Their birthday is on September 22, which was a Monday this year, so we chose to celebrate with friends on the Saturday prior to their birthdate. They had a football game in Idaho Falls that day, so we chose to do something in the Idaho Falls area afterwards. We were going to go to an indoor fun center, but then the weather forecast showed that it was going to be an awesome sunny day, so we decided to go to the Squealer's outdoor Family Fun Center in Rigby instead.
The boys each picked one boy that they wanted to invite. Micah picked Cooper Williams, and Jonah invited Erik Oliverson. Erik is also on their football team, so his dad drove him down, and we picked up Cooper early that morning and drove him down to Idaho Falls. Their game that day was at Tautphaus Park and it was over by 12:30. We got some pizza, and found a park in Ammon for the boys to eat lunch and play for a bit before we drove to Rigby.
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| Micah & Cooper |
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| Jonah & Erik |
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| Cooper wasn't tall enough to go on the adult go-karts, so the the boys all went on the smaller go-karts once with him. |
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| They went miniature golfing twice on the 18-hole course. They especially loved the hole that went across a stream. |
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| I loved watching them in the bumper boats! |
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| There were only 5 boats, so Ammon shared a boat with Cooper so that all the boys could ride on the same round. |
Mostly, the boys' favorite activity was the go-karts. They would ride the go-karts, then do a different activity, then ride the go-karts again, then do another activity, repeat pattern.
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| Jonah on the large go-kart track. |
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| Micah on the large go-kart track. |
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| Kanyon was also too short to ride the bigger go-karts, so he went by himself on the smaller ones a few times. |
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| But his favorite was the miniature golf course. He went a lot and loved it! |
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| The boys had a break mid-way through their 3-hours to eat snow cones. I bought a few different flavors, so they tried each one to determine which one they liked the best. |
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| Jonah on the rock-climbing wall. |
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| Micah & Erik climbing the rock wall. |
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| Ammon climbed it multiple times--until he started getting blisters on his fingers from gripping so much! |
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| 4 little monkeys hanging from the trees... |
On Sunday afternoon, we cooked the boys requested birthday dinner: steak and mashed potatoes. Grandma and Grandpa T. joined us for the meal, and it was super delicious!
Afterwards, they opened up gifts from Josh and I, and from Grandma and Grandpa Perkins, and Grandma and Grandpa Tolman.
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| Jonah with his gifts |
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| Micah with his new presents |
Josh and I got them each a new air soft gun & colored pellets, a new sleeping bag, new Gatorade water bottle, and an UnderArmour hooded sweatshirt. We also got Micah new church pants, and Jonah new church shoes. Grandma & Grandpa P. gave them a new scout shirt and scout book, art set, shirts, pants & shorts, and an agosport ball game (which they love!). Grandma & Grandpa T. gave them cash (always a good gift!), and Uncle Tim & Barb gave them water balloons and cash.
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| birthday boys |
On Monday, their actual birthdate, they took treats to school to share with their class. This is the last time they'll do that, as next year they will be older and won't be in the elementary school anymore with a homeroom class.
As 11-year-olds, these are some of their favorites:
JONAH
color--red
food--steak and mashed potatoes
friends--Erik
activity--riding bike
sport--football
tv show--Chicago Fire
video game--Clash of Clans
MICAH
color--orange
food--mashed potatoes & gravy
friends--Erik, Cooper, and Kota
activity--4-wheeling
sport--cross country
tv show--Chicago Fire
video game--Clash of Clans
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