braden hits double digits...10 YEARS OLD!!!

Hard to believe our firstborn is a decade old! I haven't been dedicating a lot of time to this blog lately, but I do have to post something about this big milestone! :) I put together this slideshow last year for Braden's ninth birthday, so I've just revised it with some pictures taken over the past year...

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I have yet to do a birthday session with Braden (or Bella's from September)...been too busy taking pictures of other families. Now I'm just waiting for a nice day to do it, but I will post them when I get that done. Here is a self-portrait that Braden did yesterday. :)



Yesterday, Ringo headed out to take Braden and his friend Tyler (and his dad) to play laser tag. On his fourth or fifth birthday, he asked if he could play laser tag on his next birthday, but we told him he'd have to be older to do that, maybe on his tenth birthday. So he's been wanting to do that on his tenth birthday for all these years. So they got there and all their games were full, so they ended up going to...ChuckECheese. Oh brother! Of course they had fun anyway, so I guess that's all that matters.

Then last night, we took the kids to bowl and we had a blast. The last time Braden bowled was on his fifth birthday, and the other two had never been. We used the bumpers "so the KIDS would have more fun." Haha! Actually Braden had the high score of 102. Ringo came in next...and I came in LAST! Yep, got beat by a 4-year-old! He only beat me by one point though. :D Anyhoo, we did have a great time. The kids loved it, and we are going to have to do that more often.

I will post more pics from Braden's birthday, but for now I've gotta go get the cake ready (actually it's pie:). See you soon!