On saturday, We had a combined birthday party for Noah & Michael at Juniper Pool. This was a party to invite some of the boys' friends. Up until this year, we had always done a home party for the kids with mostly family and some close friends, but this year, after numerous requests from the boys, I decided to cave in a do a party where they get to invite friends. The boys have been to many birthday parties and the one thing I didn't like about birthday parties is that the kids end up with too many toys and you could tell that they begin to appreciate things less and less... SO, in order to avoid that, I asked the guests to not bring gifts, but instead, if they want, they can contribute money toward 2 of the children Noah & MIchael are sponsoring this year. Our boys each sponsor a child in need (we work with BE A HERO based in Kelowna B.C.) by doing chores around the house. This particular organization, who also partners with "Partners in Action" has sent us 3 children to sponsor for a full year. Our sponsorship covers just the basics like food, clothing and school. We are allowed to send them monetary gifts so that they can purchase other necessties or maybe even a "fun" thing. They take the kids out shopping with the money and they in turn send us a picture of the child with the item they purchased. The boys were not that excited about this at first, but after much convincing, they went along with it and in the end, we raised $70.00. The boys were excited about the money they raised and this week, we are going to send it off the the children, along with a card.
Our wonderful friends Tori & Matt (and their daughter June) made the beautiful cakes for each boy! It was not only beautiful but DELICIOUS! THANK YOU, Tori & Matt!!
Enjoy the pictures from the party!
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