8 years of fun!

We celebrated Jackson's 8th birthday this past weekend. Here is the birthday boy eating a birthday breakfast!

In the afternoon, we headed over to Bass Pro Shop for his party. We did archery, laser guns, and a scavenger hunt in the store. We packed in the fun!

Here are Jackson and some of his buddies, Jack and Will.

My mom and I made a target/bullseye cake. We had to change our original plan, which was going to be a fish. The pond was frozen over at Bass Pro, so we couldn't fish. So, we made this target. Honestly, it was a lot easier than the fish was going to be, so I was glad :)

In the archery gallery, just casually leaning on an African Lion....no big deal.......

The boys learned how to shoot a crossbow and it was powerful! The guy had to help each of them just hold it, it had so much force when it shot. Check out the concentration on Jackson' face.

I told the boys they had to pose for a "nice" picture without bunny ears or weird faces. Here it is....

A second later, I told them they could be silly.....they all acted like that lion was going to attack them.

And finally, cake time!! Jackson had a great time and we had so much fun watching him with his friends and just being a boy. I am so proud of him for so many reasons. He is such a great kid and is growing into such a thoughtful, interesting, awesome, young man! I told him, that no matter how old he is, he will always be my baby. He just smiles when I say that....I think he likes it :)