Happy Birthday Charlie!

Please stop the clock. Time is going way too fast! 5 years ago today, our 3rd baby boy was born. William Charles, it is a privilege and a pleasure to be your parents. You are hilarious, confident, smart, loving and adventurous! We love you and we wish you a very happy 5th birthday.

"O God, our times are in your hand: Look with favor, we pray, on your servant Charlie as he begins another year. Grant that he may grow in wisdom and grace, and strengthen his trust in your goodness all the days of his life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."

The Book of Common Prayer

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Climb, Skywalk, Jump and Mini Golf

On Davis' last day in Glasgow, we headed over to Xscape, our local indoor playground. It is a huge mall-like building with a ski slope, a movie theatre, a soccer pitch, bowling alley, laser station, arcade, mini-golf, climbing wall and skypark, shops, and multiple restaurants inside. They've figured out what to do when it's raining here.

We'd previewed the scene on Monday while birthday shopping for Scott and the bigger boys wanted to try the sky park and climbing wall. And Charlie wanted to play mini-golf.

The sky park is a suspended obstacle course where you can travel around high in the sky while harnessed in for safety. Ethan, Davis and Christopher LOVED it. Davis is climbs like spiderman and they each completed the jump at the end.

Jane played mini-golf with Charlie where he scored a hole in one and a par 2 on a few of the holes. It was a very fun way to spend their last day in Glasgow. Thanks to Grandma for bringing your camera along!

Argh.....

I am having blogging troubles. I used to be able to manipulate the pictures once I uploaded them to the posting. Now, I have very restricted movement of the pictures and therefore can not place them where they need to be in relation to the text. So, please bare with me while I enter the world of blogging forums......

At least it's a rainy day.

National Museum of Flight

Last Tuesday, while Grandma Nicol and Davis were still here, we popped over to the National Museum of Flight in North Berwick. We'd intended to head to a beach that day but the weather was rubbish so the Museum of Flight it was.

We were not disappointed. Located in an old airfield, the hangers are filled with machines of flight from every era. Like most museums in Scotland, everything was hands on and the boys loved checking out all the parts of the different plane. We saw military planes, civil planes and even the Concorde! One of the hangers houses a complete interactive gallery designed to teach us the mechanics of flight. It was brilliant.

Boys

I thought that I'd paid my dues living in the same house with my STINKY brothers for all of those years.

Apparently not. God has such a terrific sense of humor.

This is what I now hear in the car on a daily basis.

"Whoever smelt it, dealt it."
"Whoever said the rhyme, did the crime."

And we'll just say that the reason they say these statements is far worse than the words!

And we haven't even hit the EXTREMELY STINKY teenage years. Lord help me.

Birthday Season

At our house, we enjoy a condensed birthday season. Scott first, then Charlie 2 weeks later, then Christopher 2 weeks after that, then Ethan 2 weeks later and finally me 3 weeks after Ethan. And right smack dab in the middle, Scott and I celebrate our wedding anniversary. Whew.

It's just the way God intended and it sure does make August, September and October fun, fun, fun!

This year, we were lucky enough to kick it off while Grandma Nicol and Davis were here. We cooked a big dinner for Scott and the boys all made him cards. It was great fun and I know Scott was feeling the LOVE!

Grandma Nicol and Davis also brought gifts for the boys from all of the Texas cousins and from Grandma and Grandpa. Thank you, thank you!