Spencer's B-Day and Play Adventures!

There are some teachers that go so far out of their way to make school special for your kids that you just wanna give them a great big group hug!!!  Well, the director of the 6th Grade Play at Quartz Hill Elementary was just that teacher.  She was amazing and gave so much of her time and love to these kids.  They just worship her :)

Giving her a group hug!

 The play was titled, "My Heart Is Home" and it was based on the children's book "Flat Stanley."  The play was written by their director and the kids gave up their lunch recesses and one day after school a week to rehearse!

 Spencer is in the back row in the middle.  They sang, danced, acted---and just put on a fantastic production!

 I helped choreograph one of the dances called "Guacamole" - when Flat Stanley traveled to Mexico!

Here is a short video clip of Spencer and the boys doing a stick dance from Jamaica!  Spencer was really good at this!

The whole family, even MaryKay's family, came to support Spencer that night.  It was super entertaining and the kids LOVED watching their cousin up on the stage!

 We made a candy poster for Spencer (instead of roses) and I think he liked it!

OK - switching gears now----his birthday was back on April 19th but we didn't celebrate it until May 3rd because some kids were out of town on Father and Son's campout.  So, on Saturday, May 3rd we took Spencer and some of his best friends to Castles and Coasters - an amusement park in Phoenix.  It was actually a total blast and very clean!  Everyone had a super great time!

 Hailey got to invite Isobel, her best friend, so she could have a girl to hang out with that day!

 Mason, Trevor and Spencer are in the third row from the top---look carefully at their expressions!!!  It's hilarious!

 One of Spencer's buddies, Zach Everton!

 The whole gang:  Mason, Trevor, Spencer, Izzy and Hailey, Conner, Zach, and Grayson.  (oh, mom and dad too!)

 Yep - that's little Hailey WAY up there!  She isn't afraid of heights at all . . .

At the end of the day, the kids came home and absolutely crashed!  I found them asleep on my bed and just smiled because they literally ran their little bodies out of gas!  What a great time!!!

Birthday for Mr. Spencer

Spencer turned 11 years old on Saturday!  We can hardly believe it.  

 Of course, we attacked his bedroom door with bday cards and pictures, as per Chamberlain Family Tradition, and then put up a few decorations around the house. 

 On the Friday before his birthday, it just happen to be "Crazy Sock Day" at his school.  So, he and Hailey sported the candy cane socks that Santa left in their stockings last Christmas.  They were extra fuzzy, extra soft, but extra HOT here in AZ!

 He no longer can use only 2 hands to show how old he is!  11 :)

 Yep - I brought Spencer his lunch of choice---McDonalds chicken nuggets with honey mustard sauce.  Yum--

 This is the best creation ever (aside from Spencer!!)---it's his Uncle Tony's favorite cake and when I told him what the ingredients were, he was ALL in!  It's a chocolate cake ( 4 layers) with chocolate pudding in between each layer, then chocolate whipped cream as frosting, and chocolate bar shavings as a garnish.  Wow!  What's not to like about that?!

 Spencer got some really fun new Lego sets.  He is done with the Star Wars line and wants to build a huge mountain with a castle up on the very top and a village down below, guarded by knights!  I LOVE his imagination!!

Spencer is now an official Boy Scout---no more cub scout shirt for him!

 On Saturday we had some friends over for a BBQ/swim party.  The weather was perfect and Rider kept hoping somebody, anybody would drop their hotdog on the ground!  ha ha!!!

 We played a really fun game where Tom and I would throw a ball at the boys and they had to catch it, and HOLD on to it while jumping off the waterfall.  They really got into the game and we gave prizes to the top three winners!

 Here is Spence - clutching on to that slippery ball!

 I just LOVE these boys!  

 Spencer's cousin, Nate, came to the party and it was super fun having him there hanging out with the big kids!

 Oh man - my mouth is watering just thinking about how delicious this cake was.  It's pretty deadly . . .but "death by chocolate ain't so bad", right? ha ha!

I tell ya - there is just really something special about Spencer.  I can't describe it in a blog---it's something deep within my heart.  But he is an extra amazing child and I know it must have been hard for Heavenly Father to part with him.  I'm just honored he sent Spencer to my home.  

 That night we all headed to Texas Roadhouse for a family birthday celebration.  Spencer got a dessert and had to sit on the saddle with everyone singing to him.  It was pretty funny!

This video just embraces everything I love about  Spencer.  I filmed him one morning practicing the piano.  He thought I was texting but I was really filming.  I just love his sense of humor!  He still is the Sunshine in my life!

HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY SPENCER.  WE ALL LOVE YOU!!!