Birthday Fun: The Cake..

So, friends, yesterday when we were making the cake, Army decided to "help" by frosting himself a cupcake...check it out...

"Um...Hi mom, I dood it myself!" Here he is explaining about it...
There it is-well done, no?!
He also tried to cut a piece of cake with the frosting spreader...
We seriously have like 50-100 pictures that look like this...
Solace took them as I was decorating the cake.
See the band-aid on my finger? Yeah-I cut my finger...dang...
Pre-hair cake (pics by Solace still...)

Kindle chillin...
Too cute & funny not to share-yesterday we bought the lids each a hat (they were on super sale). When I checked on Ender after bed time, he was wearing his and had his book propped up on his knees...

Army checking out cake Army.
"Don't we look the same?! (Ok maybe not, but humor my mom, ok?!)"

Birthday Fun:Waking up, Posing for Pictures, and Opening Present.

Good Morning Happy Siblings!
Solace set up this great picture op for Armour, so we took some pics. Here are a couple...

Now, he is opening his present-lots of clothing from his Xiaxia, Papou, Aunt Mel & Uncle Spence. Thank you!!


Dresses in one of his new shirts and his new shoes.
He is talking to mom's family on the phone.

Check the new shoes...
"Mom, I cannot smile until Ender leaves the room..."
"It's ok mom, I will make him smile!"
"I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving..."
Cutie...

Birthday Fun: Lunch out!

So, for lunch, we ate out.

E ordered a burger, and it was the kids burger (which BTW is like a 1/2 pounder). It was as big as his head-seriously! But guess what? He ate it all...Yeah, he did...(we are SOOOO screwed when he is a teenager...) Dad
Sol
Mom & K
A

Birthday Fun: Animals...

Well, mom was kinda frustrated today because nothing really went as she had planned. We were going to go to the zoo, but it was busier than we have ever seen it-there was not even anywhere to park in the stadium parking-it was insane!!!! So, we decided to go ahead and drive out to the wild life safari. That is a cool place that you drive through and see lots of free roaming animals like elk, bison, deer, birds, wolves & bears. It was fun-we loved it and it was fun, fun fun for A's birthday!! Here are some of our fun pics...

A & dad look at elk S in car
E in car-ever the comedian...
Look how close!
Turtle mom and babies...
Elk herd
This guy was close, and he was eyeballin' us...

Beauty!

Looking at bears-dad appears to be bored...
Bear 1
Bear 2
Posing...sorta...A is actually throwing rocks in the stream...

S making A pose.

Cute, cute, cute...(& dad) ;)
B-day boy!!
Bison-look at the baby!! Mom loves the babies...
The only pronghorn we saw today...
Bison crossing right in front of us.

CLOSE & HUGE!!
So, there was this "blond bison" as the kids called him, and the kids lovingly called that the "Armour Bison" Following is the picture of Armour's blond hair and the blond bison so you can see just how well they matched! :)
This crane came right up to us...
And as soon as he noticed his own reflection, started pecking-hard on the van...Solace was sitting right there and she got really nervous!