Brock's Birthday!

 My charming son turned 11 last week. He is such a great kid. Brock is an awesome big brother. He puts up with  a lot of girly stuff. He is sensitive to his sisters' feelings and is a big help to me. Brock is funny. It is 11 year old humor but he even gets me laughing sometimes.
  For Brock's birthday we had a family dinner. Jason made it home from his convention in Vegas just in time. Brock picked the menu - meat loaf, garlic mashed potatoes, rolls and mixed vegetables. Brock actually doesn't like mixed veggies but we have a rule that on your birthday you don't have to eat the vegetable so he chose one he didn't like so he wouldn't have to eat it. 11 year old humor!

  Brock had his best friend Sean over for the party - presents and games. Brock had cards and presents from grandparents and great grandparents. The big gift was from Jason and I. Brock decided he wanted to learn to play the electric guitar. He was soooo excited! Brock has his first lesson today. Hopefully we will all enjoy this new hobby.
  After presents we played games - skip bo and the bean game. Then we had cake and ice cream.  Brock chose mint chip ice cream and a confetti cake. He wanted a lego soccer field on the cake. I was totally ok with that. It was so easy!
  As a side note. I tried to make the confetti cake with a white cake mix and nerds (I had found the recipe on pinterest). I mixed the nerds into the batter before pouring it into the pan. It didn't work very well. All the nerds settled to the bottom of the cake. Maybe if you sprinkle the nerds onto the top of the batter after you pour it into the cake pan then the nerds will sink gradually and be mixed throughout the cake.

Happy Birthday Buddy!