My little boy turns 4

Wow, what a day. Can you say spoiled? Okay, okay, as Grandpa always says, "Not spoiled, just really, REALLY Loved" He most certainly is. Once again the pictures are all backwards. I will get it all figured out one of these days. We had so much fun celebrating with Eli. Look at this kids present load. Wow, to much love? Is that even possible?

Eli and Grandma Gaye spending some quality time together after a very fun and exciting party.

Look at this super cute, awesome outfit that Grandma and Grandpa Hatch gave Eli. He is a super huge BYU fan because of his daddy, and I suppose that is a good thing. They are a pretty good team to support. He was so excited for his new Cougars outfit.



Eli blowing out his candles on his super cute Phineas and Ferb cake. This wasn't the exact cake that he wanted, but it was kind of a combination of three different ones that he wanted. We took some different factors from all of them and came up with this. He really loved it and we had a blast making it together as a family.

Grandma and Grandpa Hatch also got him a way cool Tonka truck. Honestly this was about the only thing that Eli evey asked for when we would ask him what he wanted for his birthday. He wanted one so that he could play with his friend Tommy next door. Tommy is all about Tonka trucks and Eli was pretty sure that he needed one as well. He cant really play with it outside right now because of how cold it is, But he has surely figured out how to load it with treos and dump them out and Ethan thinks the back of it is the best seat in the house. Pictures of that to come soon.

This is Eli's new bike, but Ethan needed to get in on that action to.

Eli and is new Perry shirt. It was slighly to big, but it was the smallest that we could find. He was sure a happy camper though. Look at that smile.

As part of Eli's party, we set the basement up to be Dr. Doofensmirtz evil science lab. Look at how intrigued those kids are. I think this was one of their favorite parts of the party. In this picture, Matt is making Evil Elephant toothpaste. The kids were just amazed. They watched so well followed all the rules excellent.

In this picture, Eli is adding alka seltzer tablets to the evil lava lampinator.



The kids were so fascinated and really enjoyed the different science experiments.

They all started sitting down but then they had a really hard time seeing everything that was going on on the table, so they stood up and gathered around the table.

Ethan pinning the tail on Perry the Platypus.

Evil Dr. Doofensmirtz joined our party as well.

We mummified the kids with crate paper and had a relay race. This is only a few of the kids that were there. A few of them were a little late, and a few others really didn't want to be mummified. But in this picture, from left to right, Corban Fegley (cousin), Eli, Tommy Kieffer (neighbor next door), Lindie Parkins (Neighbor down the street), and Dash (Neighbor around the corner). At the party, there was also Malcom (Dash's Brother), Maren ( Neighbor a few houses down), Jason Potter ( Eli's Best Bud), Zander ( Eli's cousin). It was such a fun party.

Eli and his very cool Phineas and Ferb cake. Eli couldn't decide exactly what cake he wanted us to make so we kind of combined a couple of cakes and came up with this. I think it turned out awesome and Eli really liked it as well.




Happy birthday Eli. I sure to love you and look forward to watching you grow and learn more and more each day. You are intelligent, kind and an amazing big brother to Ethan. You know all of your Abc's by sight and sound. Lower case and upper case. You can read or sound out most three letter words. You can write the entire alphabet both upper case and lower case only getting slightly confused sometimes on the lower case p, q, b, and d but for the most part can write all of them. You are a charmer and have lots of friends. You enjoy reading and have a great understanding of what you are reading. We can read beginner chapter books and you are able to tell me what it is that i am reading to you, even if it is very limited on pictures. You love to do I spy's, either in book form or on the computer. You enjoy seek and finds. You are a big help to your mother and are always willing to do most chores that are asked of you. You always help me by putting the silverware away out of the dishwasher, and helping your dad gather up all the garbage on garbage day. You are pretty good about helping me put your laundry in the correct drawers. You are completely potty trained during the day and the night. You actually have been for about six months, just thought that this is something that I should finally document about. You are a sweet spirit and a very important part of this family. Your father and I love you very much.