{Birthday Fun}

It's been a weekend of Birthday Celebrations at our house!

I'm a mean mom, who only lets my kids have a friend party every other year or so. This was Brock's year and he chose to go bowling. Since we don't have a bowling alley around here, we had to make the 45 min. drive to Delta. Brock picked enough friends to fill up the Tahoe and off we went. The kids all had a great time, and I have to admit, even Derrick and I enjoyed bowling with them. I also have to brag, that I had the high score both games.....honestly it really wasn't high enough to brag about and we even had bumpers!?!? The boys had a great time, and I was thoroughly entertained during our drive. Carson and Slade serenaded us with a mean Taylor Swift, Love Story, quite loudly! Kamryn brought bubble gum to share with everyone and they had a bubble blowing contest on the way over. Kaleb held his own with the bigger boys and Memphis just sat back and took it all in! It was a crazy day, and I think everyone had a good time.

Brock was excited to open his gifts this year (ok, there's never been a year he hasn't been). He got a DS and a few games, his own set of sparring gear and quite a bit of money. He's such a good kid.....when I asked him what he's going to do with the money, he said he wants to spend a little and put the rest in savings, for a mission and college!
I saw a cute cake in my Family Fun magazine and decided to give it a shot. It was far from perfect, but I thought it turned out pretty good, and the Birthday Boy was happy with it and that's all that really counts, right?