ThE FaMiLy PaRtY

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We had Karter's family birthday party on Saturday, March 21st.  He had a Skateboarding Theme!!  He is growing up so fast I seriously cannot believe that I have a 9 year old!!  He scored of course with tons of presents including; money, gift cards, skateboarding stuff, clothes, bionicles, DS games, etc.  What a spoiled kid!!  Thanks to everyone who came and helped to make Karter's day special!!!

Karter's 9th Birthday!!

Since it was Karter's Birthday he got to choose whatever he wanted to do.  Nate had the day off to celebrate with Karter.  After the morning St. Patrick's Day festivities, we all got "greened" up and off we went.  Karter chose to eat lunch at Frostop so we went there first.  After lunch he wanted to finish passing out his invitations to the family party.  When that was done he decided that he wanted to go to the school and play a little baseball.  The weather was so beautiful and the kids all had a blast playing catch, hitting the ball, and playing on the playground at the school.

Silly kids on the playground.  They had so much fun being outside the whole day!!  Karter also wanted to freshen up on his Guitar Hero skills so we rocked that game before he opened up his presents!!

Karter opened up his presents from us.  He scored a Nintendo DS and some games and accessories to go with it, some sweet clothes, etc.  After that we went to dinner.

Dinner of course was where else but Texas Roadhouse (something about getting up on that wooden horse and yelling Yee-Haw gets the kids every time.)  He then chose to go to the store and pick out another game for his DS with some money that he got.  Then it was off to Baskin Robbin's for ice cream at his request!  We ate ice cream, came home and sang Happy Birthday, blew out candles, ate some more, and finally headed off to bed. 

9 things we love about Karter!

*He is such a sweet brother and always wants to be with his family!! He constantly prays for another sibling to be added to our family.

*He loves, loves, loves Basketball and feels honored to share a birthday with one of his favorite players, Kyle Korver!!

*He is a friend to everyone. 

*He is a jokester!!

*He is such a good example to others and especially to us!

*He made us parents! We were so excited to be having a boy for our first child!  We feel grateful for each day that Heavenly Father blesses us to be with him!!

*He loves to sing and wants to learn to play the guitar, like Brad Paisley! (and secretly wants to be in a band someday!)

*He has soooo much love to give!

*He is so fun to be with and around!!

We love you Karter and definitely feel like we "scored" when you came into our lives!!!

Karter's Friend B-day Party!!

Laser Mania!!

Karter had his friend birthday party the saturday (14th) before his birthday.  He chose to have it at Laser Mania.  I love going there because the boys love it and I don't have to clean up :)  Anyway he invited about 8 of his friends and off we went to enjoy an afternoon of Laser Tag, Bumper Cars, Miniature Golf, the arcade,  cupcakes, and of course pizza!!!  I have to say that it was so much easier taking Traevn's age of friends than it was Karter's age but still just as much fun!! Boy were these boys full of stories and lots of energy!!! Karter scored with tons of new presents and toys!! We all had a blast and can't wait to do it again next year!!