"Am I cute or what!?", says Gabriel. 

"Look at my brother's toy that I have taken from his room that is going to cause World War III to break out as soon as he sees that I have it!" 

Abuelito studied up for he and Christian's presentation on Peru. He watched videos on Machu Pichu and the Conquistadors and read all the books on Peru that we had checked out from the library! 

Abuelita had to dress all Peruchi while she was here because Bruce keeps the house so cold! 

Caleb gets ready to blow out his candles. 

Our neighbors, the Nivens, my cousins, Mary Jo and Lisa Schunn, and Bruce's parents helped us celebrate Caleb's birthday a little early! 

Caleb blows out his candles, again! They mysteriously relit themselves! 

The birthday boy with his grandparents! 

I'm not quite sure how that whole the apple doesn't fall far from the tree thing worked out here, but it seems that Caleb and his Abuelito are two guys cut from the same cloth, with the same pattern, by the same taylor... Anyway, you get the idea - these guys are a lot alike! 

Okay, Caleb, we're trying to take a NICE family picture, enough with the silly poses! 

Even Grandma looks like she's tired of Caleb goofing off! 

Everyone gathers together for one last photo before Abuelita and Abuelito fly home to CT. The boys and I headed out at the same time as Christian had orchestra. We got to keep passsing each other and waving until they were half way to the airport! The next day Gabriel didn't understand why Grandma wasn't at his house anymore! 

I delivered 18 Valentine balloons to Bruce's office, one for each Valentine that we'd had together. He very sweetly shared them with all the woman that work on his floor. We had valentine's, balloons, flowers, and, of course, birthday cards and decorations from Caleb's big #6, everywhere. It was sort of like Christmas all over again!  

Abuelita's flowers and the boys' Valentines. 

Bruce bought roses for his mother for Valentine's Day before she left. SHe couldn't take them with her on the plane so I told her I would take pictures and post them for her to see! 

Bruce and his parents as they're leaving to return to CT, where a blizzard occurred while they were in MN! 

Abuelita, Bruce, and Abuelito as they depart for the airport. We had a wonderful visit and only wish that they could last longer, or happen more often! 

The boys enjoying their dinner. 

"You're mean!", says Gabriel when things don't go his way. 

"Please....." 

The boys just finished up their intramural basketball season last night. They left their Cub Scout camping trip early, to make it back for the final tournament, and that might have been overdoing it a bit. They were exhausted! Here's a shot of Caleb passing, from an earlier game! 

This is Caleb's best friend, Daniel, pounding down the key! 

Focus, focus. If you don't take your eyes off the ball then it can't get away! 

Anna combines basketball and gymnastics in her quest for excellence! 

Caleb gets ready to put her up there!