Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Spencer's 5th birthday - Part 2

Well, Monday was Spencer's birthday. I can't believe that he is 5 years old...where has the time gone? He is turning into such a little man. We had a little birthday party for him with some of his friends and then we finished the night off with celebrating his birthday with the family. My parents and older sister were able to join us. We had planned to go the the park for a cook-out but the rain, yet again, forced us to stay home and inside.

Here is Spencer on his "new" bike. This was Tyler's old bike, but since Spencer was getting to big for his old bike we needed to move Tyler to a bigger bike (and his last new bike for a long while), and give Spencer Tyler's bike.

The boys looked so cute all riding their bikes together. Tyler on his new bike, Spencer on his bike and Hunter on Spencer's old bike. We had to put the training wheels on for Hunter and he just took off like he had been doing this for a long time.

They were able to ride for about 30 min until the rain came pouring down.

Since the rain kept coming Spencer's party on Monday was moved indoors...to bad I didn't have anything planned for and indoor party. I guess I am glad that we had the Wii for the kids to play.

They took turns racing each other on Mario Kart.

Spencer's first present was a new lawn mower. Hunter always took Spencer's other mower so his friends got him a new one. Spencer loves to help mow the grass....I think he wishes he was old enough to have a real mower.


Happy Birthday Spencer! (again)


Present time (again)!


Spencer had a great time and many great gifts from his friends.


Now it's time to celebrate Spencer's birthday with the family. Happy Birthday (again) Spencer...."is it possible to have too much cake in one day?"


Spencer making a birthday wish...."looks painful"


Spencer has gotten really good at blowing out the candles.



Again, it was present time. Tyler was being a great helper by helping Spencer read the birthday cards.

Spencer was excited to get his own big boy scooter.

But the big hit was the rocket launcher from Aunt Pokie (Shannon). She always manages to pick out the perfect gift.


Hailey even had a good time going through Spencer's gifts.


Jason helping Spencer put batteries in his new digital camera.



Specner had fun taking pictures of everyone and everything. It was great to look at the pictures later that night and see the pictures from the view of a 5 year old.

Dad getting ready to help Spencer open his new scooter.

The sun finally came out for a brief moment, long enough for us to take an after dinner birthday walk.


Grandma Friesner off and running (walking) with Hailey.

Papa Friesner with Tyler,



and Hailey chasing down Hunter in his jeep!

Before the night was over Spencer was able to get his rocket put together, with the help of Papa.


Spencer was so happy to be able to shoot off is rocket...and no one got hit!


After the kids were in bed...it was time to play some Wii. Jason and my dad were having a fun time playing Mario Kart. The two of them really got into the game. We were able to share in many laughs before the night was over.








Saturday, June 28, 2008

Spencer's 5th birthday

We went over to Jason's parent to have a cookout (which ended up being a cook-in due to the rain) and spend some time with Jason's sister Iris and her daughter Amelia. Since Grandma and Papa Brooks can't be with us this Monday for Spencer's birthday, they surprised Spencer with a birthday cake and ice cream. I can't believe that Spencer is going to be 5 years old...where has the time gone?

It was nice to be able to share a special day with grandma and Papa Brooks, his Aunt Iris and cousin Amelia.



Hunter didn't have a problem digging into the cake. I have to say though....."could he get any cuter???" Blue mouth and all!
Now it was present time. Spencer was excited to be able to get his watch from his grandparents. He has been waiting for 2 years to get his watch. After he saw Tyler get a watch for his 5th birthday he couldn't wait to turn 5 so that he could get his watch!


and Spencer was all excited about his water rocket launcher from his Aunt Iris.


It was fun to watch the cousins play together. Hunter is 2 1/2, Amelia is 20 months and Hailey is 14 months...all we are missing is cousin Ruby, she is also 2 years old. It's nice that they have cousins all about the same age.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Family Fun Day at the Church

On Saturday the church had a family fun day/family campout. With Jason working most of the weekend I was able to take the kids to enjoy the fun. Hailey got her own camping chair, but of course she was still trying to sit in Hunter's chair....figured it would come in handy when we went camping this fall, and of course it had to be pink. While I was able to sitting and relaxing a little, the boys were able to enjoy rides on the 4-wheelers. They had such fun times and they got a little dirty in the process. Good thing they are washable!
Somehow Tyler didn't quite come back the same way he left. The rides got a little bumpy...good thing he was hanging on tightly.All Spencer could do was to wait his turn...15 minutes is a long time to wait for a 4 year old.
Finally, it was Spencer's turn for a ride.
Spencer was off and riding. They had such a blast on the 4-wheelers.
After the rides were over it was now time to clean off with some water fun. I couldn't keep Spencer off of the Slip-n-Slide.
Hunter and Hailey played it safe and stayed in the kiddie pool. I tried to put Hailey on the slip-n-slide but she wouldn't go for it...neither did Hunter.

Tyler wasn't in the mood for water fun, He was more interested in playing baseball. I was really surprised as to how well he was hitting the ball. I almost got hit with the ball several times.
Tyler was so great...he was even pitching the ball to Hunter. It was nice to see them playing nicely together. Aunt Sheri was helping Hunter hit the ball. They had such a great time playing with their Aunt Sheri.
Papa Friesner even got in on the fun and took the older boys for a ride in the dune buggie.
When Jason was finally able to join us, he jumped right in on the fun and took the kids for a ride on the dune buggie. The kids had a great time spending some special time with their daddy!
I couldn't keep the "kids" off of the 4-wheelers. Yet again, Spencer was getting another ride on yet again another 4-wheeler. Jason was more than happy to take him on that ride.
Hunter even got in on the fun. Tyler and Spencer even got some other dads to take them on rides. I think that the boys rode the 4-wheelers until it was to dark to ride anymore.

By the end of the night Spencer decided that he wanted a 4-wheeler for his birthday. I think that if we had someplace to put it, and the money, that Jason would have love to been able to get one. At the end of the night I was able to spend some time with just Tyler and Spencer and enjoy a bon fire and some smore's. Jason took Hailey and Hunter home to bed. I had a great time just watching the kids have such fun playing and laughing. It was a good day!