Happy Birthday Tyson!

Tyson,
I can't believe my baby boy is 7 years old! Each year seems to go by quicker than the last. In just a short 2 weeks you will be starting 1st Grade at your brand new school. You are growing up so fast. Another year down with many wonderful memories captured...

Last year on your birthday.

Such a handsome young man...

a bit unlucky as well...

your first broken bone...

couldn't spoil your fun...

you may not have been able to start hockey in the fall like you had planned, but you made up for it by going and watching the Rush play whenever you could.

You are a natural at any sport you have ever tried...

and it was most definitely true when you were finally able to start hockey after the first of the year. You had only been on the ice a hand-full of times, but within only a few practices you were skating around the ice like you were born to do it!

So stylish:)...

and don't forget...sweet big brother!

You had your Kindergarten graduation...

and were ready for summer break!

Such a silly boy...

We love you so much, and can't wait to see what this next year has in store! If you could do us one favor, though, just don't let it go by too fast!

Happy Birthday buddy! We love you!

Mom, Dad, and Aiden

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

The last few years Brian and Jean have come up, so we can go spend a night up in Sturgis during the rally. They got to our house about 6pm on Friday, and we were on the road to Sturgis by 7:30pm. Don't worry....Aunt Jessie stayed home with the kids:)

Our first stop was Easy Riders...a new bar on the corner of Junction Ave. We were able to stand on the deck and watch all the traffic that was coming into town.

This bike was sitting right outside the front doors.

We met up with our friends Jim and Glenda. He has a couple of motorcycles and they had rode one of them up from Deadwood to hang out for a little while.

Talk about a big back tire!

The picture is a bit blurry...but a cool bike none the less.

Jim was nice enough to give me a ride on the back of his bike down main street. I took this quick picture of all of the bikes. Thanks again, Jim!

We walked down Main Street before coming home to check out a few more bikes...

again....I wonder if he has a big enough tire?!

and to save the best for last...

That's right...a Green Bay Packers bike. To say my husband was instantly in love would be an understatement! :) I must admit...it was a pretty cool bike!

Another rally in the books...just a short 365 days until we get to do it again!

Week at Grandma's

The boys always spend the week of rally down at Grandma's house since our daycare is closed for the week. I went down on Tuesday after work and took Marla's boys with me. Wednesday we went in to the Drug Store...no big surprise, but this time we got to look for gold!

Getting ready for the big expedition...as you can see, Aiden isn't so sure this is a good idea just yet!

The boys all wore helmets with a little light in front. They then led us in to a room that was pitch black and they had to use their helmets to look around and find the gems and gold that were hidden all over the room.

Look...Aiden already found one!

Thanks to a good flash these pictures actually came out.

"Look what I found Mom!"

Tyson made the biggest haul, and was very proud of his hard work!

After the treasure hunt we snuck in a few pictures with the animals...

Wednesday afternoon Aunt Diane, Shasta and all the kids came in to go to the pool (cousin Collin and Rachel were staying with Aunt Di for the week). Before going to the pool we had a little birthday party for Tyson.

Talk about some good teamwork!

Grandma successfully made it through the week, but I'm pretty sure she's enjoying some much needed rest and relaxation today! Thanks Grandma for playing with the boys for the week. They had a lot of fun!

Weekend at Gradmas

Last weekend we went down to Grandma Brenda's house. Janet and Jason were packing up all of their stuff and left to move back to Boise early Sunday morning. We spent most of the day Saturday packing the trucks, but we made sure to celebrate Grandma's birthday that night when the trucks were full.

Aunt Marla made the cake...it had a garden with flowers, and even worms in the dirt...very cute!

Spencer and Aiden playing trucks.

Tyson and Drew cooling off in the pool.

Cooper getting some Great Grandma loves.

While this may not be the most glamorous picture (post hauling furniture/boxes in the summer heat), it is a picture I will always cherish...me and my sisters! Love you guys!

To make the picture even better...we had Mom jump in with us.

J.J. and Aiden were singing some Disney songs. Aiden gets the biggest kick out of Aunt J.J. and all of her shenanigans! :)

Janet, Jason, and the boys left early Sunday morning back to Boise. It was sad to see them go. The boys have truly enjoyed having all of their cousins so close to play with whenever they want! We will miss you guys! Hope you can come back and visit us soon!