Jantzen's Big Birthday Bash!

Saturday May 10th - this is how it all went down!

Jantz was super excited that I bought donuts for his birthday breakfast He had been eyeing this basketball donut for months every time we went to the grocery store. We had to leave the house by 8:40 for an early soccer game so a quick breakfast was essential. Josh's game was first. The first two quarters didn't go so well. We were down a player and they outscored us like crazy. The boys never gave up and by the end of the game they were within a goal or two. Josh hustled his little heart out and ended up with 3 goals! Unfortunately the game went a little long so we didn't make it to tumbling - sorry Skeeter! Then off to the house to get everything together for Jantz's little party. Meanwhile, the birthday boy was at Build-a-Bear with Grandma and Grandpa Gibson. Pictures to come a little later.
Jantz is really into Diego from Go Diego Go so we started out with a little game of animal rescuer. Baby Bear was stuck somewhere and needed help. The kids had to use their "binoculars" to spy baby bear stuck way up high in the cherry tree.
We needed to get baby bear back to his cage where he would be safe. So we used a map from our rescue packs. First we had to figure out what we could use to cross the muddy river.
Then we had to follow the curvy orange path through the forest.

Then we had to find his cage in the long grass. The kids LOVED this game! And because of another crazy week (haven't had anything but CRAZY for weeks now!) Dayt and I planned out the party just moments before they arrived! KU-DOS!
Jantz is a little shy about us singing Happy Birthday! Love the Diego cake!

We played a couple of other simple little party games. The kids were so cute! They couldn't wait for Jantz to open their presents and they were thrilled to have some cake and ice cream. It is soooo easy to throw a party for 4 year olds. They are so happy with just the simple things in life. I wish I could be a little more like that. It was actually really fun and I was glad that I decided to go through with it. After the party we hurried to get Josh off to Jacob Cleverly's baptism (thanks Shauna for your help) and then off to Abby's soccer game. Abby started out the game having a hard time catching her breath and sat out a bit. I was thinking she may not play because she couldn't stop coughing but she had set a goal of scoring twice and had an audience of lots of grandma's and grandpa's so she didn't stay out for long. By the end of the game she had scored 6 ! That's my girl! It has to be said that she gets it from me! Then we met up with Grandpa Dave at Dairy Queen for a little ice cream and presents for Jantz. Then off to pick up the babysitter for Date Night! Dayt and I met up with some high school friends at Brad and Tammy McDougals, we had a great time. We hadn't seen a lot of them since we have been back from Arizona so it was nice to get all caught up with everybody. Brad produced a fabulous video from our senior year. The fashions were HOT and the hair was BIG! It was definately a good laugh! Good times!