This is my darling Josh on his 11th birthday. I know it is a goofy picture, but Josh is a fun, goofy kinda kid. He loves to joke and have fun!
This is an off year for Josh's birthday, which is supposed to mean that he didn't have a 'huge' party with a bunch of friends, cake, ice cream etc. Well, Josh managed to drag his birthday out so that he ended up having a birthweek, instead of birthday. Monday, 2 days before his birthday, we went to eat at Texas Roadhouse, his favorite restaurant, we gave him our gifts that night. Then on Wednesday his birthday, I decorated and we had 'the family party' which included yummy chocolate cupcakes and balloons. Then on Saturday he managed to talk us into having a 'small friend party', which included 2 friends and pizza. Josh had the evening scheduled. Seriously. I should have taken a picture of the 'to do' list. It was something like this...
1. open presents
2. play nerf guns
3. Eat Pizza
4. play video games
5. Ride bikes
Mark and I are total suckers! Josh ended up having a whole week of celebrating instead of just a day! He said it was better than having one big party!
We love you Joshy woodle doodle bug! Happy Birthday!
This weekend we decided to go to Watson Lake (a local lake) and hike/walk around. It was such a beautiful morning. The water was smooth and the sky was a crisp blue. It was fun to hike up around all the Granite Dells (the huge rocks). I hadn't been hiking through the rocks before... Mark has taken Josh & Matt a few months back. What fun we had! Jessica was still with us. (She came down for a girls weekend with me! :) I'll blog about that next!)
Watson Lake
Ryan
Caitlin
Joshua 
Jessica, Ryan & Mark
Matt & Ryan
Mark, Ryan, Matt, Josh & Cait
