the surprise party!!!

birthday breakfast. carson did not want a "c" pancake. he just wanted a cinnamon roll!! less work for me! they were already made!

carson licking the frosting spat!

excited much?!

cody helping himself!

eating with the back of the spoon!

cody once again, helping himself

all the birthday loot before he and his fun cousins dug in!

new boots! woo! is were coming apart and boy, were they stinky!

the movie he won't stop talking about! Space Buddies!

the fort jonathan and carson built with the extra wood in the sarager's backyard on carson's birthday

eden and i at sauce on love day with the rest of the fam.

so...the surprise party for carson went off without a hitch. not hard to keep secrets from a four year old!! it was awesome!! he knew we were having sunday dinner, and he knew all the family was going to be there, but when everybody said,"SURPRISE!!" he was totally stunned and just stood there with his mouth open smiling. then they started singing "happy birthday" and he was on cloud 15!! then we ate dinner and stuff but when we came to eating the cake and opening presents, euphoria set in for him. i made a very tall 4 layer chocolate cake with chocolate filling and chocolate frosting and the kids could not keep their hands off the cake!! by the time we were done singing happy birthday (for the second time) it had so many little finger marks on it!! cody was the main culprit and during the song i kept trying to swat their hands away and finally gave up because it was really cute!! anyway, on to the presents! carson got so many awesome presents!! tons! i hardly know where to put them all!! and with every new present came more giggles, not just from carson but from his cousins too!! it was hilarious! i wish i would've video taped it! the shrieks of delight were the best! here are some pictures!! and one more to come in the next day or two that i did not get with my camera!