celebrating ben

on friday night we had a little fun

to celebrate ben's birthday!

we started with a few friends

about 17 of them ;)

added a little sugar ...

ok a lot of sugar ;)

and headed to the same hotel that we had drew's party.

although this time we had the place almost completely to ourselves

and the hot tub stayed suds free ALL NIGHT!

we had a great turn out

and

ben got LOTS of birthday love!

these girls are 4 of the 5 girls that helped us celebrate ;)

i just love them.

i love having conversations with them

and

i get such a kick out of watching the funny girl things they do -

things that just don't happen at our house ;)

things like ...

professing your love for justin bieber on a red solo cup ;)

AND

things like jordie (the girl to the left of ben) 

telling ben she wanted to go to paris with him for valentines day

and 

that she keeps a journal where every night she writes things she loves about him ;)

jordie is the closest thing to a girlfriend ben is going to have for MANY years ;) 

and

that would be why jordie only <3'd JB for a short time

before her cup got changed ...

BY BEN!! ;)

he had such a fun night!

we had cupcakes that couldn't have been more perfect for him

he got a lot of fun gifts

and

is SO pumped to spend all of the giftcards he got!!

his favorite gift however ...

was from jordie ;)

earlier in the week while i was volunteering

they were joking that ben told her he wanted a ring.

he told me 'it takes the pressure off of me'

MAYBE a good thought a few years from now ben ...

but THIRD GRADE?!?!

anyway ...

jordie (and jordie's mom) pulled through ...

and ben thought it was hilarious!!

she gave him a box with a ring pop

and her picture

and the picture has been in his pocket ever since

HA!

although it was a little noisy at times ...

i wouldn't expect any less from 4 girls ;)

all of the kids had SO much fun

and

i know that ben loved every minute of it