Jake is Officially 10!!!

So...after 3 different celebrations...Jake is officially 10. I think we can declare the parties OVER!! :) Mommy is tired!!

 

We had our family dinner on his real birthday. Dinner at Alamo Cafe, cake and icecream.

 

And then his friend party was Saturday night. He wanted a sleepover so he invited Chase and Hudson. Sophia went to Shirley's for the night so it was just boys!! We headed to Monster Mini Golf...which is an indoor glow in the dark putt putt place. Lots of fun!!!

 

Joshua loves air hockey!!!

 

 

The boys ready to play some glow in the dark golf!! Pictures were a little hard in this place!

Joshua had to take a little rest. :)

And then it was back home for cake, ice cream, a movie and staying up late!!!

Boys are so funny when they get together. It's all about food and video games!! Chase and Hudson are such good kids. They are easy to have around!!

Of course Joshua loved hanging with the big boys for the night!!

Sunday night we had the family over for one more celebration. I didn't get any pictures but Jake had a lot of fun. He is SO excited to go shopping with the gift cards he got and use his new ball glove.

 

It's so hard to believe he is 10. The years have just flown by. I can't wait to see what this year has in store for him. He is growing and changing so quickly. I know that God has big plans for him and I'm so lucky to be his mom.

Cousin Camp 2013

Cousin Camp planning was a little last minute this year. However...we managed to put together a good plan for 3 days of fun and the campers were SO excited!!! We even had official Cousin Camp 2013 shirts this year!!!

 

We started off with the Pledge of Allegiance and the Cousin Camp Pledge (new this year!!) and our camp song "You Can't Ride in My Little Red Wagon". Ask a camper...they will sing it for you!! 

 

The first night we had an outdoor movie. We would have waited until it was really dark...but that would have been starting the movie wwwwaaaaayyyy too late!!!

The next morning we made it our mission to finish the 1000 piece puzzle that had been started months ago. We were all on a roll and determined to finish!!!

999 pieces later....we were done!!!!! Hooray!! Where was #1000....who knows????

And....after dropping Lucy at school, the big kids headed to Hawaiian Falls!!! It was a great day to go because it wasn't too crowded and it was cloudy. The kids loved it!! Joshua wants to go back when he is tall enough to ride more slides. :)

 

Nothing like a little rainstorm to bring some added fun to Cousin Camp!!!!

This is what the kids looked like every morning...on their Kindles!!!

We had our meltdowns....

But also lots of smiles!!!

Big adventure on Saturday morning when we went crawdad fishing!! This guy was waiting for us in the bathtub!!!!

Which meant I needed to try to attack it with a stick!! We managed to chase him out of the bathtub, but I'm not sure he went too far!

 

Gramma gave us the hint of using bacon to catch crawdads...and man did it work!!!! We caught about 17 total!!! It was so much fun.

And you have to look stylish while catching crawdads!!!

 

A quiet painting activity....

We went to the lake...which was SO low. It looked so different from last year!

And we taught the campers how to play Marco Polo!

Second Annual Cousin Camp Olympics....I will tell the truth...it was a bit rough. There was a moment when Mary and I really thought about throwing in the towel. The kids were not the best sports....

 

 

 

Our final activity was the scavenger hunt....

 

 

Moustaches were one of the prizes...I love this picture!!

 

We ended the Scavenger Hunt with an egg hunt at DD's house. The kids loved it!!

And we got this great picture of Dolores with all the kids!!!

 

This was one of the more challenging Cousin Camps. I'm not sure why. There was a lot of fighting and grumpy attitudes. HOWEVER...it was all worth it. I love the memories the kids are making and how much fun they have (most of the time) being with each other. I love that Mary and I carve out 3 or 4 days each summer to spend time with each other...and that's what Cousin Camp is all about!!!

Cousin Camp Sneak Peek...

More Cousin Camp pics coming soon...but here are a few sneek peaks. :)

Double Digits...

Ten years has gone by so quickly!!! From this little guy....

 

To this big 10 year old...in the blink of an eye!!! We love you Jake!!!

 

Another Great Week at TBarM....

It was another great week for the kids at TBarM. They have SO much fun and are able to spend a week with friends, counselors who really love kids, spending lots of time playing, swimming and have F-U-N!!!

 

I made lots of shirts for Sophia and her friends to wear...Cowboy Day, Mission Impossible and Alpha/Omega Day.

 

The counselors at TBarM are SO good. It's great to see highschool/college age kids who really love what they do and are such a positive influence on the kids.

(Could not get this picture to turn!!!)

Sophia was lucky enough to have Tori again this year.

And...wonders never cease!! On the drive up to the closing ceremony on Friday afternoon...Joshua was very quiet...and when I saw this...I was pretty surprised!! It takes a lot for these kids to crash out in the car!!

 

Next summer we will hopefully have one day camper and two overnight campers???