Birthday Week Celebration

We got a lat minute invite to lava hot springs with some friends. So we got the kids from school, packed up the car and headed to Idaho for the night.

There was a bubble blowing contests in the car on the way up. Kyle won.

We didn't waste any time getting in the water. We unpacked the cars and headed to the pool.

The pool was like a big hot tub heated by the natural hot springs. This was a huge plus because the river water was freezing.

I thought they were joking when they said they were going to throw the tubes on top of the car, but they were not and of all the trips they took not one fell off.

They would float down the river and get out right by the house we rented. Then they would all run and jump in the big hot tub pool.

We got home from Lava Hot Springs Saturday evening and then on Monday we headed up to the Cabin for Labor Day. Dayton drove around in the 4-wheeler with his cousins and took his first lesson in driving the Razor. 

Dayton does not like cake so I made him an ice cream sandwich cake and we all sang to him. 

He got his present from Papa and Nana a little early and of course didn't wait to open it.

The whole family took me out to Black Bear Diner for my birthday dinner.

It is official, he is a teenager. I just can't believe it.

As soon as he got home from school we had to hurry to open presents and blow out the candles on his cake so he could get to his baseball game.

He finally got a headset so he can talk to his friends while they play video games.

The poor kid did not even get to eat his cake till almost 10:00 that night after his double header. It is a chocolate oreo mint chip ice cream cake.

And here we are at his games. They did win both so that was good.

His best buddy Kane did not want to be left out of the photo shoot. He is always ready with a pose.

The kings are too nice. They got Dayton and Oregon hat.

Finally get to go out for his birthday dinner. He chose Tucanos Brazilian Grill in Salt Lake.

He was a good sport to play along after telling us over and over that he did not want to be sung to. I was just happy it was not me.  

They had all these really cool big kid toys out in the courtyard. And then when it got dark they all lit up. It was really fun. 

I should have known better then to think we could get a nice picture. At least he smiled nice in one of them, the others were more like this...