Whew!! We are back. We had a great time, but are so glad to be back home!!
Before I share our vacation pics, I need to finish from Cooper's big day!!
At our house, we always do a birthday doughnut with a candle on the "real" birthday. Well, his "real" birthday was his party day too!! Lucky boy!!

Presents were next. He had asked for this a few times, but Jamie and I weren't sure we wanted him to have one yet. But, we knew it was what he wanted. So, instead of trying to find something else he MIGHT like, we went with what we KNEW he would like.

A Nintendo DS.
Haven't a clue what the DS means, but I do know this: HE LOVES IT!!
For those of you who may not know, Nintendo DS is a hand held video game console.

He also got several games to play. He has been having a blast and has not minded adhereing to our rules about playtime.

I still can't believe it...my "baby" is seven!!!
His party was this past Saturday, which also happened to be his actual birthday!!
He requested a USA theme. Easy enough!!

Our very generous neighbor provided the entertainment.....her pool!

Whatd'ya wish for big guy?

We are leaving today for Branson and Silver Dollar City. We will be gone all week. I'm sure you all will go into withdrawls, but stay strong. It's only a week, and when we get back, there will be sooooooooo much blog material. I still have tons of b-day pics and then all the ones form our trip. So, don't despair. Just go back to the very beginning of the blog and read. It should be enough to keep you satisified!!!

I'm so full of myself aren't I?!?!?!??!?!?!!?!??! LOL LOL See you in a week!!

Going back in time a little bit.. Earlier this month I took the kids to a family fun center called....

They had the best time playing skeeball and a basketball version of skeeball...

Cooper even attempted to climb a rock wall. Didn't go so well. That's as far as he got. Davis just plain said "No." That's my boy..


Go cart track outside. There were a few things for Curly Top as well. I 'll post those tomorrow. We are in party mode around here. Cooper turns 7 on Saturday. WOW.

Peek..

A..

Boo...

I see you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Curly Top saw her brothers were playing in the inflatable rings and she wanted to be part of the action. So what does she do? Goes into the toy closet and drags out the kiddie cruiser, which is funny to me because she HATES to be in it for more than, like, 30 seconds!!

So far, so good. No signs of meltdown yet...

Uh-oh...is that a frown I see? Are we getting close to meltdown?

The calm before the storm...

More pool fun...
Swim race...Cooper is in the lead..

Splash fight..

Yummy toes...

Water spitting fight...
Yes, you read that right....water SPITTING..g-r-o-s-s!!

One more popsicile pic..

COWABUNGA!!!!!

COWABUNGA!!(part deux..) One year ago, this boy wouldn't go off the board without me under it holding my hand in the air for him....

This is HER spot. She will move you out of the way if you are sitting in HER spot. One should NOT sit in HER spot thank you very much... She looks like she thinks I'm comin' to sit in HER spot..