Colton turned 12 this year!  Kind of a big birthday!  He became a Deacon at church, and he started the ranks of Junior High!  Love this cute boy!  He asked for German Chocolate Cake...

 Hmmm...look at that Colton - guess you didn't blow hard enough.  Why won't those candles stay out?  We loved seeing him try to keep those suckers out!

Bryan knew Colton wanted some Adidas slides (just like his).  He used his own money to get them for him.  Sweet big brother!  Colton was so excited!

He was also excited about this REALLY nice professional soccer ball...

Colton had asked for all soccer stuff - and he got it!

Look at these two twinners!  They have a lot of fun working together...Josh and Sarah came over to participate in the birthday fun!

The next weekend, Colton had a "friends" birthday party.  They had Colton's favorite "Better Than...(whatever)" cake, ice cream, and played "007" with the adults trying to find all the kids who were trying to get back to our house from across the neighborhood without getting caught (at night).  It was a lot of fun!

Colton's friend's family makes these AWESOME coconut rice crispy treats.  They are seriously amazing!