Birthday #8x2 (+1#1)

Wow!!! They are 8 now! It is hard to believe just how fast time can fly. It took me a while to get this post up because it has taken us awhile to get through all the celebrations! Here is the wrap up of everything:

We started a little tradition this year that has been lots of fun so far. We take the kids on a birthday date. We did B's first. (mostly because he has felt a little neglected because last year L got to get out of school early to take some friends to go and see HSM3--which came out on their big day. Of course, B had no desire to go see it, but nonetheless, he has felt like he got a bit of the shaft last year). When we asked him where he wanted to go, he asked for Wendy's. Why? Because he wanted a big hamburger. We convinced him we could do better than Wendy's and so we took him to Red Robin. Wow. He soon agreed that it was much better.

Here he is with his Dad.

Eating his big hamburger (compete with a fried egg and bacon on it), with his raspberry shake.

Getting a big kick out of being sung to by the waiters and waitresses after they brought him his ice cream sundae.
After Red Robin, we went over to Dick's Sporting Goods so he could pick out a new football. We let him try out a few of the things there. Here he is trying to pull down on a weight system. (he was feeling pretty strong until I let go, then it pulled him straight up)

The next day, we had a big party. Dave's cousin's little boy turned 1 on the same day so we combined their parties. Dave's Aunt and Uncle were both here from Hawaii, along with other family members from California so it was lots of fun.

Here are the birthday kids:

Max

L

B

The only thing L really wanted at her party was a pinata. Here are the kids taking turns on it.

Max (with Andria's help)

L

B

KL (with Dave's help) (do you notice how long that line is forming to take their turns?)

CK

Unfortunately, most of the kids didn't get a chance to hit it. It broke pretty early on. We did our best to keep it together long enough for the little kids who really were just aching for their turn. Hopefully, we got those who were turning to tears since they didn't get to hit.

Here are the kids opening presents.

Max

B with his new scriptures... although his real prize was the fact that he got 3 skateboards!!! Wow. Life is good.

L on her new bike.

Jared showing of his skills with the hula hoop.

Andria is quite amazing when it comes to cakes. She made this one for the kids. Notice how L's pumpkin "Hello Kitty" :)

Max, L, and B blowing out their candles.

Isn't it the 1 yr old who is suppose to make the huge mess with the cake?

I finally was able to take L for her bday date yesterday. Dave was suppose to come, but he was asked to help out on D's scout campout at the last minute. It was probably for the best, because I really don't think he would have had to much fun with our post-dinner activity. She wanted to go and spend her birthday money and it should come as no surprise to anyone that she wanted to buy clothes. So, it was a fun little girls night.Unfortunately, when I pulled the camera out at dinner to take some pictures, I found that my battery was dead. Still, she had fun at dinner and just loved being sung too. Picking out the clothes she wanted was quite an experience for her too. Here is a picture of her this morning with all her clothes she bought:
(Don't you love the blue lips? From a ring pop. She was thrilled to have a little money left after her shirt, pants, dress and 2 pairs of shoes for some candy.)

B is still feeling slightly slided because he has some birthday money left and I haven't taken him to spend his yet. Maybe he can hang on to it until next year...