Happy Birthday Nicholas

Yesterday we had so much fun celebrating Nicholas' 7th Birthday.  Here were a few pictures.  I did not do a great job capturing the festivities because my camera has been acting up... this is what I got...

Cameron was waiting and waiting and waiting to go to the party.  He always has so much fun playing with Amanda and Nicholas.

Here Emmersyn was waiting to go see Gabby.

This would have been a great picture of Emmersyn laughing if she didn't have that crazy pacy in her mouth.

The theme of the party was Super Mario... Didn't Nicole do an AWESOME job on these cookies??? I was amazed.

Some more of her yummy treats.  She always does a great job with the presentation....

Here Gabby and Emmersyn were busy talking on their phones...

Gabby is so sweet and is always willing to give kisses....

Trying to capture Cameron with the Birthday boy...

Cameron looks a bit possessed with those weird eyes in this picture...

In this picture we asked to see their teeth...or missing teeth...

Emmersyn still talking on the phone....I can only imagine how she will be as a teenager!

Here Nicholas is opening up all of his fun gifts.  He got lots and lots of legos to keep him busy...

Here Tyler was fascinated with the camera's flash...

And to end with, here is a cute picture of Tyler with Laura.

Cool Cam!

This is a reminder to myself of why I should not start work before I bring the kids to school!

I got these two pictures as text messages from Mohamed while in the middle of a therapy session!  C'est la vie!  I just had to laugh.  

Congratulations Cameron!

Cameron received his first skating badge!  Way to go, Cam!

Catch Up + Thanksgiving

So, Nicole's blog inspired me to post an entry.  I haven't really been in the blogging mood lately, but here is a bit of what we have been up to.

The kids were sick a few weeks back....A fire truck came to put out a small fire in a neighbor's basement and the kids were fascinated with the firemen and flashing lights...

Cameron wanted to go outside to get a picture in front of the fire truck, but I coerced him into taking a picture inside the house in front of the fire truck.

We have been having daily drawing contests where we all have to draw a picture and then vote on the winner.  Here is one days of pictures...Can you guess who drew what?

Here is another days of pictures?  Guess again who drew what!

There were a few pictures missing...Here are all the pictures from two days...

This picture was the LOSER!  No one voted for this one.

Will she be a future figure skater????  We shall soon find out.

Here are our Thanksgiving pictures.  I tried three times to capture a picture of these cousins....Take 1...YooHoo Cameron.....look my way!

Take 2....Cameron....what are you looking at???

And, Take 3...his eyes almost make it to the camera....We'll try again next year.  Amanda looked stunning in all three photos! She is very photogenic.

Then I handed the camera over to Amanda...  Take 1...Yoo Hoo...Emmersyn...look...

Take 2.....Now we lost Cameron....enough already...There will be no Take 3.

Great picture of Uncle Leon and Nicole!  It was nice to catch up with Uncle Leon!  Looking forward to seeing him again on Christmas Eve!

Mom and Brad...What great smiles!

Brad and Dad were going to do the wishbone, until Nicole in the background stopped everything to have Nicholas join in the fun.

And here they go...Cameron is watching intensely...He did not take his eyes off of the wishbone!

Emmersyn looking a little lost.

Very cute picture of Justin and Crystal.

And there can't be a family function without me harassing Crystal with a CLOSE UP!  She is a beautiful girl!  And such a good sport!

Cameron and Nicholas in a fierce competition of Fruit Ninja!

Nicole was NOT going to be beat by Steve...Here she is deep in thought concocting her game plan....Steve already had his plan...Do "The Cameron".

Check them out in motion....

Tyler wanting Laura to allow him to join in on the Ninja fun!

Mom and Uncle Leon definitely share some genes in common.  They think similarly and have the same arm techniques when it comes to slicing fruit. 

What did I tell you....Blood relatives...Aren't genetics cool?

Now check these two out in motion....

I want to go back

I was looking through some pictures and came across this video from the Bahamas.  Cameron is asserting his displeasure for the salt water.  I want to go back!

2nd Annual Halloween Party

We had such a fun time at our 2nd Annual Halloween Party!  I took lots of pictures and everyone did a fabulous job coming up with some pretty unique costumes.  Take a look.

Emmersyn was such a beautiful little lady bug, don't you think????

And here is Mario without the mustache!

Hanging out waiting for all of our guests to arrive.

This is one of my favorite pictures of Cameron!

I was a pirate...just hanging out with Mario and the bug!

 Mohamed insisted that I don't smile for this photo because supposedly pirates do not smile!  Here was my best pirate expression!

Cameron trying to blend in with the guests on the wall!

Can you guess which one is Mohamed???

His mug shot!

The jailbird with Mario!

Out came the mustache temporarily...while we were waiting for everyone to cross the border.

Mario and the pirate....

Mohamed and I were trying to get a picture together....this was a self taking photo....

Isn't he soooooo cute?  I could eat him up!  And, this little boy is so funny to just sit and watch!

And in came the Sheriff!

I love this family photo!

Isn't Laura glowing?????  I don't think it was from all that glitter, either...

Indiana Jones had arrived!

And mom was a spider!  I loved this couple.

Can anyone guess who this is????  It's Nicholas!

Look at what the jailbird caught!

I could not get this cute little Minnie Mouse to smile!  Isn't she adorable, though?

Amanda was beautiful!

Mohamed could not pass up a picture with Amanda.

Another Sheriff was in town...

And a pretty Sheriff at that!

Once again, no smile from Gabby.  I think it might have been because this was at the beginning of the party before she warmed up to everyone.

Mom showing off her cool, matching, purple Halloween nail polish!

The Sheriff found a NERD!

You couldn't help but laugh when Steve came out in his costume!  He was a geeky nerd.  

And then the Bride and Groom arrived!  With some pretty HUGE news.  These weren't costumes at all.  And that huge diamond on her finger isn't costume jewelry!  It's REAL!

Here Justin was explaining to us all how he proposed.  It was very elaborate!  I'll leave the details for Justin and Crystal to tell.

Here they were practicing for there wedding photos!

We tried to get a group shot on the timer, however I needed to zoom in, but didn't.  Nicole captured a much better photo.  Hopefully she'll be able to blog soon to share.

Amanda, Nicholas, and Cameron had a mask painting contest.  It was a three way tie!  For the tie breaker, the kids had to vote with the rule being they couldn't vote for their own mask!  The mask in the middle won!

That about sums up the party in pictures.  I'll let Nicole show off a picture of the treats that she brought. If she doesn't blog soon, I'll post them for her.  She always comes up with some creative treat!  Already looking forward to next year!