Ryan is Six! - We've been Married for Eight!

Boys + Big Rocks =

Ryan's turned 6, Sunday the 18th. The day before his birthday he got to choose whether he wanted a big birthday party with lots of friends, or take one friend to Boondocks.
He chose Boondocks.

We all had a great time, and can't wait to go back again (although, I think Ben and I want to go there on a date w/o kids at least once).

Ryan is getting so big! He was barely tall enough to ride this by himself. We brought his friend Alayna with us, but she was not tall enough, so I took her on the other race cars and I drove. She still had lots of fun! I love where we live. Our kids have really great friends here!

Ben with Ethan, Ryan drove his own (which he was super excited about), and Alayna and I were on another. It was fun having another girl around (don't get any ideas though...we're not having any more kids).

Taking a break from golfing

Ethan loved the golfing the most. Ryan and Alayna wanted to move on to other things. The kids were great! They loved the pizza we got for lunch too. They were all grateful kids.
After Boondocks we went to see Despicable Me (so good) and to Cafe Rio with my parents. Thanks for the cool puzzles & Toy Story magic coloring book! Ryan had a fun filled day-before-his-birthday day.

We're mean parents! We made Ryan wait until after church to open his presents. He did enjoy being sang to in Primary though. Ry was so excited to get his Indiana Jones Lego Wii game. Such a funny face!

We asked him what he wanted this year, and he wanted a bunch of Toy Story toys, and the video game. Do you notice how kids don't care so much about clothes they get on their birthday (notice the green shirt tossed to the side on the lower left hand corner)...maybe it's because I'm a girl, but I always loved getting clothes.

Later that night, Grandma Linda, Grandpa Bob, Uncle Peter & Aunt Maren came to visit Ryan on his birthday. Thanks for the King Kong!

Mrs. Potato Head (I mean Uncle Peter)

Monday the 19th was mine and Ben's 8th anniversary. We counted Cancun as our anniversary celebration, so we did not do much on the day. I cleaned the house, took the boys to the splash park, Ben made candy popcorn with the boys, and we watched Indiana Jones with the boys (Ryan's been obsessed since he got the game). Thanks for the flowers!

Happy Anniversary Ben. You're a great husband and a great father, and I appreciate all you do for us. You are still my very best friend eight years later.