We blinked and a decade passed. It's unbelievable that our tiny, fragile baby Ben is 10 years old! We had a wonderful weekend celebrating this incredible boy who has never stopped amazing us.
On Friday, Ben took cupcakes to school to celebrate with his class. After school, four of his friends came over for some nerf gun battles, xbox, and a sleepover.
I had gathered a bunch of empty boxes to use as forts.
They worked great, but even better later in the evening when the kids had a serious demolition derby. I should have gotten pictures of that action!
Pizza and cake for the birthday boy!
Saturday morning found the happy crew (Jack, Ben, Drew, Alex, Austin, Greydan) gobbling down their food so they could play some more minecraft and terraria before the parents came.
As soon as the last kid left, we were off to the baseball fields. Because of another week of rained out games, the end of season tournament started weeks behind schedule. As a result, it was single elimination and Ben's team lost a real heartbreaker against the #1 seed to end their season. We were proud of how they played and couldn't be disappointed that they all but beat the top team.
Alex's game was up next and they hung in there for an inning or two, but got eliminated as well.
Back home for showers and some more celebrating!
All the grandparents joined us to wish Ben a very happy birthday!
Sunday morning was his real birthday and the gifts were pretty exciting. An encyclopedia of Chevy trucks for the boy who can't get enough of old trucks!
By far his favorite gift - an incredible camera from Mr. Scott's collection! It's been lots of fun seeing the pictures he's capturing.
We rounded out the weekend with three more parties! What could be better than cake and cookie cake? Krispy Kreme basballs!
Ben's team party was at their sponsor's restaurant. PDQ generously donated a free meal to each family!
Next stop was our neighbor Gabriella's party at Pump It Up.
Finally, we wrapped up Alex's baseball season at Main Event with some bowling and pizza.
Happy boys with their trophies!
It was a crazy and fun weekend and such a blessing to celebrate our little miracle, who's not quite so little these days. We cannot wait to see what God has planned for this guy in the next 10 years!
