Well the birthday countdown continues. Benji turned 6 yesterday and is turning into quite a young man. We celebrated his and Easton's birthday on Saturday with cake and ice cream in Price. He got to go hunting with Zac and even got to hold the pheasants that Zac got. He thought that was a blast. On Monday night, Grandma came up and we went to dinner at Sizzlers. Afterwards Benji got to do his favorite activity. Ice Skating! It was a lot of fun. Benji is a great skater and didn't even fall once. Alyssa wanted to do it on her own and took a lot of dives on purpose but it was fun to watch her. James came out with the most battle scars. As I was holding him up and helping him skate, a kid was trying to skate backwards behind me. I didn't see him and he didn't see me and hit me straight on. I tried to save James as much as possible, and hurt my knees in the process, but I went down so fast that James hit the ice face first. The poor kid ended up with a fat lip, bloody nose, and bruise on his forehead. Needless to say, he was done for the night. Benji made sure James was ok and then skated a couple more laps before we called it a night. He had a great time.
On Tuesday, his actual birthday, Grandma came with us to drop Benji and Alyssa off at school as she has never been to their schools before. After school, Nanny and Grampy took us out to lunch for Benji's birthday and then took Benji shoe shopping (Grandpa Dennis and Grandma Sharon's present). Benji had a great birthday and can't wait until he turns 7 next year. Grandpa Dennis and Grandma Sharon called and sang him Happy Birthday and so did Nanny Great and Pops. He thought that was great. Grandma and Grandpa got him clothes, pajamas, and some lego race cars. Nanny and Grampy got him a Jimmie Johnson helmet with race car. Dad, Mom, Alyssa, and James got him the Jimmy Johnson and Jeff Gordan hot wheel cars. He loves to race cars and I think Jimmy Johnson has already won 5 of his races!
Happy Birthday Benji! We love you!
