Caden's 10th Birthday

Caden turned 10 in March! So hard to believe! We celebrated with a Minecraft family party, followed by a family trip to Cole's last basketball game, and then a friend sleepover. 

Opening presents from Grammy, Grandpa, Aunt Mariah, and Uncle Jason

The AWESOME Minecraft cake from Grammy (She also made Minecraft cupcakes, but I guess we didn't get a photo of those.)

Can't believe Caden is already in double digits!

Caden has such a hard time smiling on cue for a camera ;)

Caden's friends (Connor, Jacob, Noah, Brady, Saurya, Mason) arrived in the afternoon. After some free time in the basement, Curt and I took them to Scheels to play games.

They each took a turn playing a sport on this game.

Intense game of duckpin bowling...One team got a turkey (THREE strikes in a row), which resulted in a lot of excitement.

Some target shooting

Photo opp before heading home (Saurya, Connor, Caden, Jacob, Brady, Noah, & Mason)

The rest of the night, the boys ate pizza and cupcakes, watched Caden open gifts, played vidoegames and Nerf gun wars, and watched two movies. They didn't get a whole lot of sleep, but they seemed to have a lot of fun. 

The next day, Caden opened gifts from Nana and Papa and us. 

Legos and books--two of Caden's favorite things

Chinese checkers from me because it was one of my favorite games from childhood. I played it with my Grandma Pat.

I think Caden had another happy birthday. To the one who first called me mom, I love you dearly!