Hunter's Star Wars Party!

All the Jedi Knights with their dollar store light sabers...getting ready for Hunter's 7th Star Wars birthday party to begin!
Most of the light sabers were broken by the end of the party...but they sure had fun breaking them!

Clone Trooper Hunter with his buddy Obi Wan Kayden!

The kids trying to make a mad dash out the "closed door" to start their scavenger hunt to find the missing Pinata!

Now you can't have a Star Wars party without the Darth Vader pinata!

Go get him Hunter!!!

Candy! Candy! Candy!
I had premade goodie bags already in the pinata, because my big pet peeve is when some kids take more while others get less this way everyone can equally enjoy the pinata!

Hunter got a lot of presents so I decide to only post a few of my favorite pictures of him opening them!
If you look closely you can see that the black tissue paper is actually got captured being thrown over his head in his excitement to open his presents!

I really like his cute grin on this picture!

His birthday isn't till the 24th but we let him open 1 present from us early which was his Commander Fox Star Wars costume... if you couldn't already tell Hunter likes to dress up!

Look at this Clone Trooper cake Kevin did...Now I know what you all are thinking...we really should be on the Ultimate Cake off...right??? Maybe not! but for a bunch of 7 year olds this cake was all they needed!

Make a wish!

This picture was taken about the last half hour of Hunters party...where I found him sleeping on his bed while 15 kids where running loudly through the house! Poor kid ended up with a fever and spent the rest of the night sleeping:(

Happy Birthday my sweet 7 year old Clone Trooper!!!

The Big Bang!!!

We recently had an experience where one of our kids was in a home of a friends where there was a gun left out that we didn't even know was in the home! Now nothing happened, Kevin and I have in the pass talked about gun safety with the boys...But after this had happened Kevin and his buddy Jason took the boys hiking and shooting!

With all the accidents happening with children and guns being carelessly left out and our own experience we had Jason do a big gun safety lesson with the boys!

So not only did they learn gun safety they were also able to see what really happens when a gun is fired. This is great if they are ever in a home again where a gun is found, it helps to take the curiosity out of it for children and replace it with the knowledge that is is a dangerous thing and not a toy! So many accidents happen with guns and kids because #1 the parents are careless and #2 kids are curious.

Besides all of that the boys and Kevin had a great time shooting and hiking!

On their outing Andrew was even able to earn his Cub Scout hiking belt loop and pass of some requirements in his Bear book!

Now that is one sexy guy!!!

Now don't get me wrong, I'm am all about our Constitutional rights to Bear Arms...but I believe that if you do then be responsible with your gun! And parents you don't have to take your kids shooting to teach them gun safety...but make sure you are talking with your kids on what happens if they are ever in home where there is a gun it is so important!

"Everybody was Kung Fu fighting..."

It's official I now have 2 little Bruce Lee's in training!!!

So tonight my younger two boys went to their first Martial Arts class!

Now all they want to do is practice punching and kicking and really loud yells!!!

I told the boys that while they do Karate and practice they cannot practice on each other...So wish me luck as we embark on this newest adventure!

Family Visit!!!

We had a great visit with Kevin's parents, sister and 5 cousins this weekend!!!

The Twins
Andrew and his cousin Anthony were born 5 days apart...Andrew on the 5th and Anthony the 12th...thus came the nickname the Twins!

The Cap Crusaders
My boys like to take these blankets I made them and try them into caps...So when Keith and Dillon saw Parker with his on they had to have their blankets made into caps too!!!

It was so much fun watching them run around the house with their caps on!!!

7 kids camping out in one room...need I say more!!!

Baby Jasmine...isn't she a sweetheart!

My boys could not get enough of Jasmine!!!

Andrew especially...he just want to hold, feed her and play with her all the time!

The Wii...

Some sort of Dancing Game that was so fun to watch all the kids do!!!

Of course the older boys who were to Cool for dancing took their turn playing some battler games!!!

Dog pile!!!

These two had a blast together and it is so nice how close they are...that after 2 yrs apart it's like they hadn't even missed a beat!!!

So sad to go...
Andrew asked if he could see Anthony a lot when we go back to Cali. for Christmas...I think since both our parents live in Lancaster that Andrew could spend the nigh a few nights with his best bud!

Stow aways!!!

We all look forward to the next visit with the Westbergs at Christmas!
We really were sad to see them leave I'm so happy they could come and it was great watching all of the kids get together and play well with one another! And my poor niece even let me do her hair which I loved (seeing as I only have boys)!

More adventures await till next time...