It was all fun and games until the go-carts came out

Alex had a birthday last month...last year, actually!!

He wanted to have some friends over and play Capture the Flag and football for the afternoon. But one of his best buddies, Braxton, had whooping cough and it just wasn't a good idea for him to be outside in the cool air. SO...Alex decided to wait until Braxton was better and we postponed the party until now.

After church (on Sunday), we loaded Alex, Parker, Luke, Landry, Reagan, Braxton, Brevin, Alec, Amren, and Wyatt into our cars and were joined a little later by Jordan and Meagan. The kids ate a lot of pizza and played a lot of Capture the Flag. Even Landry got in on the action. Here he is stealing the flag when everyone else was in a little "rules meeting." He saw the opportunity and seized the moment, even hiding the flag under his shirt so he could be sneaky!!

Here is the yellow team for Capture the Flag. They are wearing their best game faces!

l-r Parker, Meagan, Alex, Reagan, Braxton, Landry in front

I guess I didn't get a picture of the blue team! It was everyone else!!

Here are Alec and Braxton bringing the flag back for the yellow team, while Reagan cheers them on.

Wyatt and Luke waiting in jail

Here are Meagan and Jordan in the woods. What was so funny about this picture was that they were separated and they each had their own jobs in protecting the flag. But when they saw me with the camera, they immediately jumped together, hugging and acting like they were in a photo shoot. When I was done, Jordan said, "Back to our posts Meagan!!" and they went back to their jobs. Totally made me crack up!!

While the kids were playing, Emily, Landry and I snuck away for a little Rock Band...always super fun!!


Here's the cookie fun ... I love how the boys are just on the edge of their seats!! The excitement is just so evident!!


Oh well... Landry liked it!!

Later, they went back outside for a little football. And can I just say that the two girls in the group totally held their own. They did not back down from those boys AT ALL!!


After football, the go-cart came out and the party took a quick turn for the worse. Without the juicy details, a neighbors fence was damaged, Scott almost cracked his head, and Wyatt ran over Alex's foot with the go-cart!! (totally not Wyatt's fault!) Darn go-carts!!

Here's Alex icing his poor little foot down with some crinkle-cut fries!! Fries make everything better!!!

It was, all in all, a very fun party!!

Alex has a great group of buddies to enjoy his life with!!

Happy birthday, dude!!