party time!

we arrived a little early to the dream party destination - pump it up - and had to keep the crazies in the car longer than they could handle.

and then we went in and they found a t.v....

maddux and his best buddy, brayden

party time!

manning went into "mommy mode" the second we went inside which caused him to have no comfort other than being held by mommy. it made getting pictures challenging.

he did finally decide to give a few things a try. he even tried the large slide - once.

then we went into the second room and he found one that was much more to his liking.

daddy jumped in on the fun in the second room too. actually, all of the daddies did.

matt and i always have the most romantic anniversaries! last year's anniversary was spent at chuck e. cheese.

maddux loved his seat of honor.

mason's buddy, william, who is big brother to one of maddux' best buds.

but the birthday fun wasn't over yet! now we had to celebrate with the grandparents over skype! it did give the kids some time to burn off some of the cake sugar.

maddux and his birthday haul.

it was such a delight to give this boy the 5th birthday he had been dreaming of since june. we love him so much. love.