Brian Graduated Med School!!

Within the next few weeks my brother, Brian, and his family will be moving to Florida for his residency.

FLORIDA!!!!

Could they have picked a place any farther?

Anyway -- he had his graduation in Nevada and, believe it or not, ALL of my family was able to be there for him.  It was so fun to be all together, even if it was only for a day and a half.

Congrats Brian!

Do A Jive, Treyson is Five!!

Treyson wanted to do the exact same thing as Kai this year for his birthday.

ChuckECheese and then back to the house for cake and presents.

Treyson had a huge part in his cake design as well.  He was right by my side as we looked up ideas online.

And helped draw out and color the sketch we sent to Katie:

This time I got to help her make the cake.  With her elaborate skills, sometimes it's just easier and faster to make the cake at her work or at her house.

But this one had quite a few details and I wanted to be a part of making it.

Trey was so so SO happy with the cake!

It was everything he dreamed of and more.

His favorite birthday gifts this year were unicorn Stompeez, a bag of Jumbo Marshmallows, a can of pizza flavored Pringles, Pokemon cards, a Mario shirt, and Ironman.

And yes, I said UNICORN Stompeez.  Don't ask....because I don't know.

DeWitt Egg Bash 2013

Oh how we look forward to this annual event!

For those who have never read about our "bash" before, each family member picks one egg they have boiled and decorated.

That egg is entered into the Egg Bash bracket and randomly put against another family member.

We compete by rolling said eggs towards each other at dangerous speeds... okay, not really.

Most of the time the eggs wobble off to the side before even getting close to the competition.

But once they connect, only one will crack.

Just one.

Every time.

Griffin and I both made it to the final round.

 We both really wanted to win, can you tell?

Whatever the outcome, I knew the beloved championship plaque would be hanging in my house for the next year.

We faced off,

took our positions, 

and unfortunately, Griffin had to learn the sad lesson of being a good sport while Mom wins.

 He really was a good sport about it!

Here is last year's champ, Allan, handing off the coveted prize:

The Champion Egg!

Thank Heaven, Kai is 7!!

This year Kai had a lot of say in what he wanted for his birthday.

He was very clear about the activity to ChuckECheese and the design of his birthday cake.

 He had been telling so many friends at school that his birthday was going to be at ChuckECheese and that everyone would be given 500 tokens.

What?!?!

Yeah, we had to tone that wish down just a bit.

After tokens, tickets, prizes, and pizza, we went back home for cake and presents and the homemade ball pit on our trampoline. 

Aunt Katie, once again, pulled through with an awesome cake.  

Kai absolutely loved it!!!

 Towards the end of the school year, Kai's class did studies on Australia and each student was asked to make a diorama of a famous Australian landmark.

This was Kai's choice and he was so proud of his creation.

Isn't he handsome?

Family Photos 2012

And The Scouting Competitions Begin

Good thing we will have lots and lots of tries to make the best boats and the fastest cars, because we definitely failed our first round.

But Griffin had a great time making both projects and that's all that matters right?