More Birthday

Nolan's real birthday (he's officially 5!) was last Thursday so we headed to Cold Stone for some ice cream. We had 2 buy-one-get-one-free coupons so Justin concluded that if we got the large size then we could get two free larges for the kids. Well, needless to say, we felt pretty silly sitting there having our kids with a bowl that size in front of them! It was huge! We enjoyed them for several more days after. Here is Ezra eating it for the 4th time and he's barely made a dent. He made his stinker face because he didn't want to be disturbed!

We let Nolan open one present that night (his real party would be later that weekend). He loved the rocket launcher from Grandma K.

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit and we attended Raynor and Lois's 50th anniversary party and my cousin Tiffany Tibbs' wedding reception. We had beautiful weather that was perfect for Nolan to ride his new bike! He learned to balance and ride around the cul-de-sac that same day. It was fun that Grandpa John could help teach him, too. He had a couple moments of frustration, but overall he was a really fast learner. He's used to balancing on his balance bike. The bike is still a little tall so we're helping him get started but he's really starting to get the hang of pushing off the curb. When we gave it to him, he came running into the room and got a little crazy with excitement.

We had a great time celebrating Nolan, Ryan, and Kendyll who also have March birthdays. Even Keeley and Bryan and their kids were able to come visit since they were in SLC for the anniversary party. It's so fun to get all the cousins together. Nolan got a fun marble run, some Legos, a Nerf gun, and a new hiking hat for our upcoming Moab trip. He and Dad are doing "knuckles" in the picture below.

Ryan and Kendyll picked out the Hello Kitty cake. But Nolan didn't mind... his favorite color is pink!