Birthday Party and Baptism Day

More about Garet....

He had a friend party this year (they only get 3 friend parties - 5 yr, 8 yr, and 12 yr), so it was a big deal!  He couldn't decide between a bike party, since he loves to ride his bike, and a lego party, so we convinced him to do the bike party and we had the boys build a lego creation while we were waiting for everyone to arrive.   We had 8 little boys, plus our own kids, plus Camille's friend Riley to help with a few games.  It was a full house with lots of NOISE!!  Good thing Jared was home:)

Waiting to start a game....Aaron, Mason, Garet, Preston.

 Playing Oink, Piggy, Oink.  They thought this was hilarious.

 Playing the penny on the flour game.  You make a flour sand castle with a measuring cup and then carefully set the penny on top.  Each person has to cut a slice off the flour until the penny falls and then that person has to get the penny with their mouth.  We played this growing up at our bday parties.  It was a hit!

 The Oreo Icecream Cake!  Yummy!

Camille and Riley did a scavenger hunt with a driver's license as the prize.  It was cute and the boys had fun running through the house and yard.

Then it was outside for the bike rodeo.  Jared was in charge of this part and he did a great job.  He talked about bike safety and then set up a little obstacle course they had to go through.

 Then we went to the back and rode a course through the garden and down the hill.  We only had one kid crash and I think he was pretty traumatized.  He had only ridden his bike a few times.  We let him be the flagger after that incident:)

 Jared made some little license plates with the kids names on them to hook to the bike.  They turned out very cute and the boys were excited.

I think the party was a success!!!  

Last Saturday Garet was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  It was a beautiful day and everything was so perfect.  Everyone from our families was there except Will and Traci and Grandpa Taylor (he had to work).  Garet's second grade teacher, Mrs. Larson was also there.  We are so lucky to live so close to our families.  My sister Collette even came with her 1 1/2 week old little baby!  What a trooper:)  Garet was baptized with 3 other kids from our ward (1 boy, 2 girls).  Grandma Cable gave a talk on the Holy Ghost and Luke Christensen's sister gave a talk on Baptism.  They both did a great job.  After the baptism we came back to our house for a lunch of chicken salad sandwiches on croissants.  Everyone brought yummy sides and it turned out perfect.  Thanks for making it a special day for Garet and our family.

We are sure proud of Garet for making such a good choice in his life.

Random Dallin adventures...

 He loves to check for eggs!

 Doctor Dall.

 He takes his job very seriously!