know.... All in all, we had a great family day together despite no Eagle spotting, so nothing gets better than that!

Grafton has this beautiful light house, so of course we had to stop there for pics!
After going to lunch at The Finn Inn, we decided to go expore Grafton and stopped at one of the shops for an ice cream cone. YUM!

When we got home, the weather was so nice, we decided to take the girls up to the park for year number 2 of learning how to ride their bikes without training wheels. THEY DID AWESOME!!!!! What a difference a year makes! They both rode by themselves, still working on starting by themselves, but otherwise they've got it! We are very excited because now we can start going bike riding at the local trails in our area.

Here is Cami

And Syd!

Ellie and I cheered them on.

My little sweeties are 6!

Happy Birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Cami and Syd turned 6 years old today. I can't believe that my little girls are already 6 years old. For their birthday this year they chose a party with their friends - a bowling party! The kids had a great time, a little crazy and wild at times, but the girls really enjoyed it.

Aunt Katy got the girls these great shirts to wear for their party - with these shirts EVERYONE could tell them apart! :-)

After looking at these pictures, we realized that the girls are on the wrong sides of their cake! Cam's on Syd's 1/2 and Syd is on Cam's 1/2. Whoops....

Cami getting ready to bowl a strike!

Here goes Syd! Can we get a soda, please?!?!

Today after church we headed to the mall to get the girls ears pierced - their BIG 6th birthday present. They were all pumped up ready to go, then the closer it got the more scared they got. We walked around the mall a couple of times, they thought they were ready. Syd got up there, the lady marked her ears, then crocodile tears started rolling. They decided today wasn't the day... and maybe they will try again when they are 7 -or- 8. :-)

This year the girls wanted to make their own birthday cakes. They (of course) didn't want the same flavor of cake - Cami wanted yellow with chocolate icing and Sydney wanted Strawberry with Strawberry icing.

Happy 6th Birthday Sydney Grace!

Happy Birthday Camryn Nicole! Cami was so excited - she'd been asking for a Michael Jackson CD for awhile now - of course Mama Weier had to get it for her since she's the one that turned them into a fan!!! They love to jam to MJ in car rides with Mama.