Jonah and Micah turned 8 years old in September! They got to celebrate their special day in several different ways...
They each chose special treats to share with their class at school on their actual birthdate. Jonah took frosted sugar cookies and Micah brought powdered sugar donettes.
On the evening of their birthday, we ate Jonah's favorite meal for dinner: pancakes and sausage links.
The next day, we ate Micah's favorite meal for dinner: Shepherd's Pie. Grandpa and Grandma T. joined us for the evening, too.
After dinner, the boys opened all their presents:
They received lots of great things from Grandma & Grandpa P., Grandma & Grandpa T., and from Mom & Dad:
After all their gifts were opened, they each took a turn blowing out candles on their cake:
They chose their birthday cake together (a chocolate cake with chocolate chip ice cream in the middle), but they chose different ice cream flavors to eat with it. Micah chose Birthday Cake ice cream:
Jonah picked Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream:
Jonah and Micah were happy to break out and wear two of their new birthday shirts::
Each year, the boys get to alternate between friend and family birthday parties. This year, it was Jonah and Micah's turn for a family birthday party, and they got to choose what we did. They wanted to go overnight to Missoula, so we went there a week after their birthday. Jonah's birthday request was to spend the night at the Wingate--the hotel with the waterslide. And we did! They slid and swam, and I soaked in the hot tub. It was fun for them and very relaxing for me!
Micah's birthday request was to go miniature golfing. So we did! We found an 18-hole miniature golf course at a campground in Missoula, and we were the only ones there. We had a great time there!
Kanyon scored a hole-in-one on the first hole and was so excited!
After that, we went to the Missoula Carousel. I'd heard about it before, but had never gone. It was so cheap, and the boys rode it 3 times (except Kanyon who didn't like the noise).
Then we ate lunch at restaurants of Jonah and Micah's choosing (Taco Time and Dairy Queen), and we headed back to Salmon. Except for the 3-hour car ride both ways in which the boys argued and whined, the weekend was a very enjoyable one for all of us!
Jonah and Micah's birthday celebrations lasted for four days, and they were so happy! I was glad they felt that way, because after all, turning 8 really IS great!!!
3 comments:
I LOVE them!!! They are getting so big, and I'm so glad they had so much fun turning eight. I can't wait to see baptism photos, I was sad I couldn't make it. I hope they got my cards.
PS, when did Ammon get glasses?!
This made me cry. Because of the joy of knowing my great grandchildren are being raised in such a loving famiy...because I live half-way around the world from them (actually 300 miles)and only see them once or twice a year...because they are growing up so fast while I am growing old and decrepit much faster...because of the tears of joy knowing they are my progeny.
Hittin' the big city. Missoula style.
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