Mason turns 9!

I'm not sure how it happened, but somehow, I have a 9 year old already!  Is that even possible?  Crazy!  He may not act like it very often, but Mason is 9!  We gave him his gifts from us on the morning of his birthday, and then we picked up the kids from school and took them for lunch to Fatburger!  They loved it, and Grandma came with us too, so it was extra special!

 Then on the following Saturday, we had a birthday party for him.  We booked Sundance chapel so that we could have a Sports party in the Gym there.  Turned out to be a fabulous idea for a bunch of boys with lots of energy!  There were 12 of them, and it didn't seem loud or annoying or anything!  We had a Candy store system going on while we played a bunch of games, so the boys could earn tokens after they played each game, and use them to buy whatever candies they wanted.  They all LOVED it!  We played Dodgeball, Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, and Relay races on the scooter.  Dakota was right in there with the action, it was kind of funny. She doesn't realize how much she is going to love hanging out with Mason's friends one day! :) And they all didn't want to stop to open presents or eat cake!  I made this super easy basketball cake with Reese's pieces - thought it turned out pretty good!