Benson's 6th Birthday!

Bensons birthday at school!

Benson wanted his friends to have chocolate oreos and golden oreos for his birthday treat!

It was sports day at school so he was wearing Reece's basketball uniform.  He was one happy kid!

Benson had a couple birthday parties.  We had a "late-night" birthday party with his best buddies: Max Allen, Carson Wilcox, Chase Hull, and Caden Gillette.  We made skylander element packs and filled them with candy!, played bingo, had a huge dance party, and played in the basement.  It was a hit.  While I was taking the kids home (around 9pm) two of them started to fall asleep in the car (it was less than a 3 minute drive).  I would say it was a big success!

Carson and Benson's birthdays are only a couple days apart.  Since they are best buddies they wanted to celebrate their birthdays together.  We decided since they have TONS of kids there age and it was was spring break to hold their birthday party at "Soccer world".  We rented out the place and the kids and their siblings got to run around for an hour in a half.  It was perfect-- especially since spring break was a little colder this year.  After their party we went to Carsons house for Pizza and opened our presents with just the two families.

5 things I love about Benson:

1. He calls me his beautiful mom all the time! He loves to take care of me and makes me feel special all the time.

2. After he gets off the bus from Kindergarten we put Tanner to bed and have time together.  We eat lunch, read, and practice the piano.  These moments have been precious to me-- we laugh, joke, talk, and just enjoy being alone with each other. 

3. He is passionate and loves life.  He is always up for an adventure

4. Benson is helpful and kind. He is a great friend and loves to play with all his buddies-- including his best buddies Reece and Tanner

5. He loves Jesus.  He just told me that his favorite song used to be the alphabet song but now it's "I am a Child of God".  Benson understands the gospel well and want to be like Jesus.

Love you buddy! Thanks for making our family happier by your contagious laugh, energy, and love for life. You are an awesome kid and we love you tons!

Love Mom and Dad

Spencer was super excited to give Benson his gift.  He got him two rockets! Spence put them together and then we went to an open field to launch them.  They were super impressive and soared through the air.  One of them went so high that it traveled so far we couldn't locate it when it dropped.  Both Spencer and Benson were bummed about it.  But it was a fun family activity.