Nick turned 9... My baby is getting older..

Nick's birthday seemed to last days.. First we had the day of his birthday with just his family, then he had some friends over for a small party to play Wii and then he asked to spend the night, and go swimming at the AmericInn..

Josh Leslie at Nick's party... they played Skylander on the Wiil
Nick opening one of his gifts...

When Nick woke up, I had plastered notes all over the rooms, tons of notes saying happy birthday, happy 9th, we love you.. etc...He smiled when he saw them all..It took me forever to make that many notes, but worth it..

Nick at the AmericInn.. He always makes things so fun and interesting.

Nana and Papa came over to help celebrate his birthday at the hotel..

Dude ..You hear what I hear.!!!

I convinced the boys to be in the play for Christmas this year.. Actually it was a whole family affair. Josh played a bumbling deputy Andrews with Jeremy Misener who is his Youth pastor. Nick and Zack sang along with mommy in the choir and Chris ran the lights for the stage. Guess our family was needed this year...

Josh and Jeremy about to bust open the door to Mondo Mart in the play.
Rehearsal night...

The cast of the play.

Nick and Zack are in the back rown.

Zack turned 11....!!!! WOW...

Zack had a X-Box 360 party for his 11th Birthday....Mom made or tried and attempted to make a fondant X-Box cake....

Zack and Joshua Leslie at his party.

Having Cake....black frosting made for some very green teeth...

Vitaly Brown at Zack's Birthday...

The boys found Chris' old army gear and boy do they look like their daddy even more..

The Cake I attempted to make. Black is probably the hardest color, I think to used and the whole cake was black...

Good Morning Mr. 11 year old...

When the Dustin's were here, Nana had a cake made for all the birthdays kids around the November/December time. That included Hannah, Nick and Zack...Very clever cake, half flower and half penguin...