Goldmining! A family Celebration

It was a country boy mine celebration for the 2 boys this year. Breck turned 7 and Isaiah celebrated turning 8! Here was our fearless guided that tought us children from the ages of 7-13 placed the dynamite in the mines amongst some other pretty gross jobs that I won't say out loud!

What a handsome family in our hard hats!

Why are some of my pictures small and others large - ugh... sometimes blogging is frustrating!
These are some of those Tough Children who worked in the mine :)

After the tour of the gold mine we got to pan for gold...

John and Josh were the first two to find their speck of wealth!

These two ladies were dedicated to finding their lot but came up empty handed

Breck and I found fools gold Ha!!! wonder what that says about us!

Enjoy this video clip of a miner leaving the mine!

You are my Sonshine!

Happy 7th Birthday

Amazing you are already seven!!

Down - Set - Hike

Breck wanted a star wars and football party this year

This Year will go down in history as a birthday that God Designed. It was one of the most enjoyable parties yet -- kids were pleasant and did not barter for best position next to the birthday boy etc.... but mainly because God created the invite list..... we adoopted 2 little kids who spend their days in the park while mom is at work and the little girl claimed she had NEVER been to a birthday party before. So glad we could bless them with the experience and Breck was an absolute trooper and just included them w/o a complaint!

"You don't raise heroes, you raise sons.

And if you treat them like sons they'll turn out to be heroes,

Even if it's just in your own eyes"

To Breck -- my little hero on his 7th birthday