Friday, April 10, 2009

Rara’s Birthday, Cub Scout Tennis, and Ryan’s Happy Hello

We’ve had an exciting week! Ryan has been on Spring Break, so we’ve tried to fit in some fun things between my meetings and calls with students.

Wednesday we had a fun den meeting. One of our former Wolf/Bear scouts needed to do a Service Learning project for school. He asked if he could teach tennis to the boys and help them earn the tennis belt loop. We had a few boys who were out of town, so we only had five of our scouts there, but they had a great time.
Wednesday was Rara’s birthday. We were able to go out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse to celebrate. We had a great dinner and a fun time, but didn’t get Rara on the birthday saddle. :( As we were leaving, we ran into the Redds, who were our next-door-neighbors during all of my growing up years. It was fun to see them and talk for a few minutes. We hope Rara had a fun birthday week. She spent plenty of time with all of her grandkids, and many of her gifts revolved around her grandkids, so we know she enjoyed it.

Ryan requested the “Ryan’s Happy Hello” title, since it is the follow-up to our “Ryan’s Painful Goodbye” post. For Rara’s birthday dinner on Wednesday, we were in the same shopping center as Petco. As we left the restaurant, we decided to go over to Petco to look at the fish. We found a beautiful black and white and orange goldfish that kept coming over to us every time we approached the tank. We decided that he was trying to tell us something. He needed to be a part of our family. We got him. His name is Rex, and luckily he is doing very well and gets along well with Nemo.

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