Early post this weekend...

I mentioned in my last post that Nicole had a birthday party on Sunday but her actual birthday was Monday so... in addition to having burgers and fixin's for Monday Night Football we had to have a cake too.

The extra large candle represents 20 years :-)

Thanks for coming over for the game on your birthday.
We were honored you decided to share it with us.

Weekends are for family and fun.

It is only Saturday morning but I feel like we've had a full weekend already.
The boys and I were gone yesterday to have Cam take his state tests for school.
Logan, Lyssa and Rowan came in the afternoon and stayed the night here on their way to Sisters, Or to spend part of their vacation time at his folks place.
Jess & Joylynn had an appointment and their kids came here. J & J came back afterwards to join us for Pizza Night.
Friday was also Life Group night for our high-schooler and college aged kid so there was a lot of taxi-ing to do.
It was a full day!
But I came home from one of my jaunts to find cousins having fun...

These guys are playing together much more now that Rowan is getting more social and communicating more.
Wyatt sure loves his cousin.

I think the feeling is mutual.
Have you noticed that a lot boys clothes come in stripes? So much so that we refer to Henry as our little stripey guy.
It wasn't until I put this photo of Wyatt and Rowan on the computer that I realized they were stripey guys too.
So of course I had to put a picture of Henry here with theirs.

"Hi" Henry... I can't wait 'til we see you at Thanksgiving!!!

It was a night full of pizza eating and apple eating...

with a few hurt feelings thrown in.

Aunty Lyssa helped smooth things out.

The Goodbyes are always the hardest cuz those kids just like to be here.

We managed to get smiles.... sort of :P

Rowan was anxious to get going this morning. He was excusing a little cough.
They are now on their way south and are going to get to see snow over the pass.


Way to go Cam!!!!

Cam had his mandatory testing on Friday and he exceeded his grade level in Math and Reading so he can drop the Skills for Success class for the rest of the year. He will have more time to concentrate on his core classes.
We think he is the Coolest 6th Grader around!