CAMERON'S LAST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

We celebrated Cameron's 7th Birthday for the last time last night. We had a few families over from the neighborhood and had a barbeque.

Gabby, Jacinda and Maleah eating hot dogs.

Rena is patiently waiting for her burger to put inside that bun!

Time to break-open Darth Vader.....

The birthday boy got to take the first "whack"......

then it was Jacinda's turn.....

then Greyson's turn.....

then Rena's.....

then Gabby's.....

then Maleah's.....

then Meagan's.....

and even Benjamin got a turn (with a little bit of help from Meagan).....

Everyone got one turn, Cameron got two more swings and then Jacinda broke it open on her next turn.

Everyone filled their bags full of candy!!

Greyson's dad, Jason, and little brother, Decklen taking a turn on the swings.

Tim and Meagan

The "7" candle got one more use. We couldn't find any Star Wars cupcake things so Cameron chose some Wall-E decorations.

Cameron, Maleah and Gabby loved the cupcakes and the ice-cream!

.....and so did Jacinda and Rena

.....and so did Greyson!

Cameron, Maleah, Meagan, Benjamin, Gabby, Jacinda, Greyson & Rena

Jeff, Cameron and Maleah resting after all of the sugar!

Time for presents!!!

Cameron got some really cool Transformer Walkie Talkie's, a cool Tony Hawk skateboard shirt, some cash and a gift certificate to Toys R Us. Everyone was WAY TOO thoughtful and Cameron is WAY TOO excited to make a trip to pick something out at the toy store!!!

In between all of the "planned activities" the kids did lots of playing. They were swinging, climbing, sliding, running.........and just having FUN!

After a full week I think we are officially done celebrating Cameron's 7th birthday. We all had a great time around here and are already looking forward to birthday #8!

CAMERON IS 7

So hard to believe that it has been 7 years since Cameron was born, but it has!!!! We had a great day today celebrating Cameron.

To start the day Cameron got to chose what we would have for breakfast.......luckily my kids don't like anything fancy (maybe that's because I've never given them the choice of anything fancy?!??!).........he chose waffles and sausage.

For lunch we met our neighbor's over at Chuck E. Cheese's for some pizza and games.

Cameron and Jacinda.

After Chuck E. Cheese's we came home for dinner, treats and presents!

We had chocolate chip cookies and popsicles for the treat tonight.

Time for 7 spankings and "one to grow on"!!!

Time for some presents! Cameron had LOTS of helpers opening his presents. He got a couple of t-shirts and some really cool cars that he can paint and decorate with stickers from Grandma Lynne, he got a Star Wars Lego set from Aunt Peggy and he got some money from Grandpa Steve and Grandma Bonnie to buy some new clothes. He built the Lego set immediately, but we are saving the painting of the cars until tomorrow.

Cameron's birthday celebrations are almost over.....1 more to go.....we are having a barbeque this weekend with a few families from the neighborhood. His "7" candle is sure getting a lot of use!!! :)

SKATER BOY

We started Cameron's birthday celebrations yesterday by taking him to one of the local Skateshops to let him pick out his present. It was quite a process.....

First, Cameron got fitted on a board. After he knew his size he had to chose his "deck". There were A LOT to chose from, but he stuck with solid red. He added some color by choosing a blue and red tread for the top of the board.

Next, he had to chose his "trucks" and his wheels. He was really excited because he got the last set of checkered trucks that they had in the store. He also got red wheels.

After everything was picked out we watched the skateboard be built..........

Cameron also picked out a new helmet (a birthday present from G&G Keyes), knee and elbow pads and some stickers for the bottom of his board and his helmet.

Once we got home it was time to give it a try.....

He started out pretty slow practicing in the driveway......

But after just a little while he ventured down onto the sidewalk with a little bit of a slope......

Then, time to take a break and put some of those stickers on the bottom of the board.....

Once the stickers were in place, it was back outside to practice some more.......

AND after all of the excitement of the day it was time to take a little nap before dinner.....

CAMERON'S EARLY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

After a full day of skateboarding (and a nap) we had an early birthday celebration for Cameron while Grandma and Grandpa Keyes were still here. Grandma made the cake that Cameron picked out - marble with chocolate frosting and sprinkles.

Cameron also got to open a few presents early............Grandma and Grandpa got him a new t-shirt (along with the new helmet that he picked out earlier in the day), Maleah got him a Bionicle and Rena got him a "Power Miners" lego set.

He loved it all and started building as soon as he was done opening...........

GRANDMA & GRANDPA KEYES

Grandma and Grandpa Keyes have been here visiting us for the past 10 days. We've had a great time with them and are already missing them (and they've only been gone for about an hour!)!

I told Jeff "NO fooling around" in the pictures! So, of course, Jim had to do it.....

A serious one by both of them.....

IT'S UP.....AGAIN!

The big-toy is up again!!

The work in progress this afternoon:

The finished job (with happy kids playing):

Our big-toy has had quite a life with us since we got it.....it all started in March 2006 when we bought it in Washington and it went up in our backyard in Issaquah, then it came down in May 2008, went back up in June 2008 in Peoria, IL, came back down in May 2009 and now back up again today (hopefully for the last time) in California.