Yep, it is. We officially have a 5 year old in the house (I don’t count even though I may act like I am 5 at times). Little Keaton-man is growing up so fast it is scary.

We celebrated his birthday this evening by having a bash with Chuck E. and the gang (they preform at the same time, in the same place, and play the same 3 songs every night of the week at their favorite venue; Chuck-E-Cheese). I was a blast to watch Keaton and Camby run around trying to figure out what to do next. I am sure if they could have split themselves into 50 different people they would have. Cambry loved going on the “rides” and Keaton was actually not to bad at Skeeball.

We had a few family members there – of course Grandma and Grandpa (both sides) were there as well as a few friends and aunts and uncles. We always enjoy having friends & family around and are grateful that they could come hang out with us for a while.

This is what I don’t understand – I get the fact that there may be a lot of shoplifting from toy stores (especially with a bad economy), and I get that the toy manufacturers want to display their products in the best possible way, but why is it like trying to break into Fort Knox to get the dang toys out of the packaging?? The stores should have acetylene torches and bolt cutters on hand to help remove the 15 layers of protection that we, the parents, have to spend hours trying to get through. Am I alone on this one?? Come on Matel…seriously. As a side note, at least Amazon.com is trying to remedy this situation.

Dang toy boxes are like Fort Knox

Yes, Keaton got a lot of really cool things that he had been wanting for quite a while. When we first asked him what he wanted for his birthday (several months ago) he informed us that he wanted a motorcycle – not just a play one or a little battery powered toy one, but a real, loud, ride-on motorcycle. We tried to inform him that he would need to be a ltitle bit older (and richer) to have one, but it was hard to get through to him. In the end, he settled for a skateboard and a Spiderman ensemble.

Keaton is such a great kid! He is loving and kind (except when fighting with Sis) and loves the good things in life. There is a spark about him and I know that he is a special kid. I am proud and grateful to be his Dad and hope that I can be everything I need to be for him and help teach him the important things in life.

Speaking of being his Dad, am I really that old? Do I really have a 5 year old kid? It’s crazy, right?

Sorry for being such a slacker in writing on this blog. I (insert broken record reference here) will try harder to keep you all up to date. We hope everyone is doing well and we love you all.

It has been a LONG while since we updated here. A lot has happened in our household and if you follow Celeste’s blog you know a few of those things.

The most recent even has been the Fourth of July. It was a great day and we had a lot of fun watching fireworks – even thought I had a case of food poisoning (see this picture -  and read this). We went to Pleasant Grove Jr. High school where the PG Fire Dept. put on a great display.

This last weekend we went camping at the new Hardy property above Fairview. It is a beautiful piece of land and we had fun exploring the wilderness.

There is of course a ton of other stuff that has happened over the last few months (I can’t believe it has been that long). I will be posting more over the next few days.