Happy Birthday Jarren!

Today is Jarren's 5th birthday! I really can't believe how fast these 5 years have flown by! He'll be starting Kindergarten in about 2 months and then we only have Jenna left at home. It's kind of a weird feeling to know that when I blink, she'll be in school too.

Anyway...back to the birthday boy. I felt so bad for him--everyone was in such a hurry to get to school and work this morning, so he didn't get to open ANY presents until Jon got home. Jon had to work a little bit late and then stopped to get some pizza for dinner, so it was about 7 pm before he got to open anything. He was soooo patient (for the most part). Kendall and Kristen made a cute treasure hunt for him to go on to find his gifts and he loved that.He got some fun Indiana Jones things (whip, Legos, action figure), a rocket, a couple of Star Wars things, and some treats (thanks Grandma!). He was kind of weird about it all. He'd just rip open present after present with hardly a smile on his face and then after a little while, started playing with things. I don't know if he was disappointed or overwhelmed. I thought it was a good day for him overall.
I don't know what it is with my kids and candles, but before I could get the cake frosted, Jarren stuck 20 candles in it. But I thought his cake turned out cute! I didn't really know how to make an Indiana Jones cake--but it worked. He was happy with it and that's all that matters.I apologize for these pictures--I didn't realize until I was loading them onto the computer (and Jon pointed it out) that the camera lens was dirty and that's why everything looks kind of fuzzy.