3, 2, 1, Let It Rip!

Since Treyton (and Jeff) are nuts about Beyblades, this year, for Treyton's 6th birthday we've decided to throw a Beyblade Tourney. I made some paper invitation and asked Treyton to pass them out to his friends at school. Parents are to RSVP so that we get an idea of the number of kids (or adults) who are interested to battle or whether or not we need to supply them a Beyblade as we don't expect every kid to buy a Beyblade to come to the party. Jeff bought a ton of used Beyblades on eBay so every kid comes home with one to play with at home.

Some parents called us "brave", some called us "crazy". This is the first time Jeff and I came up with a party with this scale, about 20 kids showed up and the house instantly became a daycare. I got a taste of what a day at a daycare was like. We had pizza, cupcakes and punch. Of the 30 balloons we got, about 10-15 balloons popped and I just love their maniacal laughs when that happened.

Despite of the high noise level, we had such a TERRIFIC time and we're gladly to do this tourney all over again! I'm thinking sometime in the Summer at our backyard. Each kid was such a character and I was happy to get to know them. They all behaved so well with the occasion "Hey, you can't do that." "Treyton's mom, so and so is cheating." "I flipped this one cupcake because it's mine and I don't want anybody to touch it." 

They were definitely a big helper when it comes to singing happy birthday loudly and handing out presents for Treyton to open immediately.

We definitely think the kids had a blast, especially when we overheard a couple of kids said this before they left "Mom, can I please please come to Treyton's 7th birthday party??" Why YES!!

A special thank you for my dearest mother-in-law in assisting the part. Without her I'll die.

Hung these myself! Yes, Dhila-self

Printed a bunch of Beyblades as toppers

Yes, Dhila hung these too

favors!



Meet some of Treyton's friends...

Sam


Noah


Landon


Alexander


Ethan


Brody


Max


David


No, you're not seeing double. This is Martin, David's twin brother


Eduardo


Mya


Gabe


Dominic


Charlie


Emma and David


Jayden, Jordan and Ethan. They insisted that I took picture of the art piece and the artists


Mirriam, Ethan, Henry


Treyton and Eduardo have been BFF since Treyton's birth.




Getting ready to battle


3, 2, 1, LET IT RIP!


Tag team battles. 4 Beyblades at once


Referee Jeff high-fiving Jayden.


One battle on one arena


On another arena


Winners!


More winners!


Time to sing happy birthday!


and blow the candles




Time to open presents!



 
JACKPOT!!!


More battles!


Henry and Ethan

Beyblade

Hello! Welcome to Treyton’s 6th Beyblade Battles Birthday Bash!

Treyton is absolutely thrilled to celebrate his birthday party with all of his friends. He's really into Beyblades (second to Legos) and really wanted to throw a Beyblade Tournament. And yes, Dad is more excited about this than Treyton.

Since this is a tournament where we welcome adults and children to battle, we ask that you RSVP the number of children and the number of adults who are interested in the tournament, so we can put your name on the bracket and get an idea of which/what battles people are interested in. 

A couple of days before the tournament date, we will email the bracket so you know who are you battling with. I recommend you bookmark this site and be sure to RSVP by Nov 17 by clicking this link so we can send you the final brackets to ensure that you are entered in the tournament.

We will hold Four Tournaments total with the final Grand Master Battle between the winning adult vs. the winning kid for the title Ultimate Beyblade Champion:

• Kid vs. Kid Battle
• Adult vs. Adult Battle
• Kid and Adult Tag Team Battle
• Grand Master Battle Kid vs. Adult

RSVP NOW and reserve your spot at the arena

Questions? Email: djbackstrom@comcast.net or call 763.432.3716

*Rough Agenda for the the day -- Saturday, November 19th
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE DAY
If you could at least stay for Pizza, and sing Happy Birthday during Cake and Ice Cream, Treyton would love it!

11:30AM – 12:30PM Early Bird Tournament

12:30PM – 1:00PM Pizza is Served

1:00PM – 2:00PM Kid vs. Kid, Adult vs. Adult Tournaments

2:30PM – 3:00PM Cake and Ice Cream

3:00PM – 3:30PM Adult and Kid Tag Team Battles

3:30PM – 4:00PM Open (one or two) Presents

4:00PM – 5:00PM Grand Master Battle (Adults and Kids)


*Might change depending upon the # of people

The Biggest Agate

Well, not by world's record, not even by Minnesota record, it's by Treyton's record. Considering the location (the dessert like below), we'd say he did fantastic, so fantastic, it made Jeff (a pro Agate hunter, to our family standard) a wee bit jealous. I bet it made Grandma Jean jealous too.

I have taken so many pictures of other families I have not had a chance to take pictures of my own family. My photo shoot was rescheduled that weekend so we decided to go for a ride up North, hoping to catch the leaves colors. I was unsuccessful, however I was still pleased with these shots.

 

It was such a gorgeous day! The light, the temperature, the color, so nice and warm. I love the lens flare that came out of these pictures. All I did was asked Treyton to stand there and look around his surrounding.

The prized Agate

The horseys of Canal Park in Duluth

 

When I did ask him to pose, this is what he came up with. I have a feeling the Hip Hop class has something to do with it.

Awwww, this so sweet! All I asked was for him to sit on the rock so I could take his pictures. Is he conditioned for such request?

I don't know what I was thinking trying to snap this on a moving vehicle on a freeway going 75 miles an hour. Aside of clouds, I'm also a sucker for sun rays and sun flares.