Eight years ago we were sealed as a family in the Salt Lake temple.
Today our eight year old chose which temple he wanted to go to.
I surprised Eli with a fun breakfast. Another day of celebration so I was at it again, trying to make a cake that is edible. Eli has been asking for a strawberry cake since his birthday, so for his special day I had to try. Again. 🙂 I put crushed dehydrated strawberries in the vanilla frosting. It tasted like strawberries! Although no one wanted seconds on the cake, I thought it worked out, ha!
Eli woke up to a fun table. I tried to find lots of fun decorations that were bright and glittery.
I quickly put cinnamon rolls in the oven.
Made fruit parfaits.
And blended a raspberry smoothie.
Perfect! Eli loved it! He also loved the flashy pinwheel in the center of the table.
After breakfast we jumped in the jeep and went to a movie. Eli wanted to see the Mario Brothers movie. I was pleasantly surprised. It was entertaining and I had a LOT of fun watching Eli sit at the end of his seat, giggling at everything.
After the movie Eli opened his gift. Our little fish LOVED his gift. With the Easter Bunny giving him fins, and getting a mask and snorkel, he is ready for the pool this summer. He drove like this to lunch 🙂
We went to Longhorn Steakhouse for mac n cheese.
After lunch we stopped at Culvers for cookie dough ice cream.
We had a wonderful day celebrating his day. We also ate all of Eli’s favorite foods. ALL. DAY. I’m so grateful to be the mother of this wonderful boy. It’s a blessing to have him in our family!