Memorial Day 2012

We had a nice and relaxing Memorial Day this year! We went to the cemetery to visit the graves of Eric's Uncle Richard (who Eric and Adam are both named after) and Grandpa Nielson. 

 We spent the afternoon at Ma and Pa's house for a BBQ! Adam and Tessa went with a sneaky plan to  attack Pa with silly string. They are always trying to surprise Pa with some kind of attack. 

 Pa tried to defend himself with Tessa and then with a chair. Adam reminded him they were not having a chair fight....

 Adam is thrilled that his new Aunt Gillian loves basketball. She was a good sport and played a game with Adam. Adam played Gillian and Matt, Ben, Andrew, and Daddy and beat everyone. According to Adam anyways. Gillian said he really did beat her:)

 Gwen loves food! Not only does she love to eat, but if she can see someone eating, she follows their every bite. After a few minutes of watching Ma eat her popsicle, Ma decided she couldn't torture Gwen anymore and gave her a taste. Gwen knew exactly what to do and licked the popsicle! I guess I have a fellow foodie.

Adam's Graduation Picture

This picture was just too cute, I had to post it...and buy a lot of copies:) 

Adam's Kindergarten Graduation Picture May 2012

Adam's Birthday Bash

We had Adam's big family birthday bash on Sunday evening. We love being so close to our families and Adam was so happy that so many of them were able to come celebrate his basketball birthday with us!

 Some of my cheesy homemade decor. We tried to keep it all Jazz and Jazz colors. Adam said he loved it, so I guess I did ok.

 Our favorite part of the house...the dessert table!

 The handsome birthday boy!

 He got some pretty fun loot! He was beyond thrilled to get the Willis Tower and the Dubai tower lego sets from Aunt Katy and Ma and Pa!

 A new art book and magnetic map puzzles from Ma and Pa

 A lego book from Uncle Kevin and Aunt Amy

 New Dirt Diggers from Mamma and Bampa

 A new movie and treats from Dee and Eddie

 Sand box toys from the Uncles and Briette

 A circus tent from Aunt Angel and his cousins

 Bubbles and art supplies from the Troncale's

 He thought they were socks, but they were really sweat bands from Mommy and Daddy

 And the big finale.......

 HIS JAZZ JERSEY!!! With his favorite, #20...Gordon Hayward!

Go Jazz!

 Blowing out his candles

 He wasted no time getting outside and trying out his new gear.

 Adam and Tessa had so much fun playing with their cousins! We hope to see lots more of them this summer!

 More pictures from Pa....

 Tessa chilling out with Uncle Andrew

One very happy birthday boy!!!

Saturday Was A Special Day!

Adam's big birthday weekend continued with a fun day out with Daddy! Adam and Eric spent a couple of hours at one of Adam's favorite places...Nickle City! He was one lucky boy and hit the jackpot playing, what else, a dinosaur basketball game! He landed over 300 tickets!!

 We try to take the kids out for a special birthday dinner and Adam opted to wait for a dinner out until tonight so he could watch the play off game. Since we don't have cable, he picked his new favorite restaurant, Iggy's. We took him there a few weeks ago so he could see the Jazz game, and now it's his favorite place. Tonight he got to watch the 76ers play the Celtics. He was glued to the big screen and would hardly look at the waitress when she asked him questions. He was happy to have everyone sing happy birthday to him and quickly devoured his birthday dessert!

Adam Turns 6!!

Today is Adam's 6th birthday! He has been counting down the days until his birthday for weeks. He has been so excited to turn 6. We have a fun weekend planned with our Bug-a-Boo. This morning for his birthday breakfast he go churro pancakes. He loved them! 

 This year Adam requested a Basketball Birthday....shocking, I know. This child eat, sleeps, and breathes basketball. Even last night at his T-ball game he was pretend dribbling in outfield.

This afternoon we had a birthday bash with several of his buddies. They had lots of fun and got really dirty!

 Cody, Ryan, Adam, Christian, Carson, and Rylan

 We played "Hot Basketball"

 We played "Pin the ball in the hoop"

 We played our new and improved version of PIG

Good shot Adam!

 Adam's friends know him well! He got a NCAA basketball from Ryan.

 Legos from Cody

 Christian gave him a sprinkler toy for outside

 A football from Rylan

 And an NBA basketball from Carson. He was thrilled to have both an NCAA ball and an NBA ball!

 We let him open one present from us....NBA trading cards! He's been dying for some:)

 Basketball cupcakes and a Happy Birthday song.

Had to show off my cool banner...in Jazz colors I might add.

 Adam has been telling us for weeks about his best friend, Ryan. They met at school when Ryan moved in a couple of months ago and have played basketball at recess everyday for at least the last 2 months. Adam was so happy Ryan was able to come to his birthday party. They were inseparable and I had to keep reminding Adam to play with his other friends too. 

Happy Birthday Adam!