Kellen's Birthday

My oldest baby turned FOUR today! Happy Birthday Kellen-Boy! Kellen joined our family on January 18, 2005 at 5:25 pm weighing 8 pounds 3 ounces. He had SO much blond hair, people just couldn’t believe it.

Today, Kellen is an extremely sweet boy. He’s laid-back and gets along with everybody. He is currently learning to write his name - he can write the Es and the Ls and he can write a “roller coaster and an N” (he writes a curvy N and that’s what he calls it) and he’s still working on the K. He loves computer games, board games, and playing House, Pirates, or Super Secret Super Spy. He loves his cousins and being in the “big boy Primary.”
We had his birthday party on Friday night. It was a “camping party” with all of his cousins his age. The boys (and 1 girl) had so much fun! We made a fire in my sister’s fire pit and they roasted hotdogs. Then they roasted marshmallows for s’mores. There was no limit. The kids ate as many s’mores as they wanted! They all played in the backyard and then Kellen opened his presents. Then they piled into the tent for a story by Jared. Then only a few kids stayed in the tent to hear the “scary story.”
Thanks to Stan and Parker who brought several of the cousins and then stayed to help out - I don’t think Jared and I could have handled all 9 little boys/girl, plus my extra 2 boys around a campfire and trying to eat dinner and make s’mores. Stan and Parker saved us!
Here are some pictures (Stan was also the official photographer).