Casey's 7th birthday party

Casey was so excited to invite his classmates and close friends to his 7th birthday party at the Waukesha YMCA.  He choose to have a gymnastics party.  I am pretty sure that everyone who attended had a blast.  The birthday boy sure did!

We just arrived and we are ready to party!

Really mom?!  Another picture?!

CHEESE!

The kids enjoyed jumping across the large trampoline.

Lilly and Cal got a bit tired.

Casey did a face plant onto a mat.

Joshua enjoyed the balance beam, as well
 as everything else we would allow him to do!

The kids learned about patience as they waited their turn.

Caleb loved jumping off the springboard onto the tall mat.

Nice looking bunch of monkeys.

They sure are a silly group of kids!

Cupcakes for everyone!

While Casey was opening his gifts things got a little crazy.
 We decided to play a  "quiet" game to calm them down before their parents
came to get them.

FROGGER

Thanks to all of Casey's friends and their parents for helping to make this such an awesome day for Casey.  A special thanks to Nana for helping us with Joshua:)

Upward Basketball

In the beginning of January Casey began his "career" in basketball through a program called Upward at our church.  Upward basketball helps kids discover and build athletic skills, values, self-confidence and a love of the game!

Matt volunteers his time to coach Casey and 9 other boys.  They have practice for one hour on Monday evenings and they play games on Saturdays.  

It has been a very positive experience for Casey.  Each practice and game he gets a little bit better and gains a bit more confidence.  

After each game the coach gives out stars that the kids iron on to their uniform.  The awards are for best offense, best defense, sportsmanship, effort, and being Christ like.  This past weekend Casey earned the best defense award at his game.  He did a great job staying on his guy and trying to get rebounds.  He was super excited about this achievement.  

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Listening as he finds out which award he has earned.

Casey's memory verse for the week:

Everyone should be quick to listen.  But they should be slow to speak.  They should be slow to get angry.  -James 1:19b