Graham's Birthday- 7 Years Old!

With 8 grandchildren,
it seems as though there is always another birthday to celebrate.

Now it is Graham's turn to throw a birthday party.

Graham is 7!

The theme this year was

 Star Wars.

Party Day Photos...

Mom & Dad & Graham

Spencer enjoying the ice cream cake.

Pinata fun!

A competitive water balloon fight!

Perfect for all ages.

A chef in the making.

Dane designed and assembled this Lego car.

Spencer is a creative Lego artist.
His designs are amazing.

Batman made an appearance.

Smoked Ribs!

 Kevin got a new smoker.

He fixed us incredibly flavorful ribs.

It took a while, but it was well worth the effort.

Perfection on a plate!

 Evie & Ceci

 Evie made a delicious Avocado Egg Salad.

Here is a recipe that I found that was similar.

Avocado Egg Salad Recipe

⦁ 1 medium avocado, pitted and peeled 

⦁ 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, or Greek yogurt 

⦁ 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 

⦁ 4 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped 

⦁ 1 medium-length celery stalk, finely chopped (about 3 tablespoons) 

⦁ 1 tablespoon finely chopped chives, parsley or dill 

⦁ Salt and black pepper, to taste

Directions 

1. Mash avocado, mayonnaise and lemon juice together in a medium bowl. Stir in the eggs, celery and chives. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

http://www.inspiredtaste.net/23087/easy-avocado-egg-salad-recipe/#easyrecipe-23087-0

Another memorable birthday!

Camouflage Cake- 7 years Old-Cooking with Aiden

My how time flies!
Aiden has a summer birthday and was visiting grandpa and grandma
around that time.
He wanted to make a birthday cake.
A camouflage cake to be more specific.
He had seen a cake mix for a camouflage cake at Walmart,
but we couldn't find one when we went shopping.
The next best thing was to make our own camouflage colors.

Even though it is hard to see, here is the finished product.

Aiden loves to cook,

 and he can read the directions on the cake mix box.

He followed the directions on the box, 

and we baked it accordingly.

I had some food coloring that we could use to make a

camouflage colored cake.

We chose green.

Then black.

And orange.

I used equal parts of the cake batter for each color.

One green, one orange, one black, and one the regular white batter.

We put the regular white batter in the bottom.

Then random spoonfuls of the colors.

Then we ran a knife through the batter to make it marbled.

I appreciate the cleanup  help in the kitchen.

This turned out a lovely golden brown.

The oven mitt was a Christmas gift from my grandsons.

I frosted this with a canned frosting that I had in the pantry.

It is a watermelon flavor.

Happy 7th Birthday!

Duncan & Aiden

I asked grandpa Doug if he saw Aiden's Camouflage Cake,
but he said he couldn't find it.
Good job, Aiden.

Here is Aiden's birthday gift!

Madi and Duncan

Aiden's Brother, Camden, and his friend.

Birthday S'Mores.

Off to the fireworks!

The perfect end for a birthday celebration!