Birthday Party Weekend

On Friday, June 22nd, the kids went to Jayden's birthday party at Pump-it-Up.  Ben and I went and ran a couple of errands and went out to dinner together before heading back to the party.  I've never just dropped off the kids at a birthday party and left, but I knew I was leaving them in the hands of several parents I trusted.  We were back at the party well before it was over still.  Ben and I went and tried out Firehouse Subs.  Ben had been wanting to try it out, so we seized the opportunity.  It was really good.  I recommend it! On Sunday, we headed to Cydney's birthday party.  It was at the ice skating rink, and after having my first ice skating experience last month, I was pumped to go again.  I was also really excited about Hannah's first time on the ice.  She loved it, too.  She wasn't scared at all, she went right out.  She held the sides, and my hands, and eventually got comfortable enough to try it by herself.  I couldn't keep her off the ice!  She didn't even want to go in for snack/drink/cake.  We can't wait to go again soon. 

Birthday Girl

After the party was over, Kyle, Jackson, Henry, Cydney and Hannah found a spot to watch the hockey team play their game

Cydney didn't stop ice skating to open presents, so Hannah gave her ours before we left.

We got her the necklace she has on in this picture.  It had a C charm for Cydney, and a Cougar paw on it.

Boys will be Boys

June 19, 2012 - We headed to Henderson to have a play date with the Bairds.  Kyle and Nathan ALWAYS have so much fun together and this night was definitely no exception.  While us ladies sat and talked, we watched the boys get ridiculously muddy!!  They were having a BLAST, though.  They rigged up a garden house to the slide, and then slide from the slide all the way down to the bottom of them hill in the mud.  Then, they'd rinse off in the kiddie pool at the bottom of the hill and do it all over again!  It was such a fun night!! 

Hannah got in the pool once it was all clean!!

Holiday World

We've already made several trips to Holiday World. I'd have to say its definitely our favorite summer spot!

Alyson, Molly & Hannah

Kyle on the Raven

Kyle and Madelyn

Father's Day Celebration

Saturday night we all went and celebrated Father's Day at Ben's parents' house.  It was Ben's parents, my parents, us, Matt, Kyra & the boys, and Jason, Natalie & the boys.  We swam and grilled out.  It was a perfect evening and we all had a lot of fun hanging out by the pool. 

Papa Rich checking out his Father's Day surprises.  We got him the table to match his lounge chairs, along with a Tervis cup that reads Best Papa Ever.  Kyle and Hannah each also made him up a booklet that answered questions all about him. 

My dad reading the book Kyle made for him

Jax watching the big boys

More Baseball

Kyle's baseball team ended the season in 3rd place.  I absolutely loved watching him and his team play, and was sad to see the season come to an end.  All the boys on his team played so well together and I watched them all improve so much.  The tournament games were definitely some nail biters....going into extra innings and winning by just one run on two final games!  Here's a few more pictures to wrap up Kyle's season.