Birthday Party

Once again, we had a combined birthday party for family and close friends.  The kids are almost getting too big to sit on the counter to blow out their candles!

Claire gave Isaiah the game, MineCraft.  He had been yearning for this for quite some time.  He was thrilled and planned to learn a lot by reading books and talking to his friends about it.

Claire received a lot of Frozen gifts.  She really liked this Elsa doll.  She also got a papasan chair and some portraits to hang on the wall.

Easter 2016

We started our Easter celebrations this year by having our traditional egg dying party.  This year we did it at our house.  Instead of buying the kits this year, we just used water, vinegar, and food coloring.  It was the best they have ever turned out!

Isaiah reminded Grandma that last year she had made an egg scavenger hunt, so of course she had to do it again.  She had it all made up....and then it was a very rainy, cloudy day!  So Grandma redid most of the clues the night before and the kids had their hunt inside.

Mom and dad also had a scavenger hunt for the adult children!  Mark and Andy had to search for beer, while Sara and I found Dr. Pepper.  It was really fun and dad was very proud of his hiding abilities!

We also went to Sutton for an Easter meal and another Easter egg hunt.  Mikey and Deb hit the eggs for the kids and they received over $10 in coins and a few bills!

Birthday Boy

How did my baby boy turn 8?!  He got a new bike from us which he loves.  Don't worry, he wear a helmet when he actually rides it!!

Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Leon ate lunch with Isaiah on his birthday at school.  I love that they are able to do this since it's hard for this teacher mama to do those things.  They brought him Goodcents, because that's his favorite sandwich place!

For his party, Isaiah wanted a Jurassic World theme.  I found a dinosaur cake on Pinterest and this is how it turned out!  Not too shabby if I do say so myself!  He invited his closest friends over for a sleepover.  They had pizza, cake, popcorn, watched a movie, and played dinosaur/superhero games in the basement.  I think it is safe to say that fun was had by all!

Isaiah, Jackson, Owen, Noah, & Cade waiting for cake.

In the morning, we made french toast for breakfast with bacon, bananas, and juice.  We found all you need to do to make 8 year old boys happy is feed them a lot!

Tooth #2

Isaiah lost his second tooth over spring break!  He lost his first one (yes, he is seven!) back in November at school....and then literally lost it!  This time, we kept track of it and he collected $2 in dollar coins from the tooth fairy.  Both of the teeth he has lost are on the bottom in the middle.  We will see how long it takes to lose another one!

State Basketball 2016

We got to go watch cousin Samuel Johnson play in the high school state basketball tournament this year because it was over spring break!  The kids had fun watching Samuel play.  Isaiah kept saying he was like Samuel because he's long and skinny, too!

Aunt Sara and Uncle Mark made it one game.  Isaiah, of course, had to sit by Uncle Mark!

The High Plains basketball team worked hard and earned third place in the tournament this year!  We were very proud of all of them, but especially Samuel!