Happy Birthday James!!!

I know that it has been forever since I have posted anything.  Sorry about that.  My lovely computer has been on the fritz so I am talking nicely to it right now to see if it will make it through this:) If you really want to know I just had a conversation with my stove.  I am baking James' birthday cake, and for some reason everything in my house is breaking lately.  And I am trying to decide what kind of stove to buy gas or electric?  (What I am secretly hoping is that my kitchen will burn down and we can remodel so that we can plumb gas into our new kitchen and not have to do it twice.)  But today I will just talk nicely to both my stove and computer and actually my cell phone too.  Why does everything break at the same time?  Okay I am done complaining...

Today James is 10!!!  I don't know how I feel about that.  But here are some pictures of his party we had last Friday. He wanted to roast hot dogs and marshmallows in the back yard.  The weather turned out okay for us and we had a blast!!

 The birthday boy!

 He wanted a pinata that looked like a marshmallow.  So we made a smore. There was a lit of duck tape holding that thing together.  But a bunch of ten year old boys needed something tough.  It did take awhile for them to get through it though.

    

 And this was the dog pile for the candy:) Boys!!

 I think that according to that face it went okay.  Everyone went home stinky dirty and full of sugar!!

These two are inseparable and full of trouble! That's why we love them!

James wanted a new bike for his birthday he got one this morning just in time to ride to school.

Ten reasons why I love this kid...

1. James is easy going. He is always happy.

2. James cares about everyone.  At his party I watched him as he went around and made sure that everyone was having a good time.  

3. James is a good brother.  Not that he doesn't tease or get mad but he really cares and loves his brothers.

4.  James loves to help his dad.  And he is a good helper to.  He thinks like his dad, always trying to figure out how things work and why they do what they do.

5. He works hard.  

6. James likes to cook and he is good at it too.  He always asks "will you teach me how to make that so I can make it on my mission."

7. James likes art.  He draws awesome rock crawlers and he is always taking pictures.  He has a good eye for art.

8. James loves to read.  When we tell him to go to bed at night. He always complains. "Can I just read another page."

9. James is good at sports and he tries to play fair.  I really respect that.

10. James loves to be outside. He is always shooting hoops, riding his bike, riding his motorcycle, up a tree, or shooting his bb gun.  He loves to be outside and be busy.