Kadence & Cole's Bowling Birthday Party

For some reason or another, this year has been CRAZY! It just seems like I can't catch up. So to try to simplify things we did a joint birthday party this year for Kadence and Cole. I threw out a couple ideas to them and they really seemed to like the idea of having a bowling party.

Kadee invited some friends from school and naturally we invited our friends and family to join in the fun. We had it at Wildfire Lanes. We did an hour and a half of bowling and the kids had a "ball" bowling. For some of the little ones, it was their first bowling outing.

Kadence and her friends from school (Heather, Madison, Trey, Jhovea and Serena) shared a lane and gave it their all to beat one another, and sometimes just to hit a pin :)Cole launched the ball down the lane, I was almost afraid he was going to leave a dent.Charlie decided to help him (and the bowling alley) out by using the rack to shoot the ball down the lane.Madison gave it her all too! The parents enjoyed watching the kiddos aim for the pins.Chance hung out with Grandma and Grandpa and just enjoyed chewing on Grandma's purse. He is teething like no other!After our time bowling was up we moved into the party room for pizza and birthday cake. They had a Wii set up as well so the kids continued bowling on the Wii which was projected on the entire back wall of the party room.

To finish the celebration we enjoyed cake and cupcakes!

We all had a great time and were so glad all of our friends could come enjoy our special day with us!

Happy 6th Birthday Kadee Bug!

Wow, it is hard to believe my baby girl is turning 6! She is turning into such a beautiful, sweet, kind girl. She has been hinting to me and Charlie that she really wanted a Nintendo DSi for her birthday. By hinting, I mean we have been hearing about it for at least four months! But this was one gift I had no problem getting. She really has been a fantastic little girl and I thank my lucky stars for her. She is such a good big sister to both her brothers and always helps mommy and daddy out when we ask.

Charlie suggested we take the afternoon of her birthday off of work so we could pick her up from school and spend the afternoon with just her, no brothers, just mommy, daddy and Kadee Bug. So we picked her up from school and headed straight over to Target for her big surprise. We walked over to the Electronics section and I think she got a pretty good idea what was in store, her smile was from ear to ear. Charlie helped her pick out which DSi she wanted, got the accessory pack and we told her she could spend $30 on a game(s). She chose to only get one game, Wizards of Waverly Place. After we got her present we told her she could decide what we did for the rest of the afternoon. She chose to go bowling! We headed over to SouthPoint, got a lane and bowled two games. She loves to bowl with Charlie, I can see the competitiveness gene come out in both of them, it is hilarious!After bowling we went and picked up Cole and Chance from the babysitters and headed home. Grandma Barb bought her a cake so everyone came over to have pizza and cake.Kadee opened up cards and presents and was very happy with all of her gifts.