A few belated birthday pix of Nate’s bash…

We got out the Huge Cube to test their archery skills.

Legolas wanna be’s.

Is that Merry in a tree?

My little Pippin.

We got tons of trading cards for cheap at tolkeintown.com & let the boys spend some time trading. This was perhaps the most popular activity, much to my surprise – eleven year old boys! Anyway, I got a kick out of the fact that after the flurry of trading, one lone card lay forlorn & unwanted. No one would claim this “kissing card” – EWWWW!!!!

Water balloon battle at Helms Deep.

Truly, the Lord of the rings!

Frodo & Samwise?