8th Birthday Party!

We celebrated Lukas's 8th birthday today. WOW! Seriously, where has the time gone. It can slow down at any time now. Happy 8th Birthday, Lukas!

He picked the Star Wars theme, too! Though, he didn't go with the lego Star Wars like Landon did. We celebrated with our traditional Memorial Day picnic. Great food, cake & ice cream, presents, water toys, and a Darth Vader pinata! I made fruit kabobs this year. They were time consuming, but turned out great. Landon really loved them. I'm going to make these more often for the boys.

The cake was very interesting this year. As Kelly was lighting the candles, they were sparking like fireworks and they took forever to light. Once Lukas went to blow them out, we all realized they were trick candles. She had no idea that she even bought trick candles. Lukas loved it! What a great surprise for all of us:) Our cake lady couldn't do his cake again this year, but we all loved the cake we got! It was delicious, too.

Lukas really wanted a pinata this year. Aunt Kri found it at Babies R Us! It was really cool looking, too. Everyone thought it was the cake sitting on the table. We told the kids that Lukas would be the first to since it was his birthday. We decided to have the kids hit the pinata with Luke's new walking stick instead of pulling the strings. The strings never work. Kelly blind folded Lukas and let him go with some direction. Well, he missed on the first hit, so we told him to go one more time and he hit the pinata and it broke in half. So, none of the other kids even got a chance to go. Oh well, at least the birthday boy got to knock it down:)

He got so many great gifts. The BeyBlade's were on the top of his list. He loves the remote controlled BeyBlade that Uncle Mike and Megan got him. He also got wii games, another fishing pole, fishing lures, legos, clothes, and his 20" bike! After everyone left, Lukas said "I have an awesome family. I'm so lucky". He's absolutely right. He is very blessed!

Who attended:
Daddy, Mommy, Landon, Great Nanny, Great Pappy, Grandma, Pappy Rick, Nanny, Pappy Sam, Pap, Tracey, Uncle John, Aunt Eileen, Uncle Doug, Aunt Kristy, Uncle Clint, Aunt Sandy, Nathan, Uncle Mike, Megan, Zack, Tyler, Donnie, Dylan (neighbor)