Logan's turning FIVE!!!

 Logan's actual birthday isn't until Wednesday, September 29th, but the family dinner was Sunday the 26th. Nick and Kaylee are such wonder hosts. We enjoyed spending our Sunday with them, enjoying a lovely big breakfast together, attending church, playing a new game, ("Taco Cat Goat Cheese Cheese Pizza") getting to see Rachel and Logan sing and recite their lines for the Primary Children's Sacrament meeting program.

I picked up this little game in Vernal. "Daring Dinos."

Kaylee's having Rachel help her with cooking math.

Oh, that sassy expression!

He's stirring the cooked icing for the chocolate sheet cake. 

Logan is helping Kaylee make the icing for his chocolate birthday cake. Yum.

At 5 pm, family gathered for a yummy dinner that Kaylee prepared.  I think I mostly just held baby Emily to "help" out. Kaylee's parents, her three close-by brothers and families all came.

Emily likes sitting in Rachel's "nest". 

Nick and Kaylee had a slide show of Logan photos displayed on their TV while everyone was there.

Logan was supposed to be sitting on the bench under the TV, but he kept inching over toward Nick. And so did his "helpers", until little Emily looked like she was feeling a bit cornered while sitting in her Dad's lap.

A very Cornered Emily.

Çute little Logan pictures on the TV.

Of course, Mike Christensen also MEASURED Logan. I wish I would have remembered to look at the stick and see how much he has grown the past year!

I think he is trying to stand up tall!

Logan opened his gifts, we enjoyed cake and ice cream, then Mike and I headed on down the road. We have been gone TEN DAYS!! We got home just before 10:30 pm. No incidents. 

We finished listening to the last chapter of our audio book after we emptied our suitcases of all the dirty clothes and put away all our left- over snackies. I TOLD Mike we didn't need that much junk food (but it sure was fun)!

Also, I wish I would have taken a photo of the mountains to the east that we could actually SEE this trip. The weather was really gorgeous and there was hardly any smoke, haze or pollution in the air for a change. It was such a contrast from our last trip up there! It was more like summer than fall in their back yard.

Oh, we'll miss seeing those cute little kiddos! Such a fun ending to our road trip.