Caedmon's Wipeout Party!

Today was Caedmon's 11th Wipeout party!!! We had a blast setting up! We had 5 different obstacle stations that the kids (the big kids at New Day) had to compete in. There was the Zig Zag (water balloon weave), the Sucker Punch (walking on a balance beam while Kailyn & Jamee punched them off with inflatable boxing gloves), the Slippery Slope (racing across a tarp covered in floor polish and baby lotion), the Sweeper Bar (on the slippery tarp - a rope spinning around and jumping so that it doesn't hit you), and the Big Blue Balls (three exercise balls sitting on spare tires that they had to bounce across to reach the other side). The kids had a blast, and the winner was Sisi for the children's division and Jamee for the adult division. The winners got to choose who got a pie in the face - Sisi chose ME (I was shocked!), and Jamee chose Blu! Not cool!

After that, we headed inside where we feasted on homemade pizza, corn dogs, carrot sticks, butternut squash pizza bites, chips, fritters, and chocolate cake & cupcakes! The older boys are the only ones that are left, having a sleepover with Caedmon tonight! It is a party we will all remember forever (especially those who received minor injuries!) Thanks a ton to Paw & B-Maw and of course Blu for setting up, and for Kailyn & Jamee for all their help!!

Blu giving me a massage a few minutes before the chaos began!

The Wipeout cake!

Caed & his best buddies!

Teacher Carolyn

We might have started the party with an impromptu dance party... :)

Cason is so shy....

Paw teaching Cason to two-step

Papa Wes & Aunt Staci enjoying the fun!

B-Maw has been such a help around here!

Diana & Barbara

The Zig Zag game!

Not as easy as it looks!

Fun with friends!

Sweet Kailyn

Kelitah & Machila dancing

Mama Lala

Misheck having a blast!

Paw enjoying watching B-Maw go through the zig zag!

I love this man!

Aunt Staci

Ben tries the sucker punch!

Caedmon

Cambree

Cason

Cynthia

Francis

Kelitah

Laurie

Muchoni

Papa Wes

Misheck trying to zig zag!

Sisi zig zagging!

The Big Blue Balls were a hit! (and VERY dangerous!!)

The sweeper rope was FUN!

B-Maw giving it a try!

The winners' podium - 1st place Sisi, 2nd place Ben, 3rd place Caedmon!

And the winners chose who got the pie in the face......

Happy 11th Birthday Caedmon!!!

How can our firstborn be 11 years old already?! We are so proud of the young man Caedmon is becoming. He is so dedicated to all that he does - he wakes up early to read his Bible, pray, and run 2 miles. He has a huge heart and loves to make others smile. He is serious, compassionate, and tender-hearted. God certainly blessed us when he gave us Caedmon Luke!

He cracks us up... he has an alternate personality named "Bob." "Bob" gave Caedmon a birthday card with money in it...

B-Maw's book and $50! (That's 500 kwacha!)

He was so excited to get the entire Jerry Jenkins Red Rock Series from Mama Dee & Grandpa! (and see my pretty new red walls!)

Love his excited faces!

The entire Boy Meets World series!

His Wipeout cake!

A soccer ball figurine from Cambree!

A soccer pen from Cason!

Before school, all the kids gathered around the flagpole and sang to him!

Cason is almost as excited about Caedmon's birthday as Caedmon is!

His annual Mama Dee card! (next year, she'll just walk it over.... ;)

Waffles for lunch + grandparents with him on his birthday for the first time in 7 years makes for a great day!

His stash!

Watching the early morning opening!

New soccer cleats from Grandpa & Mama Dee!

And a new Zambian soccer jersey!

He had homemade fritters for breakfast, waffles for lunch, and we are having Papa Wes & Mama Lala over for chicken pot pie tonight. Then...the awesomeness of his party will be tomorrow!

A Few More Pics!

The next couple of days will be focused solely on Caedmon's 11th birthday, so I thought I better post some of these pictures now!

The boys are creating their own tree house, with a little help from Paw & Blu!

Sunday night was a rough night - Cambree got stung by a wasp or scorpion and was freaking out!

Poor Cason has a nasty spider bite - please pray for healing!

Diana is enjoying time with her mom!

A grandparent selfie in church!

B-Maw is enjoying spending time with our housemothers - here is Mama Tembo!

Mama Zelly, our newest housemother from Lusaka, arrived today! She will be staying in the Luse House with Phillip, Joseph, Mweene, Prince, Stanley, and Kefbert, with room for one more!

Paw & B-Maw went to church across the river at Maxwell's church last week!

Checking out the cheese cave!

Paw & Caed

B-Maw took this great picture of Paw - now I need to get some pictures of her - the lady behind the camera!

And this is what is happening around here: