HaPpY BiRtHdaY to Chay Chay

Hard to believe that Chay is already 15 years old.  He has grown up quite nicely.  I really have to look up to him now.... 

How did this little boy....

become this young man????

It if weren't for the eyebrows, I wouldn't even recognize him as the same person.

He loves technology with his Iphone and Ipod but, he also really likes retro things like record players, "boom boxes", and polaroid cameras...and so that's what he got for a birthday cake. 

(...weird that those things are "retro" because those were new when I was young)

The lightening of the torch took Chay by surprise.

Going...

 Going....

Gone...

After we went out to eat, relaxed and then ate cake and ice cream, Chay asked Nicole to help him study for his Learner's Permit.

He wanted to get it on his birthday but because of time constraints, he agreed to go the next morning.

  AND he PASSED!

(I need to get a picture of him with his permit....)

When we made a spontaneous trip to Picture Butte during the boys Spring Break, Grandma made the boys an early Birthday cake...a birthday cake from Grandma makes a birthday even more special!

Blade was so excited for Grandma to make him a cake - and she didn't disappoint!    The only way it could have been better is if the boys could have eaten more cake before we left, and trust me, Chay can eat ice cream and cake all day long!

I know that when I was growing, it was a special day to wake up on my birthday and have a birthday cake waiting for me on the table...and every year there was one waiting for me until I left for University.  And then my first year at BYU I was amazed when on my birthday, there was a cake delivered to my door!

Well, Chay has been driving around.  First around "This is the Place Monument" after hours, then around the driving course at Highland High, and then around the University and the Avenues.  

Dave took Chay driving around the City...I'm not ready for that yet!  Chay was even alittle surprised when Dave handed him the keys. Chay's words to me when he got home, "that was scary..."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY  TO  BLADE

It's hard to believe that my little boy is already 7!  It doesn't seem that long ago that I was stunned surprised with the news I was pregnant.

He definitely has a strong mind of his own but still likes to know that I'm close by and I'll hear his voice  regularly throughout the house saying, "Mom... I love you".

For his birthday dinner he picked Chinese Gourmet.  No pictures with the sign or inside but, here's one in the parking lot.

Blade wanted Bey Blades for his birthday.  They are tops that spin and the last one spinning wins...it's an updated version of a game we had as kids.  Even with all the technology, there's no beating the classics...

...I wonder what he wished for....

This is the second cake I made for the birthday party on Saturday.

(I'll be honest, the fondants were giving me a very stressful time.  I tried a new recipe...it didn't work well, used store bought for the first cake, and then used a recipe I used years ago and used that for the second cake.  As you can see, it required patch work but, that added texture....)

It was a rock climbing party.

Nicole wanted to know if that was my idea or Blade's (I'm sure she asked because both Nicole and Chay have had a rock climbing party).  I did suggest it to Blade long ago and when it was his birthday, he reminded me that he was going to have a rock climbing party.

(That's my story and I'm sticking to it)

The party help that was very busy texting throughout the party.

Another song of Happy Birthday and making of a wish.

I can't tell if he's happy or not.

At least she's good for one thing...