raisingkings: Birthday Boys!

August 15, 2012

Birthday Boys!

God has blessed us so much with the most incredible children! They are such a special part of our lives. We love and cherish them every day! Make sure you scroll all the way down.. I wrote a little about each boy and then more pics from the party are at the bottom! If you want to click on one picture, blogger now made it so you can quickly scroll through larger pictures! :) YAY for cool updates!

Colton(6) Is such a wonderful young man. He is really into playing hunting games

and games on our iphones. But he also LOVES the outdoors. He got some money for his Birthday and plans to save it up for a Wii. Daddy got him his first BB/pellet gun for

for his birthday and he will be trying it out once we get to the farm on our vacation (only with Dad's supervision and safety gear) He looks forward to our move to Arizona where he'll be able to explore and maybe go to work with Dad on occasion. He loves going to church and spending time with friends. Seems like there is always a little drama but he's learning how God wants him to be around his friends. He likes talking to his friends about Jesus and he loves to pray on his own. He's always quick to remind me when I forget to say prayers at bedtime :) He loves his mommy and still gives her hugs and kisses... (hoping he never stops :o) He is also very independent and loves to try new things. This last year was his first year at Upwards Basket Ball. He wont be joining the team this year as it starts around the time we move. So, we are looking forward to finding a new church and some new activities for first his first grade year. He makes us very proud. We pray every day that we can be the parents God wants us to be and that he gives us strength and wisdom in all area of teaching our children. We try to lead by example but fail sometimes. We have to humble ourselves constantly and know that we aren't perfect nor will we ever be perfect parents. We pray for God's grace to help us through whatever parenting issues come our way. We pray God's hedge of protection around our children and know that HE is our children's true Father and only HE- Jesus Christ can be the ultimate example!

Stetson (3) is our baby and everyone knows it :) He is by far the most "mama's baby" out of all three. He follows mommy everywhere and just recently becoming more independent. Sean says he's perfect when I'm not around! He is a jabber mouth and never and I mean never stops talking! If we are watching a movie he has to know everything that is going on and asks a million questions!!! Carley is his little second mom. She takes care of him and helps him so much! At this very moment she is teaching him how to say "mother may I.." lol they are so cute together I love listening to their little conversations. He seems to have a really good bond with Kenai (our dog) He likes to cuddle and lay on him all the time! Stetson is huge into bugs! Sean and I laughed so hard the first time he tried to say "cricket" cause it sounded something like a cus word... and he said "Frickets" .... we are still trying to get him to say it correctly and he can as long as he says it really slow but when he's not thinking about it.. Frickets, still comes out! If you live in Killeen Texas you know why crickets are his favorite bug! The Daniels got him the most appropriate present and it was a bug vaccuum that has a magnifying glass to he can take a good close look with out having to hold them! We will be old enough to start Cubbies this year at AWANA. He has lots of little friends at church.. and I just can't believe he's old enough to start already! He's been out of diapers already for a few months. later than my other two but I am just so glad to be over that stage. He seems so grown up now... going everywhere in his big boy underwear. He hasn't wet the bed either in several weeks! He is also looking forward to living in the country and being able to explore more as well. He loves all animals... and like Carley want's to ride horses! Which they get to do next week back on the Hewitt farm!

so on to the party and more pictures! :)

We decided to have another party at the bounce house like we did for Carley a year ago when Sean was gone. For one thing our military housing is really small with a really small yard so this just worked better and also I didn't have to worry about having a perfectly clean house :) YAY for me!! I am not one to go ALL out... this was such a simple way for me to get it done and hopefully give a fun time to all who attended. I also felt like I could spend the money since it was for two kids and not just one. Now we don't have to have a party in September.. maybe just take Stetson out for Ice Cream or something to make him feel special on his day~

My wonderful Friend Stay Hay makes cakes.. so I had her make two. A big one for Colton and a small one for Stetson. So when it came time to blow out candles we sang to both boys at once and both could blow out their candles separately! It was so nice having Sean here for their birthdays. I guess he was here last year but since we waited for him to get home and didn't have much time before going on another trip... we just did a small family one and didn't make a big deal out of it. So, they both seemed to have a great time as you can see by the pictures.