Ryan’s Birthday Weekend

After a great first few days of the week, our celebrations of Ryan’s 9th birthday continued through the weekend. He didn’t have a birthday party this year, but I told him he could invite a couple of friends to go bowling. He had such a hard time deciding who to invite! He went back and forth several times on who to invite, and finally decided on three friends from school. Then, two days before, he announced to another friend he was talking with that he could take him bowling! We had to have a little discussion about social etiquette.

We picked his friends up right after school, and they had a great time bowling together. Papa went with us to help me with “crowd control.” As the kids were finishing the game, three of them ended up just over 100, and two just below. I told them about a comment President Obama made about bowling 100. The boys were excited that they had bowled better than the President! The first boy we took home is the owner of Copper’s mommy. So we let all of the boys see Copper. Papa even got to hold the grand-puppy!We had a neat experience Friday evening. Dad’s cousins have been working on a lot of family names to take to the temple. They have done a lot of the temple work, along with mom and dad. Because of our schedules, Marc and I haven’t been able to join them. Friday night they were ready to do the sealings for all of them. Frances stayed home with the babies, and Marc, Mom & Dad, Dad’s cousin Karen and I went to the Bountiful Temple.

The man that did our sealings was very impressive, and obviously very intelligent. Dad knew a couple of things about him, but went home and Googled him. His name is James Mason, and here is his Wikipedia biography. Very amazing and accomplished guy!

I may have mentioned this before, but Ryan has had a crush on a girl in our neighborhood for several years. He doesn’t have non-family babysitters very often, but whenever he does, it is her. She is now 16, and he still has a crush on her. He doesn’t like me to call her his babysitter. Instead, she is his “older friend that hangs out with him” while I’m gone. So, she came and stayed with him while we went to the temple. He loved having her over for his birthday eve!

On Saturday, right on Ryan’s birthday, Marc & Frances and Alice & Claire met us at Rara & Papa’s house. We ordered Robintino’s pizza and had mint chocolate chip ice cream cake.We had fun playing with the girls and watching Ryan open his presents. Mom & I had been on the BYU campus a couple of weeks ago and stopped at the bookstore. Ryan loved his BYU basketball outfit!Ryan had a full and fun week of birthday celebrations. He is especially looking forward to the day his main birthday present (Copper) can come and live with us!