Breathing a Sigh of Relief!

I thought having a slumber party with 14 little boys would be a disaster, BUT... amazingly, it went quite well! Cobe has some very nice friends, and they all got along and played very well together. There was a little bit of drama (boys who were sad, a few minor injuries received in the rough-housing, etc), but it was short-lived. Boy drama was new to me; girl drama I expect, not so much from boys though. We played lots of organized games which helped keep them entertained and from destroying my house and tackling each other too much. But of course, there was still plenty of time for them to fit that in too! :-) 8-9-10 year olds are competitive! They were ALL about playing games so they could win prizes. It cracked me up! They kept begging for more games because they could tell my prize bag wasn't empty yet. I told them I was fresh out of ideas, so they kept making up games. Here are a few pictures from the night. I didn't get many because as you can see in these, they were NOT very cooperative. As soon as one of them saw me with my camera, he would shout, "She's got the camera- hide!!!" So I didn't get many. I totally meant to get a group shot this morning before they all left, and it never happened.


A few brave souls didn't hide in their sleeping bags (bless you Landon!), but the rest did!

Gathered around for cake!

More kids at the table waiting for cake.

Making silly faces at the camera. The first round of kids eating their pizza waiting for the soccer boys to arrive.

Make a wish!

Everyone was picked up by 10:45 or so, and we left to go meet the Boeve girls at Russ for a birthday lunch for Cobe. Cobe could barely make it through lunch without falling asleep, so we came right home afterwards and all hit the bed. Sadie slept until 6:30 tonight!!!!! She got to sleepover with Maya last night so she didn't have to be the only girl at the party. I slept until around 5:30; Cobe slept for a few hours, and Brooks claimed he never went to sleep. I felt worse when I woke up than when I went to bed. We all stayed in the bed watching HGTV home shows until about 8:30 tonight and the kids went back to bed. They were exhausted! We were supposed to go to a friend's house tonight for some Rock Band, but none of us were up to it, and Ryan got called back to work! UGH! His job has been SOOO super busy lately. He is making some great overtime though- for that, I can't complain!!!!!! But we do miss him! So, it was a good thing we didn't drive out to their house, just to have to leave when he got called into work.

Tomorrow is another soccer game. Cobe is looking forward to it- he got a new soccer ball from one of his friends at his party, and my mom sent him a new soccer bag with his name on it, so he has it packed ready to go! After the game, we have no plans until evening- we are going out to dinner with Ryan's whole family for Cobe and Selah's birthday, then over to Amanda's for cake.

Well....even though I slept until 5:30, my pillow is calling my name! Have a great weekend!!!!!