William had a whole weekend of parties for his birthday... lucky boy. On Friday we went up to my sister's place, went on a witch hunt at Gardner's Village (pictures below) and hung out at her place. That night he picked out popcorn shrimp for dinner and a cake made out of donuts.
The next day on Saturday we woke up and had a birthday breakfast for my little guy. We had cinnamon roll pancakes. SUPER yummy pancakes. William usually out eats all of us at breakfast no matter what we are eating. When we are eating pancakes a small breakfast for him is at least 5 pancakes and he always requests having "2 on top" to start out with. This morning I told him he could have as many "on top" as he wanted because it was his birthday so he requested 4. Well, these are really good, but super rich and that was the first time he left pancakes on his plate. You should try these pancakes (no syrup needed). They would probably be great for desert. Search for them on pinterest.
Later that day we went to grandma's and grandpa's house for our annual harvest party which is always so much fun. There we had a little scavenger hunt for William's birthday. I love birthdays.
Why do I love William?...
I love his smile and how his brown eyes light up when he smiles.
I love how nice he is to all of his sisters and loves to play with them.
He shares a room with Katie, and I love how at bed time he stays up and sings to her or reads her stories when she is crying or won't go to sleep.
At night he always calls Jake and I back in to tell us, to "sleep good and have good dreams".
When I drop him off at school, I tell him to have fun at school, he tells me "I hope you have fun at home".
I love that he enjoys cleaning toilets.
I love that when he really wants to learn something he will focus on it until he figures it out.
He loves to read and do his homework, he loves hot wheels, but most of all he love Mario Bros on the Wii. He would probably play it all day if I let him.
I love my little boy, who is not so little anymore. He is the same size as Hannah and I have been asked before if they were twins.
He is just so sweet and I love him so much!!
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All the babies at Thanksgiving dinner.
Pulling taffy with Grandma Ludean.
Flying and fixing RC planes.
Jake got to try out the tractor while leveling out my grandma's yard.
Riding pearlie.
Enjoying the great weather.
Taking naps with grandpa.
We first went to Seattle where we at some great fish and chips, and walked around Pike's Market, sampling some great food. This picture is in front of a gum wall. All of those dots of color you see behind us are already been chewed gum. It was pretty gross to think about it, but interesting to see. We stayed in Seattle that night and the next day we went to Chinatown where we enjoyed looking through the little markets trying to guess what the food was in the containers, being thankful we didn't have to eat it.
Jake enjoyed having the opportunity to brush up on some of his Chinese, and then we ate some great pot-stickers, dumplings, and soup at some little hole in the wall place with great food and questionable cleanliness.
We then went to the Museum of Flight. It was very interesting walking through the Concord Jet, and the old Air Force 1 plane, and seeing the different kinds of planes there, learning a little about the history and learning so much from Isaac since he knows so much about airplanes.
The boys tried to crack the kelp on the shore.
On the ferry headed back home on Sunday. We had such a great time, it was a nice little break from regular life and I don't think I laughed so much in a long time... actually since I was cleaning my mom's carpet and eating apples and yogurt (right lacy and lindz?).
Halloween parade at the elementary school
My brother was so sweet and took the kids trick or treating this year.
So do you recognize Jake? Jake dressed up as Riley Nelson, number 13 on the BYU football team. It is kind of a funny story, and if you haven't heard of him, he is a quarterback for BYU who had long hair (having long hair is against BYU honor code). After a particular BYU football game there was quite a bit of talk about his hair. If you haven't seen this video, (sorry, don't know how to link it) but here is the link
Later that day we went to grandma's and grandpa's house for our annual harvest party which is always so much fun. There we had a little scavenger hunt for William's birthday. I love birthdays.
Why do I love William?...
The corn maze... the kids loved figuring out this corn maze.
