Happy Birthday Derek!!!

We seem to be having trouble getting ourselves together lately(we were in danger of being late so we didn't go back for the camera). But Brent borrowed Grandma Gayle's camera and got some cute pictures :)
Derek made us laugh multiple times all afternoon by consistently answering "how old are you?" with an accurate "tuu!" He figured it out in perfect time :)
We rode bikes to/at the park, saw salmon in a stream, listened to music, Dad and Derek played the violin together, and when we had dessert, Derek blew out both the candles....several times ("more!")... while we sang him happy birthday :)

Grandpa Jon did a great job of buying and wrapping many little gifts for Derek so that he had a lot of presents to open! He started slow but caught on fast ;) There was a wooden delivery truck, dump truck, old fashioned truck, train engine, and airplane, two or three matchbox trucks and cars(?) and a Semi truck and trailer! Plus two baseball hats :)

Then he got a wool jacket that he didn't try on for us, but he put it on to wear home and was quite happy with it. The jacket only came in white, so I will try to dye it a dark(er) color :)
Many thanks to Grandma Gayle!
Derek's Auntie Hilary came down for his party and gave Derek the Mike Mulligan's Steam Shovel and Friends book, and some play dough! Derek really likes heavy equipment like the steam shovel, snow plow, trains and buses in his new book. We have pictures of Derek showing his gratitude that we will post later :)

I think this sums up Derek's feelings about his party...SA ZAAAAA!!!
Thank you so much Derek and Sara, we all had a great time :)