Halloween 2006

This year Bryce dressed up as a Star Wars Storm Trooper. He says he is saving his Darth Vader costume for next year. I doubt that it will last until next year but we will see! Dylan dressed up as Blue from Blues Clues. We went through the neighborhood next to ours and the kids had a great time! We went with Gary, Karie, Bailey, Trent, Molly, Todd, Georgia and Cooper. The kids did great. Dylan really got into it this year! He would say 'thank you ding, ding' after getting candy. We aren't real sure what the 'ding, ding' is but Dylan seems to end every sentence with it these days! He's a character! Anyway, after about an hour or two of walking the streets we called it a night! Happy Halloween!

May the force be with you....

This years theme for Bryce's birthday was none other than, STAR WARS. Everything Bryce does these days revolves around Darth Vader, Storm Troopers or the like! He wears the costumes daily and runs around with light sabers or trooper guns and is quite funny! He said to me the other day as he came into the kitchen with his costume on and tried to shoot me, "You didn't even know it was me did you Mom? Did you think the ship had landed?" It was quite comical!
Anyway, we had his 5th (can't believe he is that old) birthday party at our indoor pool house! It was great! The kids enjoyed hours of swimming and playing and they could scream and yell and wear themselves out and nobody minded one bit! Bryce enjoyed all of his new toys he got. Mostly Star Wars toys as requested! :)
It's truly hard to believe that 5 years have already passed. It seems like just yesterday that he was born. Time does fly. Oh, now I sound old. Ok, but seriously, the joy that he has brought into our lives for the past 5 years is unspeakable! I just thank God each day for him!

Visitors...

Mark's sister and nieces were in unexpectedly from Africa for a few weeks and were able to come up for Bryce's birthday! The boys were incredibly excited since they didn't think they would see them for a couple of more years! So this was a great birthday present in itself!