Booyah!

So, with Bear in school MWF mornings, it leaves me with a lot more free time for some chick time with my favorite chick, Chelsea (SIL). And now, oh yes, I have my own Chick Fil A mug! Doesn't get much better than this! Only 50cent refills!!!

Reese's Soccer Game 2

Reese's games are so fun to watch. Probably because she is on a really good team (haven't lost a game yet) with a great coach. It also helps that the field she plays on is smaller so the action is always real close. She LOVES playing and wishes she had a game every day. I love it when she asks me "Mom, who do I battle today". She games seriously!

Thank You Gma & Pa

Gavin and Bear got their b-day presents from Gma and Pa Haslam all at once and it was like Christmas morning at our house. Gavin got a robot rover and Bear a stomp rocket.

Bear opening gift.

Gavin opening gift.

Gavin's robot in full glory. Or at least him learning how to use it.

The Overly Precocious Younger Sister

She poses like this a lot anymore. I think she's living up to Christopher's title for her as the precocious younger sister.

Dare Devil Bear

Bear gets more and more daring with his bike riding. He took me out one night to show me more of his tricks. No legs and standing on his seat.

Nickel Mania 9th B-day Party - Gavin

Again, lots of pictures going on in this post. We had Gavin's friend party at Nickel Mania. Boy did the boys have fun!! Probably the best (and cheapest) party ever thrown not at my house!

The boys spent a lot of time at these machines.

Bear was so funny to watch doing the bowling. Christopher took a little video below. He's so serious!! lol

Jonah got lucky and played a machine that broke and just started pumping out tickets and wouldn't stop. Seriously. Someone went to talk to management who had to come out and stop the machine.

It was like Jonah's birthday in that he got 1976 (hey, great year!!) tickets with one 5cent nickel! Yeah, he walked out with a lot of prizes.

Christopher again made really awesome invitations for this party too and once again I failed to get a picture. He made 5cent nickel pieces. It was awesome.

Once we got back home we did presents, pizza and cake.

Gavin's Happy Birthday song.

Bear's Bounce Wars - 5th B-day Party

There is a whole lotta pictures going on in this post. Suffice to say, Bear had his friend party at Jump N Bounce with some friends. Fun was had by all!

We were able to get the Space room which worked perfectly with Bear's Star Wars Clone Wars theme. I wish I had taken a picture of the really cool invitations Christopher had made. He made a storm troopers head and then we put a birthday hat on top. Pretty cool!

After pizza we sang happy birthday to Bear!

I found these little marshmallow treats at WalMart. They ended up being the perfect party favor for Bear's party.

Clone War cupcakes. Can you tell by my pictures that I love taking pictures? I have found (if my blogging frequency hasn't given me away already) that I just like to be in the moment and not on the other side of the lens. Sadly, most of my pictures are an after thought and usually done with my phone camera. Thank heavens I never bought a nice camera I wanted a few years ago.

Video of the space room. It really was a neat room and great ambiance for his party.

I love that Jarom has his iPad with him in all my pictures. Even on the slides and bounce houses. lol