Happy 8th Birthday Landon

Eight years ago on January 26, 2008 we became grandparents when Landon Scott Kahler was born.  Eight years of fun watching this precious grandson.  The threat of a Sunday blizzard moved this football themed party to Saturday.  Pizza for lunch (Landon's request and it has always been pizza for his birthday party so why change at 8), yummy cupcakes and football chocolates.

Football Cards and Fun

Football cards, games, and making bracelets highlighted my Monday with Landon and Owen.  They didn't have school on MLK Day so I went to CR Sunday evening and stayed overnight to rescue them from Kids Inc on Monday.  It was a stay-in-jammies day and we had FUN.

All of the football cards came out of the binders and we sorted them by teams.  Nana learned a lot about players, the teams, and identifying the team logo.  Such knowledge Landon has about all of this!  They traded a few and put them back into the binders.

The afternoon was spent with games.  Using super hero cards we played "War" and I am so impressed that 4 year old Owen knows his numbers and their values so well.  He does not like to lose any game.  We had a marathon of playing Sequence for Kids.  After about 1 1/2 hours of playing Landon deemed that he and I were tied and Owen got the Official Blocker Award.  

FUN DAY with two of my favorite little boys!

Ringing in the New Year

Don planned a fun "date" overnight for us in Des Moines.  New Year's Eve included a delicious steak dinner at 801 Chophouse in downtown DM, a concert at the Civic Center and overnight at the Renaissance Hotel.  After a late brunch at the hotel we went to Steve and Holly's house to watch the Iowa FB team play LSU in the Outback Bowl.

DM Civic Center
Orchestra + The Hit Men