Noah turns 5!!

Wednesday July 1st

This handsome guy turned 5 years old today!!  Today, we just had a family party and opened presents because we had family coming in today.  Last night actually.  Savann and her family flew in the night before and Josh and his family were coming to Oregon in a couple of days.  They were here to spend the 4th of July with us. So we planned to have a friend party with his cousins after they all arrived.  

 He was so excited about all his presents that we let him open one in the morning.  Usually, we wait until the evening to open presents.  

 Noah is totally into Ninjago right now, so we decorated a little bit with Ninjago characters.  Kai, the red one is his favorite because he loves the color red.  

 I wanted to take a picture of Noah as a Ninja, so I put him in a black shirt and wrapped some black leggings around his head and strapped a sword onto his back and took a picture.  Trying to get a picture of him without him smiling was pretty hard.  He wanted to smile and giggle because he thought this was pretty fun.  

Then I used some program on my computer to change the background and make it look cooler.  I thought it looked cool!

Opening presents

The whole gang

He got some fun toys and a new bike!!  His other one didn't have any pedals and he was getting to be a pro on it, so we thought he should try with pedals now.  

Alex and Bella hanging out in the hammock

He wanted a chocolate cake and Maggie wanted to bake it for him. Score!

Eating cake outside

Monday July 6th

For months, Noah's been wanting to go to Out of this World Pizza for his birthday party.  Sounded good to me since I didn't have to plan anything.  

He invited his friends Cooper, Eli, Ethan and Trevor.  Then he had his cousins Caleb, Luke, Hannah and Devon there, too.  Plus his sisters.  I think they had a blast!

 He was a little scared of the pictures on this ride/game, so he closed his eyes.  

 Cake and ice cream time!  I just bought some chocolate cup cakes at the store and the ice cream was included in the party package...score!

 It was Trevor's birthday that day too, so we sang to both of them.

The adults and Lydia hanging out.  Lydia was a bit bored.

 Noah and his buddies

 Devon

Meanwhile, Alex and Savann took their girls Alyssa and Sydney and Maggie to Powell's book store in Portland.  All 3 of them are the biggest book lovers, so they were all in heaven!  

 It's too bad these pictures are blurry because they are so fun.  Maggie and uncle Alex

 So many books!!

 Finally made some decisions and purchases!

 Then they found a place to eat lunch.

Here's Noah's annual questionnaire:

1.  What is your favorite color?  red

2.  What is your favorite toy?  planes, monster trucks, cars

3.  What is your favorite fruit?  watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries, raspberries

4.  What is your favorite TV show?  Ninjago and Chima

5.  What is your favorite movie?  Cars 1 and 2

6.  What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  lunchables

7.  What is your favorite outfit?  new striped shirt and brown shorts

8.  What is your favorite game?  Paw patrol board game

9.  What is your favorite animal?  Wolves and lions

10.  What is your favorite snack?  BBQ corn nuts

11.  What is your favorite song?  "Life is a Highway" from Cars

12.  Who is your best friend(s)?  Cooper Jensen, Ethan Brown, Eli Robison

13.  What is your favorite book?  Doesn't have a favorite

14.  What is your favorite cereal?  Krave

15.  What is your favorite thing to do outside?  swing and slide

16.  What is your favorite drink?  apple juice

17.  What is your favorite holiday?  Christmas, Halloween and Easter

18.  What do you like to sleep with at night?  blanky, pillow

19.  What's your favorite thing for dinner?  doesn't know (He's super picky!)

20.  What do you want to be when you grow up?  the Red Ninja

21.  What food do you NOT like?  everything

22.  What is something I do well?  playing, giving hugs

23.  What is something that you need to practice?  writing my name, riding my new bike with pedals

24.  Where is your favorite place to go?  Out of this world pizza

25.  My favorite family activities are:  Family Home evening

26.  What is your favorite thing about home?  his bed

27.  What is your favorite chore?  dishes

28.  What is your favorite part of the day?  watching TV in the morning 

End of June

 Sunday June 21st

Father's Day

 Jim and Georgia came over for dinner and to open gifts for Father's Day

I always get Garrett a "dad" shirt for Father's day.  

 Tuesday June 23rd

 Ever since we moved in to this house, Garrett has hated the color of it.  He's been talking about painting it for years.  We finally got enough money to do it this summer, so it happened.  There's a house in our neighborhood who painted their house a beautiful barn red color and that's the color Garrett fell in love with.  They took a couple of days to power wash the house and get it taped, and then they started painting.  

 Checking out the house while the painters were out at lunch.  

 There's the first coat...

Wednesday June 24th

 We had some friends over to play and then went to a park date with other moms and kids from our ward.  

 Then right after, the library was having a dog show, so we went there, too.  

 That night for mutual, the Mia Maids were having a messy twister night.  They had so much fun getting covered in paint.  

 Thursday June 25th

 Finishing up the 2nd coat.

 We went for a walk/bike ride that night.  It was a beautiful evening.  

 Friday June 26th

 We headed to the mall today to get pictures taken for Maggie, Bella and Noah.  I was a little late getting Maggie's and Bella's pictures and a little early for Noah's.  Oh well.  

 Bella, 7 years old

Maggie, 15 years old

 Mister Noah 5 years old

 Saturday June 27th

 Garrett set up a sprinkler thing in the yard for the kids to run through.

 I guess the water was cold!!

 The house all finished!  We really like it!

 Garrett took the kids over to grandma and grandpa's to hang out.  

 Hanging out in the bunk house, finally finished.

 and they got to go swimming in the "pool."

 Sunday June 28th

 kids taking selfies on a Sunday afternoon

Tuesday June 30th

 We went to see a puppet show at the library.  It was ok, not as fun as BJ the clown.  I'm not sure my younger kids have ever seen a puppet show.  

 I dropped the kids off at home and then went and met Garrett for lunch at BJ's restaurant.  He snapped this picture of me.