It's Great to be Eight!

Yesterday Caleb celebrated his 8th birthday! He had a malt cake with fresh strawberries and malted cream frosting (kind of our take on a strawberry malt). It was super yummy.

We had a big party planned with the aunts, uncles and cousins, but Chloe had to go to Urgent Care for her respiratory problems, so the big family party got downsized. We still had a good time eating cake and reminiscing the day Caleb was born in Mesa, Arizona.

Doesn't Caleb look handsome?

Now that Caleb is 8 he will be getting baptized soon. He got a new suit, tie and stripling warriors tie tack. He also got his very own quadruple combination scriptures with his name engraved on front as well as a 'nice' CTR ring. He is pretty excited about all of this. Now that he is 8, and his birthday fell on fast Sunday, I was impressed that he made the decision to fast. I had even planned to make a big waffle with strawberries and whipped cream breakfast for him. But, he reminded me that wouldn't work. Good kid.

He loves the rapid fire dart gun he got!

As well as his new cub scout stuff. Being 8 means you get to start cub scouts, too.

He got a new book that teaches him all about the promises he will be making on his baptism day.
I think the kid on the cover kind of looks like a kid version of Obama. Maybe he's been hiding more than just his birth certificate! ; )

Caleb loves anything to do with shooting and hunting. He got a new hunting game and a brick of .22 ammo.
He will be having a double birthday party with his cousin Jett next week. Two guys turning 8 and getting baptized the same day. Cool stuff. The theme of the party will be "hunting". We'll post a full report of how it turns out.