Dirty Dash!!

The Dirty Dash was so much fun! The only bad thing was that I broke my ankle 5 miles into the race. Boo! I was so mad at myself! I was able to finish the race...I climbed up the cargo nets, went down the giant slip n slide, and made my way through the mud pits. It probably wasn't the smartest thing to do, but I wanted to finish! After we were done I knew that my injury was pretty bad. The next day I found out my ankle was broken and I had to go in and get a boot to wear for 4 weeks. It could have been worse, but I'm just mad I can't run or work out for 12 weeks! Oh, well. At least I was having fun when I got hurt....and I'm still planning on signing up for next year's Dirty Dash!! It is so much fun!!

Cooper and Ethan's Lord of the Rings Birthday Party!

Cooper and Ethan's Birthday party was pretty awesome!! We had a Hobbit/Lord of the Rings theme. Mom and Mal were so amazing in helping plan this. It turned out great! :) 

Nice day for a party!

 Because we're cool like that (or geeky!)

 Getting ready for an adventure!

 The cute birthday boys!

Izzi is ready to fight some bad guys! 

Listening to Aunt Mal tell them about the adventure they are about to go on! Allie is excited!

Ready to fight some orcs! 

Bean bag toss--Knock over the orcs! 

Capture the orcs 

Kendall liked to help!

Someone is a dirty fighter! 

Fighting the orcs! 

Entering Shelob's Lair!! Scary!!

Down in Shelob's Lair getting ready to fight! 

 The spiders are attacking (with silly string)--the kids were screaming so loud, hehe

R.I.P Shelob

Mal telling the kids about their last task: getting past the Eye of Sauron and throwing the rings into the flames of Mt Doom!! 

hehe, yes we are super nerdy...and we love it!

Climbing Mt Doom and trying to get past the Eye of Sauron!! 

The kids tossed the rings into Mt. Doom and saved the day!

Mom made the eye of Sauron...it lights up and everything! She's awesome!  

The new kings of Gondor getting ready to receive their gifts

Grandma and Grandpa with all the hero's after their fun adventure! 

Party food from Middle Earth:

Happy Birthday, Ryan!! :)

Happy Birthday to my little buddy, Ryan! He is such a sweet boy. Some of his favorite things are Nintendo (his favorite game is the Legend of Zelda), swords, drawing, and the movie Willow. Ryan started Kindergarten in the Fall and he is loving school. He is an awesome brother and we love him so much!

For Ryan's Birthday Party we decided to have a Zelda/Nintendo theme. I made a Link cake, we had heart cookies, and red potion for the drinks. For the games we played Nintendo memory, Zelda Bingo, and capture the Ghosts! I think they all had fun time. :)