Water Fun!

At the beginning of June we hit the sprayground with the Herndons, Gists and Chans! Ten years ago, we all were in Japan together and now we have 9 soon to be 10 kids between us! Unfortunately the kids were on the move so I was not able to get all the kids in a picture!

Ezra, Stone and Freedom were not scared of the water! Though Stone looks a bit miserable since I got sunscreen in his eye!

Stone and Freedom together man the sprayer while Courage looks on apprehensively!

What happen to the water?

Woo Hoo! Have no fear the water is back!

Fun times!

Baby Wes is definitely a fan of playing in the water! He is such a sweet baby!

All the kids had a great time but next time I will have to make it a priority to get a picture of all the kids together!

Let's Party... the Star Wars way!

We decided to rent out a pavilion at a local park to celebrate Stone's birthday! It was a great decision and so easy to pull off. Stone had so much fun and we really did not have to do much in the way of entertaining since the kids could play on the fun rocket ship and run around like crazies!

Here is the invitation Lj put together! I loved it!

I made the cake and added Stones favorite Star War characters to the top! Thankfully Stone is happy with simple cakes!

Since Daddy prefers chocolate cake and Stone prefers cupcakes I made some light saber cupcakes! A huge thank you to Karen for the fondant- it saved me a long time and I am sure a huge headache and possible panic attack!

The birthday cake spread! Surprisingly nothing melted in the 90 degree heat!

Happy Birthday, Little Man!

So sweet, content and mischievous!

For party favors we gave all the kids a light saber aka a bubble wand! The kids had so much fun playing and blowing bubbles!

I think these boys are conspiring against the girls!

Stone is there to pull the conspiracy off!

All in all it was a great party and definitely on the list for party locations for next year; it was too easy and so much fun!

Happy 5th Stone!

On May 25th Stone turned five! They say you will blink and your children will be grown... I believe it! Stone is growing so fast! Five is the magic age in his eyes. Five will also be a big year of new changes and growth for him; he ditched the swimming vest and is pretty good at negotiating the pool, in July he will become a big brother and will begin pre-K in August. Lots of changes and our little man is growing up!

We decided to begin the day celebrating with a muffin and a candle... of course he was more interested in the big present at the end of the table.

Stone got his present, gave it one shake and decided he know what it was; the Lego set he had been eyeing at every toy store! I love the expression on his face!

He was right and he was so excited!

Since we had so many snow days this year the school year was extended which meant Stone could actually hug Ralph the dog on his real birthday! It was bittersweet for me since he will not be attending chapel at Sonshine School next year!

We took Stone out for a birthday dinner. After being informed that McDonalds is not the place for a birthday dinner he chose to go to Tokyo Sushi! He has great taste and it definitely was fitting. He donned his jinbei and we picked up a little cake from Target and had a little celebration!

Stone is such a sweet boy and it has been a joy and pleasure to watch him grow and change into a little man!

Touch-a-Truck

There is nothing more fun to a little boy than seeing every kind of truck imaginable in one parking lot ready and open for them to touch and explore. This morning we went to the Edmond Moms Club Touch-a-Truck event. Stone had so much fun with this buds, Joe and Jake, running from truck to truck, climbing in, exploring the controls and honking the horns!

Three buddies posing on the fire truck! Thankfully the fire truck had its sirens turned off!

Oh Boy! Is this what I get to look forward to soon... so soon?! *tear*

Getting a lecture at the Narcotics unit... don't do drugs because they will take all your stuff away- even this over priced Hummer!

Running up and down the car carrier... what a blast that was!

Hard Hat Area!

Stone loves Pops and he loves his Pops!

All is all a great way to spend the morning... free drinks, chips, ice cream and candy galore... time for a little sugar detox (aka nap)!

Zoo Times with Cousins

My mom and sister made the trek to Oklahoma last weekend. While they were here we hit to zoo. We decided the best and easiest way to see the zoo would be on the tram... in my opinion definitely the best $6.00 spend at the zoo. It was a beautiful Friday and even though lots of kids were there on field trips we still got to see everything we wanted to see and enjoy playing at the children's zoo!

Here at Sarah, Zach and Stone on the tram!

We got a great shot of the baby giraffe... I think this is one of the most precious animal!

Posing on one of the 12 statues through out the zoo!

All little boys must have a sensor on where the dirt is... the boys played here for a good 15 minutes just digging!

We had a great afternoon at the zoo... Fun times!

I can't believe...

Stone is old enough to be officially enrolled in Pre-K at our local public school, Orvis Risner. I had to submit all his paperwork into a lottery based on our first choice school and thankfully he got into that school. He will know a few kids there already and the school register is a wonderful lady from a local church who will for sure be looking out for Stone! I am excited and sad at the same time thinking of him starting school full-time from the fall!

Here he is on May 5th; enrollment day!

SMILE!

Crazy Zoo Fun

Stone and I headed to the zoo on Friday... it was finally a nice day and we had to check out the new children's zoo! We invited the Chans to join us and then as we were walking into the zoo we ran into Stone's school buddy Payton. The boys had a great time playing!

Stone posing as we waited for all our friends to arrive.

Hands up on the slide! Great fun!

Payton and Stone

A nice senioresque pose on a rock!

Looking at all the big coi fish.

Time to hit the petting zoo area... they had to goats out and the boys enjoyed feeding and pettine them. So much fun!

After the children's zoo part we headed to see the new baby giraffe. She hung close to her momma... so cute and sweet!

It was a great zoo day and we look forward to many more sunny days so we can be outside!

Manna Bags

Tonight at Connection group John O. gave a lesson on Matthew 25 talking about how when we give food and drinks to the poor and needy we in turn are serving God. After the lesson all the children made Manna bags to give to those they see who are in need! It was a great lesson!

The kiddos filling their Manna Bags... meat, fruit cups, water, pudding, granola bars... all non-perishable and sure to be a blessing to someone!

The kids put a special note in the bag after they were filled!

Sydney wrote a very special message or her Manna bag..."Just remember God loves you for who you are... rich or poor"! The wisdom of a sweet child!

Stone and his Manna bag!

It is such a wonderful blessing to our family to be part of such a fabulous connection group!