Colton Turns 8!

I finally have a minute to sit down and share Colton's 8th Birthday! It really has been a week long celebration! We began with a small family party on March 19th, his actual birthday. He chose burgers and fries for his birthday dinner and opened presents from family - his two big presents were scriptures (we did not want to wait for his baptism) and his red Hummer remote control vehicle. I put daddy in charge of picking out this gift, since I don't know much about the remote vehicle world - and I do believe we now own the largest remote made! Here are a few pictures of it. It will actually climb over the kids, other remote vehicles and goes all terrain in the field behind our house - it has been hours of fun. We had planned his party (this is a party year - we do a friends party every other year) for Saturday. He wanted to invite friends over to the Nickelcade for pizza, cake and hours of nickel fun. Wow, it is amazing how fast 8 little boys can burn through nickels! But I think a fun time was had by all and he was very excited to be able to run around and visit with his friends in this environment. On Sunday we went to Grandpa Rod's and Grandma Deb's for his birthday dinner and a few more gifts! Instead of a cake for his birthday, Colton asked that grandma make Hershey Kiss Peanut Butter cookies - here is a shot of his blowing the candle out! We came home from grandma's and watched Madagascar 2 for the finale...All in all I think it was a success! Colton is such a good kid with a big heart! He loves the out doors, and picks up any sport with ease! He is playing competitive baseball this year and has really enjoyed the challenge. He has quite a few friends in our neighborhood, and they are always up to something - inside or out. Our next big event will be his baptism in a few weeks - with lots of family around it will be great!


Here is a shot of the birthday wall at the Nickelcade (a great place for an 8 year old boy's birthday!) and all of his buddies. Even Brett enjoyed the games - there were even some from back in my day (Burgertime, Gauntlett, Frogger!).

Here he is at Grandma's with his "birthday cookies."

Opening gifts with Grandma and Grandpa


The movie and popcorn rounding out our week of festivities - Alex was really in to Madagascar2 and danced to the "We Like to Move it" song!