Monday, August 11, 2008

Celebrating Sam

It's not hard to celebrate Sam, he is such an awesome kid! On August 5th, Sam turned 11! It was a pretty mellow Tuesday with most of his friends out of town on vacation he was stuck with us girls. I made him his favorite breakfast, french toast and then for lunch we had his favorite-pizza at Chuck E. Cheese for some added fun. He got 500 tickets that won him a red stuffed snake and he was thrilled.That night we had cupcakes in the number 11 to celebrate and of course a few presents!
I can't believe how fast he is growing. In one year he will be a Deacon! I decided to take a trip down birthday memory lane. Here is a picture from each of Sam's birthdays. It goes so quickly!

Sam is 1!

Sam's 2nd birthday. He loved Blue's Clues. My dad is holding his Handy Dandy Notebook to try to get him to notice his cake. He was obsessed with drawing in that thing.


3rd birthday, the obsession with Thomas trains begins.
We had a James birthday the next year.

4th Birthday, that's McKenzie and Brigham Hunter on the left, so cute!

5th birthday, way into Spiderman!

6th birthday, we celebrated at Chuck E. Cheese. Friends are Gavin and Brigham.

#7 a chillin' family party.

8th birthday, a major Pokemon celebration.

9th birthday in Albuqerque at Grandma & Grandpa Roberts. They had decorated the whole house with pictures of Sam. It was so awesome.

10th birthday, a video game party hence the Wii remote cake:).

Thank you Sam for 11 great years with one great kid!

8 comments:

Marcy said...

Oh Ellie, thank you for posting those pics of Sam. I just loved looking at each year and it reminded me to cherish these years with my kids. They DO grow so fast! Sam is just adorable!

Freddy and Mandy said...

I love the different years of Sam's birthdays! Too cute!

brooklyn said...

oh we love sam!!! happy birthday to him!

i can't believe how fast it has gone. i remember his 3rd birthday party like it was yesterday...

and you,miss over-the-top, are the most gifted cake maker ever!!!

Vigoren Family said...

Happy Belated Sam! We thought of you on your birthday and sent hugs your way. Isaac loves you to death and so do the rest of us! Hope your day was a good one! - Kellie

Rebecca and Co. said...

Loved the pictures and the cakes. Great job on those!! Tyce had a Blues Clues party when he turned 3. It hardly seems any time ago at all....

Happy Birthday, Sam!

Jan said...

Sam is such a neat kid!!!
I loved every picture of the handsome dude. Sure wish we could have him here in ABQ. for about a month! Pleeeeeeeessse.
Love you all.

Emily said...

YAY, SAM! Happy Birthday. Thanks for posting all the photos, Ellie--what awesome memories. It is so nice that you make their birthdays so extra special. :)

Roney Family said...

Happy birthday to Sam! Memory lane was great. He sure is a great kid. WE are sad to have you guys leave. I cant believe he is going to be a deacon. Cameron has less then four months. Yikes, where does the time go!