Nathan is 8

I have no clue how the years keep going by so fast . Nathan is now 8 years old ! What!? He is turning into a big kid right before our eyes. He is such a sweet boy. Nathan is so smart and such a hard worker. He never complains and always gives his all. I am so proud of the boy he is and hope he continues to be exactly who he is as he gets older.
Lucky Nathan got to play his first football game of the season on his birthday . They won and started off the weekend celebrations! 

Nathans Ninja Warrior Party

Nate and Nolan love watching the American Ninja Warrior show. Lucky for us there is an awesome gym not to far from here where one of the winners of the show trains others who go on to win . They have cool things for kids and you can even have your party there. Nathan of course wanted to celebrate his 8th birthday here!! It was such a fun time! The kids were led through all kinds of obstacles like they do on the show. The coolest part was that the party host was a contestant from the show the kids recognized. After playing for what seemed like hours the boys were exaushted and ready for cake and pizza! As we were eating Sam Saan the owner of hte gym came in and took pictures with the kids. They thought it was so cool to meet him and he was so sweet to the kids. When the party was over all the kids left with goodie bags full of Ninja Warrior supplies including water bottles and T Shirts that said Ninja Warrior in Training. We are so lucky to have such sweet friends who are always there to celebrate in special occasions with us. Nathan had a perfect day celebrating 8.

Nolan's first year of flag football

Nolan finally got to play Flag Football this year! He has been watching Nate for the last two years and now it was finally his turn. He did such a wonderful job. It was crazy with both boys being two places but what a fun thing to watch. It was so cute they were both on the Vikings . He had a great time and made lots of new friends .

Football Season

This was Nathans first year of Tackle football. I was pretty nervous but he did great. I don't know how those little bodies run around with all those pads and heavy helmet on but he did it! He is getting so big and looks so grown up in his uniform . We were so proud of his hard work this year .

Mexico Trip

We took our annual family trip to Mexico this summer! Everyone went along this year including Kathy, Richard and Chad. We had a great time relaxing as usual. The beach by the hotel wasn't one the boys could swim in so we spent a whole day at a real beach club playing in the beautiful blue water. The boys were able to build sand castles, boogie board( with a little help from Chad ) and snorkel. The next day we went zip lining! It was awesome!!! We went to a place called Xplor that was full of zip lines and even a water slide planted in between that you had to go down. There were waterfalls we zipped through. The boys were so brave and had a great time. Nolan even ended up going by himself on some and riding with Nathan on others. It was such a cool experience and I know their were many special memories made this trip .

Karate

We had some time in between basketball and baseball and the boys wanted to try out Karate. Nolan started first since he was done and had some time. He had a great time and loved getting his belt! Nathan joined a few weeks later and had a great time also. It was so cute to watch the boys especially Nolan who has always insisted he was a ninja. I don't think they realized how much work goes into being a ninja