ANDREW'S 7TH BIRTHDAY

On October 14th, my sweet firstborn turned 7.

I did a small post that day for his birthday with the intention of a follow up post with all the pics...."life" got in the way so I'm now just getting to it!

the birthday boy!

We had a fun, relaxed morning and then met John at his work for lunch ~something the kids LOVE to do.

Then, we stopped by my mom's so she could surprise Andrew (and the other kids) with passes to our local "natural history museum".

They love museums and Andrew especially loves this one cuz of the dinosaurs. :)

putting together a "broken pottery" puzzle ~it was WAY harder than it looks!!

panning for "gold"

me and my boy

oh how I love him

let the gift opening begin. :)

just a small cupcake on his actual birthday since we were having the big family party a few days later


AND -the big family party pics

it was a "Football themed" party ~for months before his birthday, he told us he wanted a St*ar Wars party (hence ALL the St*ar Wars stuff!)..but then about a week before, he changed his mind to football....which was fine ~dressing up as football people and doing a football cake was MUCH easier!!

how outdated this pic is!! baby Joshua is still IN my sister's tummy..and now he's been out almost 5 weeks!

isn't this great?! My sister found it out a garage sale just a week before Andrew's b-day!

his new addiction

and his obsession ~football.

does every family do this?! after we blow out candles the kids fight to lick the frosting off the candles. :)

We love you so much Andrew!