Keaton's Pool Party!

 Keaton decided that he wanted to have a pool party for his 9th Birthday! I have to say that this was probably the easiest birthday party I've had for one of the kids. Another bonus was that it didn't cost much money either! He decided on a Star Wars cake.

 He invited his cousins and then a bunch of kids from our neighborhood. That is one thing about our neighborhood that I love, there are tons of kids and there is no shortage of playmates!

 The kids had a blast with each other while the parents sat in the shade and visited.

We ordered pizza for lunch and they delivered it right to us at the pool.

 Keaton showing off his moves. I have to watch him these days. He likes to try and do front flips into the pool and that makes me so nervous. I don't mind it on the trampoline but not in the pool. He has gotten to be a really good swimmer. I wish we had time to do swim team but we just can't fit it all in.

Blowing out his candles! Can't believe how fast nine years have gone by since my little Keaton was born. He has turned into such a funny and giggly kid! We sure do love him!

Kayla's Knee Surgery ~July 2012~

 Kayla is getting ready to go back to surgery to figure out what is causing so much pain in her knee off and on for the past year and a half. They had a little trouble finding a vein to stick for her IV but after that she was set to go.

 Had to get a picture with the nice surgical cap on! She was in surgery for a little less than an hour and she was all done and ready to go home. In surgery they discovered a piece of plica which is just an extra piece of tissue that was rubbing against her bone and causing the discomfort. After a little research on our part we found out that this can be caused by a trauma or fall, (aka the skiing fall when all this started). The piece of plica would have still been theret the fall may have just triggered the pain So the good news, it was an easy fix and other then recovering from surgery on her knee she has a perfectly strong knee.

 She was a pretty good patient except for when we made her get up and walk on it. The next few days she had movie fests with her friends. Kayla and I also had slumber parties on the couch at night while falling asleep watching Friends! The second and third days were definitely the most painful ones for her.

 She had four weeks of physical therapy to look towards. She hated that and it was painful but necessary.
She had to miss the first few weeks of soccer and she started back very slowly.

She has pretty much been back to normal the last few weeks and is playing regularly again. She has her good and not so good days. We are excited for her that she is back to playing soccer and that she is recovering well! Thanks for all the calls, cards, and candy for her!

Braves Game / Star Wars

 We took the family to a Braves game on a Friday night this summer because on Friday nights they have a fireworks show after the game. This was our second game this summer and when we got there we realized very quickly it was Star Wars Night! Jason gets the tickets free from work so alot of times we just decide at the last minute to go. A good bit of people were dressed up as Star Wars characters and it was a lot of fun! Kaden wanted his pic taken with Darth Vader.

 The boys and Kayla got their faces painted. The Braves team members were the jedis on the big screen so everytime they showed their stats they looked like jedis and the other team were storm troopers. All the games going on during the game were also Star Wars themed.

 Kayla and Sabrina having a good time except for the guy in back of them that apparently showered them with his spit throughout the game. Yuck!  They didn't tell us about that till later.

 The best fireworks we saw all year was the show at this braves game. The whole show had star wars music and was timed perfectly. It was really good and we all enjoyed it.

We had really good seats down the third base line but i was nervous about foul balls the whole game. The last game we went to the guy sittin right behind us caught a foul ball right where Kaden would have been sitting but we went up to let the kids run the bases on the upper deck.