Turning six

Elijah turned six on Tuesday. It was a bit low key; not only because our regional conference was in full swing, which meant LOOOOONG days, but also because Caleb and Brant had nasty colds and had been up most of the night before.

Our conference days ran 8 am - 8:30 pm, so trying to figure out some way to celebrate Elijah's b-day without baking cake for 100+ people was a bit of a challenge. I ended up going with a coffee cake; which we ate for breakfast, complete with 6 candles. This was the first year we didn't get him a "number candle" and he was a bit upset at first, but then he realized 6 little fires on his cake were more fun to blow out. :)

We let him open one present in the morning - drawing books from my mom which he LOVED.

When we came back to the house after lunch so the little boys could nap, we let him open another present or two.... hence he's not wearing pajamas. :)

Then, because Caleb and Brant were feeling crummy, we ended up leaving right after dinner and skipped the evening meetings. Everyone got another piece of coffee cake and then opened the rest of the presents.... including an erector set from Grandma, which he also loved!


Elijah really wanted to have a birthday party, but with conference being this week, I knew we wouldn't have the energy or time to do anything big. So we decided to have a "boys only" party (isn't that a great theme?!? couldn't come up with anything else, but he loves it) and invite just a couple of his friends.... they are going to have smoothies and popcorn and watch a movie. :):) Stay tuned for pics!