Shakespear Shuffle

Hyrum turns 7!!!

Sometimes I wish I could slow time down or even stop it.  Hyrum is getting so big.  I miss him smaller but he is so much fun as a big kid I can't be too sad.  He is so silly, funny, creative & interesting to talk with.  I love letting him stay up a little later than his younger siblings to read to me or talk.  He often gets giggly & it's very entertaining :)

I love this look on his face!  He's opening his 28 pack of Magic Treehouse books.  He was squishing that present for weeks trying to figure out what it could be & I think he was pretty excited & surprised about it.

Texas Sheet Cake-I love that our kids pick cakes that are actually yummy!!

"Safelighter" (as Justin as dubbed them) wars

Between us & both sets of grandparents Hyrum received 49 books for his birthday.  I was worried he would be disappointed he got little else but he has loved it.  I find him frequently reorganizing them all on his shelf & I think he's read bits of a bunch of them because he wants to read all of them at once.

Nana & Poppie were visiting for his birthday & Hyrum really wanted to go see a cave so we went to the Talking Caverns in Branson.  I had to push my claustrophobia aside & I'm glad I did it was an amazing tour! The best part was Hyrum loved it & remembered all the facts from the tour guide.  I thought it was crazy the formations only grow 1 inch per 100 years!

What a sweet boy we have!  We feel so blessed to have Hyrum in our family & as our oldest kid.  It's so fun to see him learn & grow & have interests.

I have to tell a Hyrum story.  One night a couple weeks ago Jeremy was reading to the younger kids on the couch & I was sweeping the kitchen floor after dinner.  Dallen was sad so I was holding him as well.  It was too hard to do both with a squirmy baby so I said to myself 'I guess I'll sweep later' & went to sit down to listen to the stories.  Next thing I knew Hyrum was in the kitchen sweeping for me-what a sweetheart!

We love you Hyrum!!!