Alex's 11th Birthday

Alex decided to have a couple of her friends over for the birthday. They went to see a movie and then came back for cupcakes and ice cream and slept over. Lauren, Kayce, Brooke, and Sarah came to the party.

A Suprise Party for Sam

Sam had no idea we were throwing a surprise party for his 15th birthday. We made up some invitations on the computer and had Amanda pass them out at the school. It was a huge turnout and he was so surprised. If you've ever had 30 teenagers in your house (mostly boys) you know it's comparable to a herd of wild animals. They had a Brawl tournament and drank lots of Red Bull. They gave him totally inappropriate gifts, think XXL pink panties, and cards full of money. It was a success.

We love to take pictures of food. Our favorite subject matter are plates of food we're eating, but sometimes we have to settle for party platters. I can't even tell you how many pictures of food we've taken, good meals and bad. What can I say, we are strange.

We had to throw the boys outside to run off some of their energy. This is a picture where thousands of orbs showed up. Ghosts?

Sam blowing out his candles.

Sam G. had the bright idea of going down a steep hill on a Green Machine. Surprisingly, no one got hurt. Maybe the ghost's were protecting them!?

Red Bull carcasses. I'm sure their parents were thanking us later for this. We actually feel very fortunate, Sam has some great friends. They are all good kids, barring the trip on the Green Machine.

Tornader

There was a tornado (or tornader depending on where you live) that came through in April 2008. Fortunately, our only casualty was a large oak tree. All the neighbors came out and helped us cut it up and haul it off. We threw a 'celebrate our stump' party and fed them all hamburgers for their help. One neighbor brought us a plant to place on top of it. It looked purty.