Deko son turns one!

I can't believe my baby is already one! That was a fast year. Randy fell in love with these cupcakes at a graduation party we attended, so he found out who made them and asked her to make some for Deklan's birthday. These are peaches 'n cream cupcakes and they were delicious!

The smallest guy got the biggest cupcake. Here's some of our partiers:

He was totally mesmerized by the flame Looks yummy
Best way to eat it: frosting first

This face portrays complete satisfaction

Opening presents

This little man is king of messes. He did this:

And right after I cleaned it up, not even 5 seconds later, and he does this:

Can't resist that happy, destructive baby smile! I love my little Deko monster. He is full of energy and never runs out of smiles. He is a joy to have in our home. Happy birthday Stinker! Can't wait to celebrate more birthdays with this smiley guy!

More Idaho Adventures

We did several fun things while we were in Idaho. Here are a few of them:

I took the boys to a water park. (Please ignore the people in the background)

This was a fun kid's toy. The water was only 1 foot deep. So the kids loved it. But I think Tripp's favorite was the Lazy River. He wanted to stay in it all day.
And Deklan loved crawling all over the place.
I went to a ward party -the ward I grew up in. It was a lot of fun. I got to see several familiar faces and new ones too. This was by far the kids' favorite. I called it the Candy cannon. They shot candy, t-shirts, and tennis balls at the kids waiting on the other end of the field. It's hard to see but this is the candy flying in the air.
This pic is blurry, but the guy kneeling on the grass is holding the "cannon"
There was also wagon rides. Zayna made the comment, "I bet you never thought you'd see little Randy and Steve together again." These little guys are both clones of their dads. Steve and Randy are a week apart, and these goobers are a month apart in age.

Blindfolded lawn mower races. Doesn't get much better than that!

Zelda didn't want to get off the horse.

This is Deklan's first time on a horse. I was too afraid to let him actually ride it though. Can you blame me?

I remember playing on this slide when I was little. It's nice to know that some things never change.

We also went to the zoo with friends. This is Allie. She is 1 day older than Tripp and after 3 years we finally got them together for a picture.

Tripp and Taz

Deklan was going crazy for the penguins. He wanted me to put him down so he could get them.

It's been too long since I've seen these ladies last. These are my friends Anne and Whitney. It's hard to believe Anne had a baby 6 weeks ago. She looks amazing! It was fun catching up with them and I can't wait for our next adventure together.

When we got back from the zoo, my mom threw me a birthday party.

And I had to put the flower in my hair. Not sure what kind of face Tripp is making in this photo.

And all the kids ate the flower.

Not sure exactly how good it was, but they devoured it.

Zayna and Mom

Darcy

And messy Deko. This guy ate 3 pieces of cake. What a tank! Now if I could only figure out where all that food goes, cuz he doesn't weigh anything.

Lots of fun and lots of food. We loved our vacation and are way excited to be home with daddy again!

Fun with cousins

We are having lots of fun on our long vacation in Idaho. I thought I would post some pics of these cute kiddos.

Ethan and Deklan. Ethan is 8 months old and Deklan is going to be one next week!

Iron Man and Batman, um I mean, Tripp and Asher
Grandpa giving all the kids a ride on the 4-wheeler. Got to love the box he made for the back to cart the babies around in.

My Grandpa threw an old freezer burned ice cream cake in the grass and the kids decided to eat it. It had very colorful frosting on it, if you couldn't tell by their messy hands. Asher, Zelda, Brielle, and Tripp.

Tripp and Sawyer. This is kid is so much fun! Tripp kept begging me to go to Sawyer's house.

This is my mom's dog Boo. Tripp and him didn't get along very well. Tripp would randomly smack the dog and then later he would want to pet him and couldn't figure out why the dog would nip at him.

Deklan's favorite walking toy

Brelly and Tripp being silly. These two were good friends the entire time.

Deklan loved this stuffed bear!

This made me laugh. Looks like he has some large lady parts.

The rotten boys really wanted to swim in Linnea's pool. She threw a barbeque party just for us!

I loved Brelly's sweet hula hooping skills!

Deko was in love with this dog. It made me nervous, but this is like the best dog in the world and just sat there and took all of Deko's torture.

We have had a lot of fun with family, and can't wait to go home to Daddy tomorrow!