Joshua's Birthday

Joshua turned 7 years old yesterday. We've had a great time celebrating the whole weekend. Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen came late Thursday night. They babysat Nate for us all day Friday while Scott and I took the older 4 kids to Roaring Springs Waterpark. The kids loved it there. It was confirmed to us again that Joshua is NOT a thrill seeker, but his little brother Aaron is and so are his sisters. Josh did not mind high or fast, but he did not like anything that was enclosed or dark--he wanted to be able to see where he was going. We just learned which rides Josh liked, and one parent would take him on those while the other parent would take the other three on the rides they liked. We spent 8 fun packed hours there, then returned home all exhausted. By the time bedtime came around, I decided that I'm a bit too pregnant to spend 8 hours walking up cement staircases all day long (I was pretty tired and sore).

Saturday morning we sleepily climbed out of our beds to go to our Stake's Pioneer Day celebration (Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen came with us). We had breakfast there (pancakes and eggs), then the kids got snow cones, did the cupcake walk, and enjoyed seeing a lot of their friends. Josh loves that his birthday is on Pioneer Day because he thinks everybody is celebrating his birthday with him. After the Pioneer Day celebration, we took the kids to Bounce and let them play on the bounce houses for a couple of hours. Scott and I were brave enough to do a little "bouncing" around with the kids, and once again I decided I'm getting a bit too pregnant to be doing those things. After Bounce, we came home and started getting ready for more family to come help celebrate Josh's birthday. We had pizza, chips, and fruit for dinner. Grandma and Grandpa Howell and Uncle Marc and Aunt Kenna came for dinner and presents.


Josh got new summer shirts, shorts, and pajamas, and a new church outfit (including a new belt). He got a yo-yo, a big bubble wand, and a cool flashlight. Savannah made Josh a winter yarn hat (she worked on it for months on a loom).




There was a present for Scott, too. He and Josh got to open presents together, and I loved how excited Josh got when he realized what the presents were.




Baseball mitts and a real baseball! (Scott had to get one too, because what good is a baseball mitt if your Dad doesn't have one to play catch with you?) It was so fun to watch those two go out and play catch together after everyone went home. It was quite a momentous day--Scott finally has a son old enough to play catch with!

After presents we did cake. Actually, it wasn't cake this year. My kids aren't big cake fans. They eat the frosting off the top, and leave the cake part. So this year I made brownies and frosted them. Every bit of the "cake" got eaten this year.





We put 5 very happy and tired kids to bed last night. Josh told us that it had been a wonderful birthday, and we all agreed. Happy Birthday Josh! We are so glad you are part of our family!!!