Sons Day 2013

It's been 5 years since we started this family tradition. Click this to read about how it got started: SONS DAY 2008.

In the years since it's inception, we've gotten the boys new summer sandals and done fun activities with them like: golfing, going to the zoo, and rollerskating on their special day. We usually do it the day after school is out to kick off the summer. This year, our school got out on Thursday, May 23, and we were unable to do it the following day, so we did it on Saturday, May 25 instead.

 I got the 3 older boys new flip-flops (Kanyon said he liked the sandals he already owned and didn't want a new pair) as well as some new summer shorts (Kanyon has lots of shorts, so I got him new swimming shorts instead). 

After going shopping for them, and also buying them some water balloons and sweet treats, we came back home for a bbq lunch. Edward started a fire next to the driveway to burn a lot of tree branches and trunks that had been cut down in the yard recently, and he set up a table by it with all the fixings for hot dogs. The fire got huge and very hot, so we sat on the littlest trunk in front of the big trunk, and stuck our cooking sticks over the edge to cook our hot dogs. It worked out very well, because the big trunk acted like a shield to protect our faces from the heat, but the fire was still able to cook the hot dogs perfectly!

After lunch, we all went into town to go bowling. We were the only ones there, and we had a great time playing together!

Kanyon used the metal ball pusher that rolls the ball down the alley with a gentle push. He did very well using it, since we didn't use any gutter liners this time.

Micah was super happy during bowling, even though he got last place. I was surprised, because he's my most competitive child and doesn't like losing. After the game was over, he even posed and asked me to take his picture. Again, I was so shocked, because he's my child that dislikes having photos taken! I was happy to oblige!

We bowled in the order of youngest to oldest. This is our scoreboard:

Ammon won! He remembered how to bowl from years ago when he was on the youth league, and tried to give his brothers tips during the game to help them, too. Kanyon and I got a few spares, which was worth shouting about! And Josh and Ammon both got strikes, which was exciting to see!

Son's Day was a lot of fun for the whole family this year! We enjoyed spending time together, and treating our sons after another successful school year!