Max's Birthday Parties

Party #1 Thursday

We had originally planned to have Logan and Korben over for a sleepover but when Erika had her baby Kate and I decided to head to Rexburg for a quick visit. Max was so disappointed that he wouldn't be having a sleepover or have his cousins over for a party.

I turned to the queen of spontaneity Kate, and with her help threw together a party. We met at Cold Stone for ice cream. Kate brought a small brownie cake and a number 8 candle. We sang Happy Birthday to him and he blew out his candle. Logan and Korben gave him the new Peanuts movie that came with a little stuffed Snoopy. Logan was very excited for him to open it and kept saying "you'll see that it is even better than getting a real puppy."

Max said, "Mom, this is my best birthday EVER!"

Party #2 Saturday

Saturday morning while they waited to pick me up, James took Max to pick out scriptures with his name on them. He picked out a triple combination, the color and the font for his name.

As soon as I arrived home from Rexburg I started decorating the cake. Max didn't want to wait for it to be a surprise and was so excited to decorate his cake to so he helped ice the cake, place the candles and trucks, crush the Oreos and pour them on. He was so proud of the finished cake.

He has wanted some way to take his puppies on rides on his bike and scooter.
The bike basket was perfect!

Party #3 Sunday

On Sunday, his actual birthday he opened the present that Zane picked out for him; a Paw Patrol Everest puppy.

Max said again and again that it was his best birthday ever!

That afternoon we headed out to explore Black Rock Beach....

Black Rock Beach

Just 15 miles from Tooele is Black Rock Beach in the Great Salt Lake State Park.
We decided to take a family outing to explore, climb and play on the beach.

We drove fifteen minutes to the Saltair exit and then took another fifteen minutes to carefully drive the mile and half, rutted, rocky gravel road leading to the big rock and beach.

We had a great time climbing Black Rock!
(Max and Zane asked many times why it is called Black Rock. I still have no good answer for them.)

Zane is an intense and confident climber and we really had to move to keep up with him.
He kept asking to climb just one bit higher and was very put out that we wouldn't let him climb all the way to the top.

On the beach the boys built sand castles, moats and rivers.

 The views were amazing!

 

March

Zane went to his first birthday party. It was a Star Wars party and the Padawan training was a blast for all the little boys. Zane picked out a Star Wars Lego set and wrapped and decorated it himself.

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Zane's Lets Play Music Class

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Kimber and her family came to Utah to go to the Provo Temple Open House. I stayed overnight at Kellie's house with them and enjoyed a nice visit with Kimber. The next morning as we were talking about the Temple Kimber mentioned I should just come with them. We scoured Kellie's and Mom's closets, found me something to wear and I joined them for the long wait and a second tour through the Temple.