race cars and slip and slides...

so several weeks ago mapboy turned 8. it was quite the adventure. we celebrated in mankato minnesota. we ate dinner alone in the hotel restaurant at about 9:00 and swam in the old holidome pool. but hey....we did just spend 12 days enjoying the wild west.

anyways - he didn't seem to think that was quite enough so we had a little party. it was thrown together pretty quickly but he didn't care. he picked out his cake and since this is my favorite part of their birthdays i was thrilled.

of course, we also needed to have some presents. he made out pretty good. my parents had not gotten him anything yet and working his party into their already busy day so they gave him money and then later took him shopping. he is quite the shopper and came home with quite the load. while all are enjoyed, the slip and slide was enjoyed by all of us on sunday. especially hubby!! he was like a little kid again....not bad for being almost 40!!!

and since pictures are a whole new world to me on blogging...how do i put them in the middle of my text???!?!?!!!

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Kori said…

So proud of you for putting pictures on!! One of my sisters even said....how come she doesn't have pictures of her kids in her posts?? =) To put them in the middle of your text, just click and drag them to where you want them. You can also make them larger. Before you upload them there should be a button to click that says small or large.

July 22, 2008 at 7:17 AM

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