Happy Birthday Aidan

I know I am late on the upload..

but September 1

my yiddle man

became a teenager :(

He started his day with pancakes- his favorite

yummmm

For his birthday
Aidan wanted to go Paint balling
 with his friends

there were blue swallowtails 

all over the place

I felt Calli-love 

from above

every time i saw one

rules?

what?

you mean i can't tackle someone 

OR steal their gun?

what?

i can't

take off my mask?

this was their "serious" look

some are way more serious than others

poor Jordan 

was so afraid of getting stung in the neck- 

he put his shirt under his goggle mask

he soon found out

that would not work very well

when he got all fogged up

practice shots

ready for war

this is too funny

doesn't Jeff (grey shirt) look like a giant here?

i know it is the angle...

but he looks like 3 feet taller than Mike

I braved the battle grounds to get some good pictures

I got hit in the neck

and butt

and hip

and knee

and....

it hurt.

i wanted to shoot them back

and i did

with my camera :)

 yes...right about here..
poor Aidan....
as soon as they said to go..
he tripped on...
a rock...
(apparently you have to look down while you run)
He lost ALL of his paintballs

and was very very mad

 Thankfully Jonas helped him
while Mike nad I peed our pants laughing
poor guy

 actually his dad helped him
and gave him half of his paint balls....
while i laughed....
and took pictures

 Matt's out!

 ready for the next game

 There were many battle grounds....

from forests and boulders to castles and abandoned buildings

they took breaks between each game

it was very hot

some of them forgot to wear deodorant :)

 

i love this picture...

of men running

they are in a real battle ya know

it makes me laugh

here you have Matt and Mike all the way at the top right

and Jeff and Zack in the middle

and two guys at the bottom 

(whom i did not know)

that ran...and hid

i had a perfect view 

from the tower

Mike was the first one out

every single time

he was the suicide banshee or something

having fun yet honey?

oh poor poor Josh

i saw that one

oye

he was down for the count

again...i love this shot

two brothers

totally being boys

shooting people with paint

Mike and Jeff

it made me warm and fuzzy inside

honey

umm smile for me please

you have some paint on your eye

and on your cheek

and on your neck....

 battle scars!

this is the goofy faces

i think they all had a great time

what good boys

they we came back to our house

and they swam

and jumped on the trampoline

and did things boys do

 

ya know

act like monkeys and stuff

 

then Nana came

and she was so surprised to see Jasmine and Elijah, 

the precious children who lived with us for two years

they came to visit as a surprise

 :)

and Nana and Jasmine caught up on old times

and visited Calli's room

and cried

and hugged 

and sang songs

there was copious amounts 

of junk food eating 

going on

butchy was so hot

she decided to take a dip 

in her pool

Aidan could not read Aunt Lori's handwriting

Zack had to read it for him

he loved her gift

 I had a lot of fun making 

and simply decorating this cake

and no...

 it is not peanut butter

i dyed the icing myself...

the color of peanut butter- and that blue color

i was going for a nautical look-

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY YIDDLE  BUBBY I LOVE YOU

after a full day

they made a bonfire

played manhunt

and most of them slept the night

it was a wonderfully good day

minus one person :(