Allen’s 30th B-day party

Allen, Jason's BFF4EVR (lol), turned 30th recently, and we helped with his surprise birthday party. He surprised his wife 2 years ago (I think it was 2 years ago) with a surprise birthday party, so it was her turn to surprise him. She pulled it off with out a hitch. Kate should be an Event Planner instead of her current day job. She had custom t-shirts made for all of us, temporary tattoos, and sugar cookies with the same logo. The party was truly a success and glad to see Allen ring in the big 3-0 in true fashion. Excuse the 'excessive' (for lack of a better word) use of the middle finger in the pictures below. It is just something our mature husbands/friends can't seem to grow out of. Me being the pregnant lady at the party didn't get to enjoy the adult beverages, but got to sit back and laugh at everyone else. By the end of the party (10:30...as we were nonchalantly being kicked out of the restaurant), a cracker fight ensued. Actually, the cracker fight ensued long before that and finally a few of us tried but failed at getting the crackers away from the boys' table. We had an upstairs party room at a restaurant and for some reason the guys (Allen and his nephew) decided it would be funny to start throwing packages of crackers at people (all who were in are party) who were walking down/up the stairs (to and from the bathroom). Our poor waitress. I will say she was definitely tipped VERY well from the party of about 35-40 people. Yes, we had ONE waitress for the 40 of us, but she ROCKED and was ever so efficient. We finally got everyone out of the restaurant and the party continued at Allen/Kate's neighbor's house who literally has a bar in his backyard/barn, complete with shuffleboard, darts, a keg, Wii, and who knows what else. It has been awhile since I've been over there. Once again, me being the pregnant lady, I went home and sent Jason on his way with Allen/Kate. I think the party finally wrapped up around 3am when Jason sent me a text.

SURPRISE!!!!

Allen (B-day boy), Jose, and Jason

Me, Liz, Kate & Stacy – the last girls standing

J and I

The crackers….there were more at one point.

Whirlwind weeks...

Well, the past 2 weeks have been a whirlwind with us adjusting back into a school routine. Tristen's football is going well and he has his first scrimmage on Tuesday. Colby's baseball games start back up this coming week, as well. Jason and I are enjoying a well-needed 3 day weekend without the boys. I don't remember the last time we had 3 days off with absolutely nothing on our agenda. No baseball games, no appts, no parties, etc. We aren't quite sure what to do with ourselves.

Our trip to Broken Bow, OK was amazing and loved every last minute of it. My camera was forgotten and so I'm waiting on Kate & Stacy to email me their pictures so I can get some uploaded to here.

This past weekend we had my birthday party here at the house. We had lots of friends over and we had a blast. I'm sad to report that the keg was not floated! HA! This is a sign that we are officially old. Here are a few pics from the party. (Tristen was the photographer for the night...and well, I had to delete 90% of the pictures. He took more pictures of objects (flower pots, wine bottles, balloons, etc. than he did of actual people. I guess he is a 'details' type of kid. HA!)

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Random Pictures......

Here is a random assortment of pictures that have been on my camera. Most of these are from our pseudo nephew's 1st b-day party.

Colby & Tristen @ Alex's 1st b-day party

Birthday boy Alex - hanging with John

Momma Kate and Alex

Momma Kate and Daddy Allen with no so happy Alex
Mom.....get me out of here!!!!!!!

This is what happens when the adults get bored and little ones are running around. The little ones are bribed with candy and then we take advantage of them. Well, I just took the pictures. We sent him on his way to find mommy and daddy, but all daddy could say was, 'No more M&M's!!!'
Cutie Pie, Luke




Colby - at his belated b-day party

Colby's baseball team waiting for their game to start.

Little # 4.....

Out with friends - Allen's 29th B-day

Saturday night we went out with friends to celebrate Allen's 29th B-day. We went to eat on the patio at Ozona's and then headed to Stan's Bluenote on Greenville. Below are a few snapshots from the night.

... The hubby and I...
Kate & Me
Maturity at is prime! This was an 'end of the night' picture.

Tristen's 12th Birthday

Tristen turned 12 this past Sunday!!! We are 363 days away from having a TEEN on our hands. Oh dear! I'm a HORRIBLE mom and could not find my camera on the day of his party, so I do not have any pictures of his birthday party. (It was later found under a stack of blankets on the couch!) Tristen chose to celebrate his birthday at Main Event. He and his friends had fun bowling and playing video games. Tristen's birthday wishlist didn't really consist of a whole lot besides gift cards. He did want a Texas Tech/Michael Crabtree jersey, which he received from us. He also wanted a Texas Tech hat. (Yes, I've trained him well!) My mom sent him money for him to go pick out his own hat. He was more than ecstatic to get to pick out his own hat. He received lots of gift cards, that will put to use soon, I'm sure.

**Insert picture of Tristen** (making a note to myself!)

Colby's Birthday Party

Colby celebrated his birthday w/a skate party. His actual birthday is on the 13th, but we had his party early to accommodate everyone's hectic schedules. He received lots of great presents and said, 'This was the best birthday EVER!' Thank you to everyone who came. Here are a few pics from the party.

Colby & Zach

Colby & Garrett

The cake (no, i didn't make it!)

Colby's new skateboard

Colby in the machine trying to grab money and prizes.

...All the kids...

Aunt Haylee, Colby & Uncle Bear

Colby testing out his new board

Like Father, Like Son

Me....attempting to ride the skateboard!

Abby's 4th B-day

Abby (our niece) turned 4 years old on Friday! She had a skating party today and here are a few pictures!