Happy Birthday Caleb! 9?!!!!!!

What?!  Caleb turned 9! years old!???

Oh, my little Caleb boy!  How did that happen?  You can't be really 9 years old!  Say it's not so!!!

Well, it's true, this last week Caleb turned 9 years old!  (That also meant Caleb became a bear cub scout!)

We celebrated at home with a small little party.  

This year he asked for a "state of Utah cake".  I figured that would be much easier than the grand piano cake I made last year!  Of course he wanted the interstates, a few cities, and some lakes.  I think I managed OK.

We were pretty sneaky this year and got Caleb some trick birthday candles that would re-light when you blew them out.  Although, when you first light them they kind of have a sparkler effect.  This kind of freaked Caleb out a little bit.

He blew and blew and blew and they kept relighting.  His cousin Katelyn was so happy when she thought he had finally blew them out.  But of course 2 came back again!  Troy finally threw them in a cup of water.

Caleb got a lot of fun gifts and cards.  He was visited by his cousins and aunts and uncle and 2 sets of grandparents.  

His big surprise was a new fun scooter that he could ride!

Happy Birthday Caleb!  

Please don't grow any more or get any older, OK?  At least not for a little while.