Boys Turn 6

Ammonous Prime and Thomblebee b-day invitation (pic only)

The boys opening presents

We had the boys birthday party on the 5th of Sept. (actual b-day the 1st). Thanks to all that showed up to make it a special day. And I'm sure the boys appreciate all the gifts they received. Thank you Thank you. Unfortunately, while the boys were opening their presents, the tore up the names of the people that gave them. So here is a public "THANK YOU" to all!

Amber had this fun idea to have the party across the street at the retention basin (mainly because she didn't want a ton of kids running around destroying our house). We came up with game kids could play and had a little carnival.

Balloon pop

There was a cake walk, ring toss, fishy game, cupcake decorating, face painting, balloon pop and soccer goal. At each station the kids would receive candy or toys to put in their gift bag. We had about 30 kids show up. Good times!

cupcake anyone?

During all of this fun I was in the backyard with 3 grills cooking a TON of food for our "party after the party," which was for family and close friends. There were around 50 that showed up for that, so you can imagine how much food there was. And the food was very good.

We had ribs, kabobs, corn, hamburgers, hot dogs, watermelon, chips and drinks.

Funny...the boys, now that they are 6, have found out some new things, like:

1. They can run faster
2. When they were 5 they were short but now they're taller
3. They're stronger

They crack me up.

The reason I haven't updated the blog is because I've been working mad overtime. Which is taking a toll on me now and had to cut back.

So, more pics and stuff to come, Amber's computer is having a little problem now but the new birthday video will be posted soon. This summer's been fun, I went camping with the boys to Sedona, went to D-backs game, went to Bounce-U, Amber cooked a bunch of banana goodies and other stuff that I will post very soon. Probably be a new post each day this week.


"Every life has peaks and shadows and times when it seems that the birds don't sing and bells don't ring. Yet in spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser, and happier as a result."

Joseph B. Wirthlin, ("Come What May, and Love It," Ensign, Nov. 2008, 26)