Happy Birthday Gavin-ater!

September 15th, 2011 - 6:30 a.m. Little Mister Gavin-ater could not wait for the day to officially begin!!! Every morning for the last three weeks leading up to the big day, we would all hear the numerical countdown of just how many more days till Gavin's birthday! (And it finally came!) Gavin wanted a "Finn McMissle" birthday cake from Cars 2 and so I cheated and bought him the remote control car to go on the top! It was much easier and much more spiffy looking than anything I could have ever done, plus, he ended up with one more awesome present in the end! Happy 6th Birthday Gavin-ater!!!

(Thanks for the yummy butter cream frosting recipe Cherie!~ It was delicious!)

I just loved this moment...Dallin knew how excited Gavin was for his "Cars 2" birthday party, so he went down stairs and found one of his very own miniature sized Cars 2 cars and wrapped it up all by himself and presented it to Gavin with a big huge smile! When Gavin unwrapped it and saw what it was, he gave him such a big hug that they both ended up rolling all over the kitchen floor! It was so cute and I love to actually see my children do something nice for each other - just because they want too!!

After kindergarten was over, Gavin had a couple of friends over to play, and pretend, and growl, and laugh with!

This next series (literally a series, sorry!) of pictures was just too much fun!!! We went to the Herriman Recreation Center where they just opened up their new swimming pool, and the kids had a blast with their own version of the T.V. show "Wipeout!" They were trying to run all the way across these slippery rubber lilly pads and logs without falling off! It was HILARIOUS!!!

Graceful Kierra, gracefully flopping into the water!

The birthday boy securing himself onto launch pad #2!

This one had to be my favorite of all the wipe outs! (Yes, that is Dallin in the "secret agent scissor kick with a twisting windmill ninja move!;)

...and here we have Carew trying to beat the odds and maneuver the ropes above, but to no avail...he landed in the watery pit below!!!

Kierra trying once again to gracefully slip slide her way across... but only to land with a graceful dunk!

Mr. Gavin always seemed to find the second log the most slippery! Oops!!!

And even the most competitive big boy out of the bunch never did seem to make it past those tricky lilly pads... (Silly Dad :)

And lo and behold! The Dallin-ater won first prize with the quickest, most graceful, light footed, and ONLY successful trip across the water!!! Out of all the attempts from everyone at the pool, this was the only time someone DIDN'T WIPEOUT!!!

Oh we had a fun time celebrating Gavin's happy day! After we were done at the swimming pool we went to Gavin's favorite restaurant where you can "eat all the bone chicken and ice cream you want!" (says Gavin:) Mr. Gavin-ater, we love you soooooo much! I'm still the luckiest mom in the whole galaxy;) Happy Birthday! We love you!!!!