Braden's "Late" bday bash

We had Braden's 11th birthday over a month late because we were waiting for soccer season and fall baseball season to be over so we'd have a "free" weekend to be able to have it! His buddies all came home with him after school on a Friday and they played soccer in the back yard until it was time to go to the party.

He loved his cookie cake!

Pizza FEAST at the house was ready for them after school

At the soccer party. Sissy got into the action too!!

They ran full speed and played hard for the entire hour! They were sweaty and stinky and they loved it!!

Time for cake!

The whole gang. The big boys were nice enough to let little brother and little sister jump in this one :)

FRIENDS!!!

This bunch is somethin' else. As soon as I snapped the first one, it took them about .0053 seconds to turn into this :) I love every one of those crazy boys!

Oh, and you didn't think Mom and Dad stayed on the sidelines, did ya?

We were the goal keepers. It was quite exciting. Jason was wishing he had gotten a picture of me in action too. I was quite ok with not having it documented :)


One of the boys is a football player and hasn't played much soccer and he's VERY competitive. Anyways, I kept yelling at my defenders to protect me because he kept coming at me like he was gonna TAKE.ME.OUT! I took only 1 or 2 big shots, but I did come out alive and with my glasses in one piece. We laughed so hard. It was awesome. I will say that I had quite a bit more respect for my studly goal-keeping son after playing in the goal with those boys for an hour. That's not an easy job!!!

What a fun birthday party!!!! Can't believe my "baby" is 11.... Wow!