eights!

 My twinners are eight!  Where did that time go?

 These two boys are the most fun, smartest, most energetic boys I have ever met, and I am lucky to be their mom!

 Plus, they are best friends and watching them grow up together is one of the things I cherish the most about this life!
Because their birthday is so close to Christmas, that it practically is Christmas, the boys have been talking a lot the last several months about how unfair it is that they get their Christmas presents, then four days later they get their birthday presents, and it just seems like more Christmas.  Then, they have to wait an entire year to celebrate again.  So, we are trying something a little bit different this year.  We didn't get them any birthday presents, we didn't have a party, and other than some cake and ice cream, we didn't do anything special to celebrate their birthday.  We are going to wait a few months and do all of that to see if they like splitting things up a bit.

 They did get to open their baptism present from us on their birthday: new scriptures, of course!

 Plus, they got presents from their grandparents and aunt and uncle, so they weren't totally neglected on their special day!

 Apparently if you want to make eight year old boys happy on their birthday, just send cold, hard cash!

 We sang happy birthday to Ky first, he got to blow out the candles, and then we did the whole thing a second time with Kade.  I think some sets of twins would do this based on birth order, but since we still haven't told Kade and Ky who is older (love that they still don't know!), Ky went first because Kade always makes Ky go first. Always.

Some fun things about each of them, according to themselves:

Ky:
What is your favorite food?  Burgers
What is the best thing about school?  Gym
What is the worst thing about school? Math (but he seriously rocks at math!)
What do you want to be when you grow up? Engineer

What are you really good at? Typing (By this he means he's really good at creating illustrated stories on the           computer!)
What is your favorite movie? Tron Legacy (This has been his favorite movie for years!)
Who is the coolest person in the world?  Steamboat Willie
If you could do one thing all day, you would...Play video games
The best place in the world to be is: Disneyland

Kade:
What is your favorite food? Potstickers
What is the best thing about school?  Writing
What is the worst thing about school? Math (He may not like it, but he is so good at it, they put him in a                gifted and talented math program once a week!)
What do you want to be when you grow up? A cashier (He's dreaming big, that one.)
What are you really good at? Running
What is your favorite movie?  Frozen
Who is the coolest person in the world?  Jesus & Heavenly Father
If you could do one thing all day, you would...Play video games
The best place in the world to be is: Disneyland