Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Caleb's 9th Birthday

This year we decided to split his birthday into two celebrations.

On Friday May 4th, Caleb had 6 of his best friends from his class come over after school.
The crew playing flag football 
He has been blessed with such sweet friends this year!
Caleb with his school buddies 
Caleb played the guitar and they sang Happy Birthday 
Mammy came to help and brought a present 
Rocco
Eli 
Austin
Caleb was excited to raise money for Crosses for Christmas and still get some gifts 
Caleb and Grayson went to support Charlie and Connor that night at the baseball field 
Pelicans treat after the game
Ella was at a sleepover that night with one of her best school buddies, Riley 
Riley's cat had just had kittens so Ella was in LOVE!
We told her we could not get a kitten - we are getting a puppy!


Sweet school friends
Caleb was enjoying being the only child for the night
Checking out his cookie cake from Southern Sugar Bakery - it was SO good!

Caleb's Birthday
Happy 9th Birthday 
With our sign we made every year 
We started the day by yard selling and pranking Mr. Doug 
Corey acting like he had no part in it 
Undies in Mr. Doug's bushes 
Ella got him a Kidz Bop CD  
and trampoline ball  
With this sweet boy at the soccer game - he always make a mean face 
Soccer Game on his birthday 
Two of our favorite aunts 
Caleb's fan club - he loves having people cheer him on 
Jenna and James stopped by to see the birthday boy! 
Back porch full of cousins/best friends 

Caleb requested a family fiesta - we had popcorn chicken, chips and dip, Mr. Daniel's Jackpot chips and Takis.  Simple but all his idea!
Playing the guitar - he is getting so good at it 
Family picture at the birthday
Corey squirting whipped cream in the girls mouths 
MeMa and Jessica were a big help in party details 
Photo booth fun - Caleb requested a photo booth
I was running crazy so didn't get many pictures on my phone 
Cinco de Mayo birthday dinner at San Jose in Rocky Mount - they went all out! 
I called to request a table and told them we had kids - they put us in the parking lot!

With some of his best buddies
Nathan, Pierce and Cole 
Caleb got tickets to see Zach Williams 
He got some guitar stuff and a book about Space 
He got a new chair 
Kent got him a disc for disc golf
Playing Battlebots 
Caleb was excited to have Cole spend the night.

It was a great day celebrating our favorite 9 year old!




Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Life Lately - More Catch Up with Father Son

The same weekend me and Ella were at the beach, the boys and dads from church went to a Father Son Retreat at Camp Willow Run.  
Caleb and Corey had a blast 
This boy loves to fish 
Swimming at Lake Gaston 
He is growing up so fast but learning so much 
GaGa - his favorite 
Sweet cousins on Facebook from the weekend
Two of dad's best friends came over to help finish up crosses 
Dad sure loved these three 
Finished products (we made labels for the back) 
Trying to pick out cabinet colors 
Our house will still under demo - waiting for countertops 
The finished product will be worth it but having your house under construction is no fun!
Countertops are in 
I love the island with the countertop 
Countertop with tile backsplash
Just a shot of the kitchen in progress 
Tile is in!
Claire and I met quickly one day to catch up
Ella helped with party prep for Caleb 
Cuties on the way to school one morning 
Jordan painted a table from my grandparents house and I love how it turned out 
Dairy Queen treat after church 
Corey babysat while the moms sat inside and talked
We had a guest cheerleader at the ball game 
Josh the cheerleader distracted our team!