9 years ago tomorrow ...

Tomorrow is Ben & Alek's 9th birthday. Wow, can't believe we've made it this far! That first year, I don't think I could believe we would survive. But here we are, and we had a great party Friday night ... blogger always uploads the pictures in reverse order, so we'll start at the end and go backwards ...

Ben and Alek each invited two friends to their party, have dinner / cake, go skating at DreamSports, and spend the night. The big gift this year was rollerblades, above is Ben with his. He used them Friday night at DreamSports, and then again today (Sunday) when I took them both to JellyBeans Skate Center for the afternoon.

Alek and his blades! Behind him from the left are Nick, Evan, Ben and LB.

LB and Alek looking at Madden Football '09 for PS3.

Evan, Kyle, Ben and Nick opening Pokeman Platnum for Nintendo DS.

Ben and Pokemon cards from Kyle.

Alek opening a catch game from Kyle.

Nick and LB locked themselved in Chase's crate ... Chloe got confused by it ....

Pizza and watermelon for dinner! Nick, Alek, Kyle, Ben, LB.

Mommy made the cakes ... they were amazing. Chocolate cake with whipped cream layers covered by cooked chocolate icing! Then decorated with canned, pre-made blue icing from Betty Crocker! But, it was easy and looked fun.

Next week they are off to Dream Sports for camp again. They are excited to go again because they have their own skates now!

Love you boys ...