8 is great!

our oldest had a birthday over the weekend.  he has been waiting for this day for quite some time, it was pretty exciting to have a birthday on a saturday.  the day went somewhat like this:

his choice of breakfast, cream of wheat and english muffins
baseball tryouts with dad and brother
back home, playing in the yard (it was really warm here)
lunch
more playing outside and waiting for his friend to come over
friend got here, they played
we went out to a dinner of his choice, souplantation
back home for dessert (angry bird themed chocolate cake) and gifts
reading some of his new books (i really enjoyed his presents this year)
bedtime and friend spending the night!

oh the life!  Tanner really enjoyed his special day.  i can't believe he is already eight.  it feels like such a short time ago that we brought him home from the hospital, but at the same time it feels like we have been parents all along. 

happy 8th birthday to our intelligent, caring, handsome, fun, outgoing, strong, loud, crazy, lego-building-master, baseball-playing, fact-loving son!