08/28/04

Matthew's 7th birthday party was this Saturday at the Laser Storm Laser Tag center with all of his family and friends there to help celebrate with him. Everything went off very well and thankfully Matthew and most of his guests had a great time! As you can probably tell, it was an all out Yu-Gi-Oh! themed party and you can see lots of it throughout these photos.

The day started off on the run and kept on going through the afternoon. Our housekeeper arrived at 8:30 to clean and we quickly went to Matthew's haircut appointment so he could look good for his party. Then stops at King's Hawaiian Bakery for the Paradise cake, Target for ice cream and chips, and the Loft for Teriyaki beef, Island-style fried chicken, ramen cabbage salad and rice. Fortunately the timing worked out perfectly and we arrived at the laser tag center right on time.

Can you tell that the guys on Matthew's basketball team get along very well?

Matthew, pick me, pick me to be on your laser tag team!

Let's see, I'll pick....

Ready for battle (Note: all of the Laser tag pics were actually in near darkness)

It's my party and I'm having fun!

Here's Matthew in action...

Take that!

Zack assumes the attack stance

The kids are having a fun time!

Surprised in the dark

Matthew checking out his score

A little friendly competition

Happy 7th Birthday, Matthew

Make a wish!

(Actual lighting)

Party time!

Party noisemakers

All of the parents are going to get even with me for giving these out!

But the kids really enjoyed these!

Wow, What a haul!

Yu-Gi-Oh! gift pack!

Early text messaging

Hover Disk

Constructionary (Pictionary with Legos)

Money, money, money (Watch out behind you, Matthew!)

Yu-Gi-Oh! skateboard!

Video "street" basketball

Lacrosse and badminton

Oh no, More Yu-Gi-Oh! cards!

Man, what a great day!

Trying out the new basketball hoop with Zachary

Matthew launches a long one

Well, it was an exhausting day, trying to make sure that everything went off OK, that everyone had a good time, and mostly that Matthew enjoyed his birthday. And by all accounts, it was a very good day for all!