That's Right - He's 12!

Andrew celebrated with his traditional cinnamon roll.  No one ever complains about that (by the of May we are so done with cake)

 If you look past the fake smile and squenty eyes this kid is supper happy to be 12!  He got ordained to the preisthood at our house after the cousin party.  He is so excited to be able to pass the sacrament.  He will do a great job.

 We have a tradition that for your 12th birthday you get to go on a trip, somewhere in the US, with just mom or dad.  Andrew and Greg cooked up a trip to Monterey, California to look for whales.  Their trip didn't happen till June, but as you can tell from the smile on Andrew's face, he had a blast.

 One of the perks- getting to order BBQ Chicken Pizza without anyone complaining or having to share.

They went kayaking one day and out in the whale watching boat the next.

Here is Andrew's report:

We saw seals 2 feet from our kayak. We also saw sea otters just as close. We also saw a purple striped jellyfish and moon jellies.  For dinner we had pizza and I had Hazelnut Ice Cream. The next day we went on the boat. The first whale we saw I spotted and it was a Minke Whale. Then we saw a ton of humpbacks randomly. Towards the end we saw a group of Rissos Dolphins they had a ton of scars from the squid they eat. The next day we went out and found some humpbacks feeding - it was so cool they would come up with their mouths full and stretched out. While they were feeding you could see little fish everywhere.