Hunter turns 5 and Happy New Year!

I cannot believe the 2008 is already over! Boy does time fly. Speaking of time flying, Hunter boy turned 5 yesterday! We had his party on Saturday. It's all about Transformers still at our house. Troy and I gave Hunter a portable DVD player with the new Hulk movie. I have decided it's more of a gift for mom that it is for Hunter. LOL! The boys are so quiet when we go for rides in the truck now. The golden rule dad always said, "silence is golden" I truly believe that with the boys!

Great Grandma Poorte made the trip with Grandma Rue. Hunter was excited to receive $5 from Grandma Great!

Thanks Aunt Kari for sending the $10 with mom and dad. On Sunday we headed to Logan and Hunter bought his own copy of Iron Man so we didn't have to borrow it from Bryan and Kristi anymore.

My parents bought Hunter Wall E and the new SpongeBob game for his smart cycle. Grandma Rue gave him a new game and outfit.

Like I said it's all about Transformer's at our house. Bryan, Kristi and the kids gave Hunter Bumblebee. TJ gave Hunter Jazz. The second picture is Uncle Clint and TJ playing with Hunter's new toys. LOL!

Here is the cool new jacket that is part of the outfit that Aunt Nic and Uncle Clint gave Hunter. It's his new favorite thing to wear! It's a must have every where we go! LOL!

The weather was still pretty snowy, but we were glad that he still had a nice party! We don't do much for New Year's Eve, we like to just stay home. Bryan, Kristi and the kids came over for the night. We just hung out, enjoyed some taco soup, munchies and played cards all night! We are old and boring. . . 20 minutes after the ball dropped, the lights were out and Troy and I were in bed! LOL!

We told Hunter that we would take him bowling for his birthday. It didn't work out yesterday, but we took him today and what a hoot that was! He had never been before, so that made the experience even more special for his birthday. The gal at the local bowling alley was darling with the boys. Once she realized it was Hunter's birthday she gave him a free t-shirt, of course he had to put it on right then.

TJ wasn't so sure about the shoes, but once he put them on he wanted me to take a picture. LOL!

Hunter being the birthday boy got to go first. Here is dad giving Hunter some direction . . .He actually did very well. Yes we had the bumper pads up, he shot an 84, which is much better than I can shoot on a good day.

TJ was still a little too small to roll the ball down the lane so we used the ramp instead, dad would set the ball . . .

Then TJ would push it!

Afterwards TJ got so excited he had to a do a little dance! He was so dang cute!The boys didn't know what to think the first time Troy got a strike and the pins went a flyin'!

All in all it was a great 2 days! We went to my parents this afternoon for dinner. Melissa, Jeremy and the kids came over as well and the cousins had a great time playing. Due to the weather they didn't make it to Hunter's birthday party, but gave him a new transformer for his collection today! It's a jet, I think Starscream?! Heck I can't keep them straight. All I know is he was was excited and he had to sleep with it tonight.