7 years old!

Oh my goodness!!  I can't believe my baby is 7 years old.  I say this often, but life is going by too fast.  Trent turning 7 years old is hitting me hard and I don't know why.  Maybe it's because I turned 35 years old the following day, which means I am in my mid-30's, but whatever it is I feel like life is passing me by way too quickly.  I remind myself often that I need to enjoy the little moments in each day because in an instance the moment passes and time keeps moving on whether you like it or not.

My sweet baby just hours old.

To celebrate Trent's 7th birthday we had a bowling party with family and friends. Trent loves to bowl, so having the party at the bowling alley was perfect...or right up his alley.  I had to say that!

To start Trent's day off right we gave him his presents and I decorated his playroom with Pokeman decorations. He was so excited to see the decorations and wants to keep them up until Tim's birthday in November...I don't think so.

Good Morning Birthday Boy!

 Daddy and his boy!

 Some pjs, DS games, DS games case and some cool books.

 Pokeman decorations.

 Love Trent's excitement!

 Our 7 year old!

 Reading up on how to play his new DS games.

 Trent loves reading reference books...100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet!  Scary!

We went to work in the morning, had In-n-Out for lunch and then saw the Smurfs movie, which was cute.  We did all this before 2:00 p.m. and we still had Trent's party to have fun at.

Trent had his Pokeman shirt on and was ready for his party.

 So excited!

 Papa and Trent

 Grandma and Trent

 Tim trying to keep his lane in line.

Everyone having fun!

 John, Scott and Fiona

 Zachary and April

 Mike and Todd

 My Dad

 Pizza Time!

After some pizza the kids bowled some more and then it was cake time.

 Happy Birthday to Trent!

The cake was delicious. Trent picked out the perfect chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling. After cake the kids bowled for a bit more, we passed out the party bags and then we opened presents with the family.

 Friends!

 Me with Madison and Zachary

 Trent and Matthew battling their Pokeman cards.

 Present time!

 DS Games!  Yay!

 Happiness!

 Cousin Jake helping Trent open presents.

 A very cool Bear Grylls pocket knife from Grandpa Wayne

 My parents and Trent

 Uncle Todd, Ashley, John, Jake and Trent

 Uncle Jeff, Auntie, Zachary and Madison with Trent

 Big kisses for Trent!

Tim's parents with Trent

 Our big boy!

We had a wonderful day celebrating Trent's 7th birthday! Trent, you are an amazing boy and you bring so much happiness to your Dad and I.  Words cannot express how proud we are of you and how much we love you! Happy Birthday to our best boy!

What a Fun Week!

Week 11:  This week was a bit different than the past 10 weeks of Summer because Trent didn't have summer camp, so he came to work with me in the mornings.  Fun Fun!  Trent was excited to come to work with me, but was counting down the minutes because when I was done with work we would go do something fun.

Trent watched a movie while I worked.  He was such a good boy!

Chuck E Cheese for lunch and games.

Yummy!

We had a great time at Chuck E Cheese.  We shared a cheese pizza and went through 60 tokens. I had fun playing skee ball and winning lots of tickets.  Trent came away with a total of 197 tickets...with his tickets he got lots of...junk!  Who doesn't need a set of glow in the dark fangs? I am not sure what the attraction is to the fangs, but he always gets a set.
After Monday the week went by so quickly.  On Wednesday, we celebrated Trent's 7th birthday.  He wasn't thrilled that he had to go to work with me, but after work we went to In-n-Out for lunch and then saw the Smurfs movie. We celebrated Trent's birthday with family and friends at the local bowling alley.  We invited about 8 of his friends from school and since school hasn't started yet and some of them didn't take summer school, they were all so excited to see eachother.  The bowling party was a hit and I don't think a smile left Trent's face the whole night.

Trent the morning of his 7th birthday!

On Thursday, we celebrated my birthday.  Again, Trent wasn't thrilled about going to work on my birthday, but we had to get some work done before we could have fun.  After work we met my best friend and her 5 month old baby for lunch.  We did a little shopping at Kohl's and came away with these new shoes for Trent.

Check out the teeth on these shoes!

Even better they light up!

These definitely weren't my first choice and we did get some non-light up shoes, but I figured in a year they won't have his size in these shoes (and he will have outgrown wanting light up shoes :(), he is the one wearing them not me and he loves them.
My Mom cooked up a delicious birthday dinner for me. To start with she made my favorite onion dip. Then we had beef brisket, coleslaw, onion rings and mash potatoes. It was all so good. To top it all off she made a very chocolate trifle. The trifle had brownies, whipped cream, fudge and peanut butter cups. Oh my goodness! It was so good. We all went home with a stomach ache though because we were so stuffed. 
Friday was another fun day.  Trent had a playdate with a friend from church at Jump 'n Jammin.  He had a great time.  Then we had the last day of swim lessons for the summer and of course it was diving board Friday.

Kick Trent!

 Trent swimming breaststroke.

Summer is quickly winding down.  We have about a week and a half left before school starts. This weekend we are going to enjoy a staycation at a fancy local hotel. We plan to swim in the pool and just enjoy being away from home, even though we will be about 10 minutes from our house.