Chloe's Birthday Party

Saturday was the big birthday party and as soon as Chloe woke up, she knew it was the day! The first thing she said to me was, "Am I 4 now?" And even though her actual birthday isn't until June 2nd, we just told her that she was so there was no confusion! Because she really wanted to be 4! Between the horse cupcakes that Lauren made, her friends and family who were able to come, musical chairs (her favorite game), her new party dress, the horse pinata and her new barbie house, she had a wonderful time at the party. It's all she talked about the rest of the day. After the party, we went and saw the movie, "UP" which Caiden reviewed as being the funniest movie he has ever seen! :) We all really liked it! Happy 4th Birthday to Chloe! Thank you to everyone who helped make the party a fun time! Hope you all had fun too!

Chloe's Birthday Dinner

Here are some pictures from Chloe's birthday dinner. She picked Applebees for her birthday dinner this year - I'm pretty sure it's because Lauren used to work there and Lauren was coming with us! :)

Caiden's last soccer game of the season

Saturday was Caiden's last soccer game of the spring season and he went out in style scoring his most ever goals in a game, 6 of them! There were a lot of people to score goals for as my Mom and Lauren had come from MT and my friend, Desiree, also came to watch Caiden's last game. So, he said he was going to have each goal be for 2 people so he could cover everyone. :) It was a fun season and we can't wait for fall soccer! Here are a couple of videos showing what he does! Enjoy!

Spearfish's New Water Park

The new Spearfish water park has finally opened and the kids couldn't be more excited. We can see it from the Interstate and every time we drove by, they asked if it was done yet. Finally it opened Memorial Day weekend, but of course it was cold and windy that weekend so we were excited to go this weekend. Kelly and my mom took the kids on Friday afternoon while Chris and I had to work, but Chris and I took the kids back there yesterday and we all had such a great time! It's really fun and will just get more fun as the kids get older. They can't go down the big slides until they are 48in tall so they have a little while before that happens. But they just enjoyed swimming and being in the water. Caiden's favorite is the 400 gallon bucket that dumps water on your head. Chloe likes to go in the "hot" pool and swim on our backs or push my head under the water. They can't wait to go back!

The Offspring!

I loved The Offspring back in high school and remember buying my first Offspring CD when I was 14 or 15. I remember my dad singing, "Come Out and Play (Keep Em' Separated)" to my sister, Kristin and I as we were always fighting and my parents would have to separate us. :) They have been one of those bands that I have always listened to, even 15 years later. When we found out they were coming to Rapid City as part of their "S*%@ Is F*%@ed Up Tour, there was no question as to if we would be going or not. We did decide to sit in the balcony this time with the other old people after getting pushed around a lot at the Buckcherry concert. We just can't mosh like we used to!

The concert did not disappoint! These guys are in their 40s now still rocking it out. It was definitely the loudest concert I have ever been to and my ears were ringing for sure, but it was all worth it!

The Street Dogs from Boston, MA opened the show and they put on a really great performance and seemed like really cool guys. The lead singer even crowd surfed to the back after his set. Check them out if you get a chance. Alkaline Trio was also an opener and they were okay, but definitely did not bring the energy the other 2 bands brought. The Offspring played most of my favorite songs and Dexter Holland even got on the piano and did some acoustic stuff. That was pretty awesome. That guy is amazing. If you ever get a chance to see these guys live, I highly recommend it! Here is a video of my current favorite Offpsring song - it's a great one to run to!

More Soccer!

Caiden had a game on Monday night and we got stomped on, something like 6-1 so Caiden was determined to score more goals in his game last night. You could see it in his face. He ended up scoring 3 goals in the game and here was the most funny one.





You see, that Orange kid was not in the game as he kicked it back in bounds to Caiden for the goal! But hey, they are only 5 so it counted! :) We still ended up losing the game 6-4, but Caiden was much happier that he was able to score some goals during this game. At the very end of the game, he got cleated in the knee and had to come out, but I think he will recover in time for his game this weekend. :)

An Hour of Fishing

That's right. An hour. That's how long we were fishing before the kids wanted to go. You see, if they aren't catching any fish, then it's not fun. The kids were SO excited at the thought of fishing, they could barely contain themselves. But after not catching a fish after 5 minutes, they didn't see the point anymore. That morning we had packed up the cooler with a ton of food thinking we would be at the lake for hours fishing. Well, we came home, filled up our little wading pool, turned on the sprinkler and ate our cooler of food on our porch. :) The fishing hour ended with me dropping my camera into the lake. Luckily, I was able to save the memory card and didn't lose our pictures, but the camera is a goner. But Chris saved the day and bought me a new one yesterday. I get very grouchy if I don't have a camera on me at all times! :)