Six!

Yesterday was David's 6th birthday. Can you believe that I am the mother of a 6 year old? Ya, me neither. Anyway, per David's request, we woke him up with a "surprise" breakfast of cinnamon rolls.

After breakfast, it was time for school. One of the perks of being the mom of the birthday boy is you get to supply treats for his class! They turned out pretty cute, huh? Oh, and in case you haven't figured it out, he is having a football themed birthday party. What can I say? The boy LOVES football!

After School, he rushed home to open his present from us (yes, we bought him an ipod, but it is only the shuffle so he isn't too spoiled.) and go to lunch. He chose Verizzanos for lunch!! (that's my boy)

Later in the evening, he had tball practice. His grandma brought cupcakes for all his teammates, and they all sang to him there. He absolutely LOVES the attention! After practice, we picked up my mom and she took us to dinner. He chose Olive Garden (yes, it was a great day for me too!) and they sang to him and gave him a whole cake. ($7 for the cake and singing! What happened to a free scoop of ice cream?)

All in all it was a great day! We all had a really fun day, not just David. I love my big 6 year old. He is really such a sweet, helpful, caring, smart boy. We are so lucky to have him as our son.

We love you, David! Have a great 6th year!

Children's Discovery Hike

Recently we went with my brother and his family up to Red Rock, to take the kids on a hike. They have the perfect little hike for kids! It isn't quite a mile, so even Spencer was able to do it without much help. You hike back into a little canyon where there is a small waterfall. Although, this time of year it was a more of a water-mist. It was still pretty though, and the kids had so much fun! David was a little disappointed when we were hiking back to the car. He didn't understand why the hike wasn't longer. So maybe next time, we will have to spend more time up there. Which is okay with me, I love the mountains!

This was taken behind the waterfall, so you kind of get an idea how small it was. =)

Spencer was trying to point to us where the "Bat Cave" was on the mountain. He is really into Batman right now, for those of you who don't know.

Cheeburger Cheeburger

A couple weeks ago, my mom, the boys and I went to visit one of my oldest, bestest, friends in the world, Julia, at her work. For those of you who don't know what Cheeburger Cheeburger is, it is a diner type restaurant with build it yourself burgers, salads, and lots of other yummy diner food! The kids had a lot of fun with the cool little convertibles that their food came in, and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the oldies music. If you haven't been there yet, I highly recommend it. They also have super yummy shakes, which in my opinion is reason enough to try it!

Fun Dough!

Tonight the kids had so much fun (hence the name) making cookies out of FUN DOUGH. I can't say that the cookies all came out really cute, because truly they looked like giant colorful blobs. In my opinion they didn't taste that great either. But the kids seemed to like them! But take heed, I had a nephew that threw up green all the floor after making these. (yes, it stained) So if you cherish your clean floors, don't let them eat the raw dough =)

A Busy Saturday

Saturday was a busy busy day for us. David had a birthday party to attend at The Adventure Dome, for a kid in his class. And since I am one of those overprotective moms, I wasn't about to drop him off at an indoor amusement park, and let a mom I don't know so well keep track of him. So I enlisted my mom to spend the afternoon with me and the boys, in an over crowded, over priced, dome of fun. It wasn't too bad, we all managed to have a pretty good time. This was Davids first experience with a major roller coaster, and he loved it! Other kids from his class were crying when they got off, and my little thrill seeker wanted to go again. We also played some miniature golf, and Spencer got 3 holes in one! Like I have said before, it is in their blood =)

As if a day at an amusement park wasn't enough, we decided to go watch the Rebels play some basketball. We went with my mom, my brother and his family. Chad had to work, and was very jealous. This was the kids first live basketball game and they loved every minute of it! David was so into it, that he got mad at me for wanting to take his picture. His exact words were, "Mom! I am trying to watch the game here! Please!". But since he had already begrudgingly posed for me a few times, I was willing to let him off easy. And to top off all the excitement of the day, UNLV won! Good times all around!!

Don't you just love the boys' silly faces?!?

Time To Play Catch Up

Our computer has been out of commission for the past few weeks. So now that we have it back, I am going to catch you up on our lives through pictures. Here are some pictures of Christmas, New Years, Chad winning fantasy football, and some randoms of the kids. Enjoy...