Mac's Party...

Let me just start by saying pictures would not have let you see the fun the boys had so I went with all video for this. I tried to get make it easier for viewing by putting it up in short clips instead of one long video so I hope that helps.

Last night Mac had a few friends over to celebrate his birthday. The evening started with some playing in the yard.

Some of the boys wanted to play dodge ball while others wanted golf so instead of picking one, the boys decided to combine them.

Some boys never grow up...

What a great way to cool off and burn some energy than to have a water balloon fight.

As the boys were filling up a second round of balloons, I decided to leave the camera rolling while I went into the house. What a great idea that turned out to be!

Steve wanted to surprise the boys so what better way to do that than to get on the roof...

Can you believe the boys did not sleep?! Was it the soda and junk food or games that kept them up all night? We will never know! Some of them were outside playing before 7am but you must always remember -- you do not want to be the only one sleeping...

After everyone was up and outside playing a little basketball, once again Steve thought it would be a good idea to sneak in some firecrackers. I really should have said no...

Mac's Birthday...Take 2

Red Robin....Yummmm

Unfortunately the dinner experience on Mac's birthday was not the best one, which led me to contact the store and let them know. After a couple of conversations with the GM (who just moved from Denver) we went back a week later. What a great experience that was! The store went above and beyond to make it a fun night.

Mac was exceptionally embarrassed with the singing this time but though it was worth it for 2 desserts!

Here is a picture of the Cookie Cake the store got Mac. It was an awesome way of ending a great evening.

Mac's Birthday

Happy Birthday Mac!
Yesterday was Mac's 12th birthday. Because this weekend is a holiday, we decided to have his party next weekend instead...he is having a sleepover with his friends. We couldn't let the day go by without a celebration. After the boys got out of school we went to see the new Terminator movie then dinner at Red Robin. And no, we did not bring any balloons to get stuck in the fan!

Happy Mother's Day!

After several weekends of thunderstorms and rain, we finally had a day with some sunshine! It was so nice to be able to go out this morning and enjoy it. Because there was a chance of afternoon storms we went to Cloudland Canyon State Park in Rising Fawn, GA, about 40 minutes from home. There were a variety of trails to choose but to make sure we beat the weather we decided on the Waterfalls Trail. This 2 mile hike to the bottom of the gorge into the canyon on a 40-degree slope included a 600-step staircase, one way -- and yes the boys counted to make sure! At the bottom were two waterfalls cascading over layers of sandstone into pools below.

We had fair warning...

TRAILS IS DANGEROUS.

As you can see grammar is not strong here...

At least the park decided to remove the "an' shit" from the sign!

Here we are at the start of the morning...

Jacob wasn't sure he wanted to go today.

He was trying to convince us it was raining!

Jacob did not believe there would be 1200 steps (down then up) so he counted the entire way down the trail!

Never fails...Jacob took a moment to relax by the waterfall and Mac had to mess with him.

Here we are by the one of the waterfalls

Jacob trying to race ahead

Mac kept falling behind Jacob...

Nicole and Steve

The second waterfall was very impressive

All of us in front of the waterfall

With all the rain parts of the trail were very muddy. Can you believe the boys actually tried to stay out of the mud, even if it was just for a moment!

On the way back up the trail, Jacob and Mac kept running ahead of us.

We made it back to the parking lot for lunch just before the rain started.

Why take the time to eat the sandwich and chips separately when you can eat them together?

Jacob never without his phone! I was just happy he did not spend the entire trip on it - Wait! There was no signal so he couldn't!