Family pics

The other day we went with Clark's family, and I took some pictures of them, and Clark took some pictures of us. So I thought I'd post a few family shots. I've decided it's pretty hard to get a good family picture with a wiggly 14 month old.

Soccer

Soccer season is finished (finally)! It has consumed our every Saturday since the middle of September, so we're a little glad it's over. Kason was on the "silver sharks" team (guess who named them), and had a great time. He scored at least 1-2 goals every game and was definitely a star player.

His team: Junior, Dusty, Kason, Talon, Nathan, Thomas

I love the look of pure bliss on his face.

Birthday Boy!

I can't believe my boy is 6 years old! He had a great birthday yesterday. With parent/teacher conferences at school this week, he didn't have kindergarten. So he got to open his presents from us in the morning, and then we had a birthday party in the afternoon with 6 of his friends and cousins (Taye, Nathan, Brock, Paige, Jeremiah & Jacob). It was a "penny carnival" theme. Then we went out to dinner. It was a fun day.

Kason was thrilled about the Scooter he got for his birthday. He's been riding it on our back patio ever since.

He was also very happy about this 3-D chalk set he got. Hope it works!


Balloon around the ankle pop.


Penny games at his party. They had to drop the pennies from waist height and try to fill all 12 egg carton slots. Kason was a cheater and kept bending down to drop his penny.

6 pennies in the spoon race. This was rather hilarious as the kids couldn't keep 6 pennies in their spoon even standing still, much less while they were racing.

Penny toss--trying to get one in the circle. They loved this.

Penny tower stacking. After the penny games, they all got a "medal" that I'd made out of ribbon, felt, and pennies. I'm not sure my hard work was completely appreciated.

Little blow toys. All fun and games til someone gets poked in the eye!

Blowing out the candles. The cake was a gumball machine with a penny on it. Turned out pretty cute.

Cake & Ice Cream.

Dinner at Texas Roadhouse, where they put Kason on a saddle and had the restaurant big him a big birthday "Yee-haw!"

By the time the day was over, I was soooo exhausted and ready for bed. Birthday parties are tons of work. My mom reminded me that she only gave us parties every-other year. Perhaps that's a very good idea!

Missing Daddy

Tige has been working out of town this week, and we've been missing him fiercely! We can't wait until tomorrow night when he's back. I thought I'd post a couple of pictures I took of him and the kiddies last week. Drive home safe daddy. We love you!

Early birthday

Tige is out of town this week, so to break up our long week, we drove up to my parents house today. My mom made a fabulous "asteroid" birthday cake for Kason with ice cream in the center so we could celebrate his birthday early with them. They gave him a tennis racquet and a ocean sounds book that has sound bites of the ocean, dolphins, whales, etc with each page. He already loves it. Thanks mom & dad for making him feel special for his birthday.