Happy Belated Birthday To My Boyz......

October went as quickly as it came! It was filled with soccer games, a visit from Nana and Papa, sicknesses, the craziness of the boyz schedules, and birthdays!!! Two of my boyz celebrated their birthdays and we did it up Barton Style! On the 16th we celebrated........ (can you guess???)

Nate's 29th Birthday!!!

Nate is not like me when it comes to birthdays....basically he doesn't like to spend the entire week celebrating it... well I wasn't going to have any of that! The day started off with the family and I bringing in lunch for his squadron, then we had a fabulous dinner that night (if I do say so myself)!

Nate was feeling his age and had the boyz help him blow out the candles!!

Nothing says I love you like a pair of motorcycle boots!!

The birthday celebration did not end there as Saturday night we headed to our friends MOVIE FLYER (which is this big semi truck that has a ten person movie theater inside - decked out in leather chairs and surround sound which you can actually feel in your seat) We watched Indiana Jones on the big screen and enjoyed a night out!!!

Happy Birthday to my best friend! I could sit here and write all the things that I love about you but it truly would be a very long blog.... I thank God for bringing you into my life 1o years ago...you are an amazing father and husband...and I love being married to you!!! You have filled my life with adventure and love!!! xoxo

And so the partying did not stop there... it was on to this little guys birthday.......

Happy Birthday to my sweet little Cooper

Happy 1st Birthday!

Yes he was even doing pirate faces at age 2!!!

I can't believe that you are 3!!!

Cooper had two days of celebration..... We threw him a party with his friends at our favorite place Moving and Grooving! The kids attend classes there during the week and it is run by this amazing couple! The party was filled with everything that he loves to do there....singing songs, playing with the parachute, running around to the songs, playing on all the slides, riding bikes..... and of course all the extras for his birthday....hats, cupcakes, and PRESENTS!!!!

The actual day of his birthday he was able to open his family gifts...which included the present from his Nana and Papa that each of the grand kids get when they turn 3....

( We have already have had to talk to the boyz about not playing bumper cars with each of their power wheels!!)

Cooper - you have filled our lives with joy with your fun loving personality! I love so many things about you..... I love
1. how when you laugh you try to laugh even harder and louder than the last time!
2. how you always want me to hold you so you can play with my hair and suck your thumb!
3. how you tell me that you love me at all times of the day.
4. how each night you tell me that you want to pray like me...then you say the "Now I Lay Me" prayer and then show me how you folded your hands!
5. how you always like to look at the bible while you are singing Jesus loves me!
6. how much you love your brother and try to do everything that he does!
7. how when it is nice outside you go and wait on the steps for dad to come home.
8. your pirate faces and noises...and when you tell me that you are a nice pirate!
9. your sense of adventure!
10. how caring and sensitive you are!

Happy Birthday Cooper! I am amazed everyday at how big you are getting and everything you do! I can't wait to see what this year has in store for you! xoxo!!