Carter’s birthday party was at Altitude H2O, a floating obstacle course on Lake Grapevine. Since Carter isn’t a fan of large groups or too many people he only invited his 3 best friends — Spencer, Matthew, and Ben. They had a blast!

First, we met at our house for pizza and cake.

Then we headed to the lake for 2 hours of fun.

Spencer, Matthew, Carter, Ben

Spencer, Matthew, Carter, Ben

Ben, Daddy, Spencer, Carter, Matthew

Carter, Matthew, Spencer (front to back)

Raine is standing on top, Spencer and Carter are just rounding the top

Here are some video clips, they are pretty shaky and I didn’t always get the lens lined up right in my water-proof case, but it shows a little bit of our fun:

This place was perfect for a bunch of rambunctious 8-year-olds. I was exhausted by the time we left and today my arms, back, abs, and legs are sore — mostly from pulling those kids back onto the floats when they fell into the water!

Carter’s annual stats:
55.8 lbs
52.9 inches