Carson's last minute makeshift costume - 5 minutes before the party started he decides to be Mr. Incredible. We pulled it off and I think he had the best costume of the night.
It is like pulling teeth (actually it is way worse than pulling teeth) to get a family picture taken around here. Finally I got the crew together and our great neighbor took some pics for us.
In Jordan's mind there are always more than one way to do things. This is how he cleans his face!
Down Set Hut! It looks like he forgot to see his face cleaner before this pic was taken!
In a few more years (maybe 20 or so) this jersey may fit him!
Carson was just getting into football mode and loving it when . . . . he broke his wrist!
He kept trying to tell me he could still play and I kept telling him football season is over for this year for him.
The next day he is begging me to let him try out for the volleyball team. Finally I said he could and he manage to be one of only 2 grade sevens to make the grade 8 volleyball team - even with a blue cast on his arm! There is no stopping this kid when it comes to playing hard!
Jordan trying to get some air while surfin with his dad!
The wave
He insists on doing this with one hand only!
!#$&%@#!$#@!
This year Mickey's Mustang ripped up the streets burning rubber all over the place! I am sure he will need to replace his tires after their parade ride. All the kids had a great time riding in the parade and throwing candy to the other kids. Of course, they all got candy at the end because Grandpa spoils them rotten!
Kailey (and all of the rest of us including Grandma and Grandpa) are wondering if this is really going to work. 
And they're off. It worked like a charm and was so much faster than the whole dock floating process. You can see the trailer under the water.
We figured out how to make marshmellow fondant. Boy was it messy! On the positive side it was really cheap to make compared to the fondant you can buy at Michaels. We must have made about 4 batches of the messy stuff.
Of course anytime we are busy in the kitchen JJ thinks his job is to be perched up on the island to sample everything. He was more of a mess than I was with fondant all over himself.
The next day Candice and Brandon were here and Candice was so kind as to guide Carson in rolling the fondant for the cake. Thanks goodness for an aunt who loves to cake decorate too! We were already about 3 days into this drawn out process from baking the cakes from scratch (we couldn't just use a boxed cake mix) to actually decorating the cakes.
Voila! The final product. He made it for Callie who is turning 8, Jordan who is turning 5 and Dallin who is turning 10. They all celebrate their birthdays this summer so we had one big party for all of them. Not bad for a first try at becoming the "cake boss"!
Even our sweet little princess has taken to the dirtbiking. I must say she is a little more cautious than Jordan is. He got on the little bike by himself and cranked his wrist just as hard as he could. It was a sight to see Darcy sprinting after the bike yelling "put the breaks on JJ - put the breaks on!" We finally got him stopped and that was the end of Jordan driving by himself. That didn't stop him from continuing in his dare devil ways!
I think boys just like to make their moms worry!
His face says it all in this picture "Look at me mom - isn't this awesome!"
Sadie had her final dance performance this weekend. These pictures were taken during her dress rehearsal.
