Birthday Surprise!!

We had a cookout for Kaleb's 16th birthday a couple of weekends ago. We rented a shelter, had lots of food and good times with family and friends.


Here is Kaleb and his Maw Maw Sandy!
I also managed to get a couple of pictures of the "boys".




Trust me, it wasn't easy, you know it's not "cool" for your mom to take pictures when you are 16!
My sister and her husband brought corn hole to play and it was a huge hit. The guys loved it and played it most of the time.





Since Kaleb is 16, there were no games, no silly prizes, none of that childish stuff that you do at children's birthdays. I would have been in SO much trouble for that, but I did think of a good way for everyone to take something home with them.



I made a table consisting of Kaleb's "favorite things" with bags and had everyone take something home with them. This was a more "grown up" version of a treat bag-Ha!! His favorite things are Hot Fries, sunflower seeds, oreo's, doughnuts, laffy taffy and air heads. This really worked out well and everyone seemed to enjoy it.

I also had other things there for the little kids to do, bubbles, balls etc... Ayla loved blowing bubbles and she did this most of the time! She played with her BFF Kelsie and her parents for a huge part of the afternoon. Thanks Summer!!








After eating cake, it was time to open presents. I would say that Kaleb had a very GOOD birthday.... yes that is a 37inch TV from Maw Maw Sandy!!!



And when he was done opening everything, after a few minutes we just happened to find another gift that he FORGOT to open!!



We had car keys taped down inside a box, and the look on his face was so funny when he realized what that meant.





He just looked at his Dad like, "What is going on, are you serious". He was totally shocked and surprised. He had no idea he was getting a car so it was very unexpected.

We had the car sitting in the parking lot all day. We had him find it by using the alarm remote on the key chain.



Everyone was walking behind him while he was looking for his car.
He was very thankful and excited, I think it took a while to actually sink in!!


Here is Kaleb and his new car





and of course John bought him all of his car cleaning supplies, which I am SURE that he will use so often.HA!



It was a great day and before we left a friend of ours (yes, that would be you Jamie) remembered that I had bought water balloons. The "girls" had the bright idea to fill them up and have a little fun!!!







The boys of course loved it and it eventually led to coolers of water being dumped on each other!! I am pretty sure that everyone left wet, and yes that includes me, thank you very much Uncle Dunc!!!


So at the end of the party, Kaleb was allowed to drive a couple of his friends home in his new car. Of course his Dad was with him!



It brought tears to my eyes because my baby is growing up....way to fast and before you know it....



he will be gone.........

That is of course if I can not talk him into staying with me for the rest of his life!!!



Thank you to EVERYONE who made this day so special. I couldn't have done it without your help!! We love you all!!!

Here are just a few more pictures of the party!!

Happy Birthday Kaleb

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB!

My son Kaleb Andrew was born Sixteen years ago today! He was and is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I am so blessed that God chose me to be his mother. He has been the BEST son I could possibly ask for and I mean that in every sense of the word.


As a single parent putting myself through school while Kaleb was young, I can honestly say that he made it very easy. He never gave me any problems and anyone and everyone that has ever met him, loves him dearly. He is loving, caring and has a huge heart! He was raised with many loving people surrounding him. My mom, who helped so much especially when I was in nursing school, his Dad, who lives out of state but has always been there for him and our friends who we consider family, Mama Sandy and Papa Randy!!! I would like to think that we have all played a part in molding and shaping Kaleb into the wonderful person that he is today!



Kaleb has always had an infectious spirit. He loves to make you laugh and unfortunately that translates into being a class clown! He has been a wonderful student thus far and is always on the Honor Roll. Of course he has been in trouble for talking here and there, oh and there was the time that he and another girl were caught kissing on the playground when he was in Kindergarten! His teacher referred to him as the class "Romeo". But other than that, our KK (his nickname since he was a baby) has been a stellar individual!



He has had some wonderful opportunities in his life, he has been to Disney a hand full of times, traveled to places like Hawaii, Chicago, California, New York to name a few. He has swam with dolphins, been on cruises and went snow boarding in Colorado. He was fortunate enough to go to the Michael Jordan basketball camp in Santa Barbara, CA and then to the New York Nicks camp in NY. The best part is, he is always thankful for everything and never takes anything for granted. He rarely asks for anything and has a very laid back and mellow personality.





For his birthday, we met family and friends in Naples Florida for the weekend. We had a great time and basically celebrated his birthday EVERY DAY!! We were able to leave the little ones at home so we could spend quality time with Kaleb! It was an awesome time! I will write more about our trip later!



HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY KK, WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!



Oh, did I forget to mention how incredibly handsome he is...okay well he is!!!!