Ryan

When I think of Ryan, this is what comes to mind:

wants to be older than he is,

smart,

a fantastic brother to his little sister,

helpful,

loves to cook,

loves all kinds of sports,

idolizes his dad,

craves adventure,

responsible,

interested in technology,

enjoys his friends A LOT,

likes his Mom's music more than his Dad's music,

loves to laugh,

thinks all bodily noises are HILARIOUS!!,

wants to be in charge at all times,

has HUGE feet,

excels in school,

talented snow-skier,

intrigued by new ideas,

is growing up way too fast!!

Ryan and Brandon's Birthday

This year Ryan and Brandon invited 8 of their friends to the movie theater to watch The Million Dollar Arm.  We picked up all the boys, had some Domino's pizza for dinner, watched the movie, and dropped off all the kiddos.  That's MY kind of party :)  

We celebrated with family on the boys' actual birthday with tacos, cake, and presents.  It was a beautiful day so we also got to enjoy some outside time.  

The boys were pretty excited about all their new stuff:  football gloves, a trampoline bounce board, trick scooters, Boise State bedding, a plethora of Under Armour apparel, and much more.  

 Brandon picked a peanut butter snickers cake

 Ryan wanted cookie dough pizza

Baseball

Ryan and Brandon played baseball for Meridian Youth again this year.  Since they were two of the oldest kids on the team, they were pretty much able to play the positions that they wanted. Ryan wanted to pitch and play 1st Base and Brandon pitched and played 3rd Base.

Our coach didn't really believe in having practice so we usually had two games per week.  Nate would take the boys to the school fields to practice pitching on their own at least one night a week.  It was fun to see their progress over the course of two months.

Their goal, of course, was to strike out all the batters.  However, if you remember what it is like watching kid-pitch games, we begged the boys to just throw nice pitches to the kids so we could actually see some action on the field.  The games were typically 1 1/2 hours and kids still have a REALLY hard time hitting other kids' pitches.  This can make for a looooooooong 1 1/2 hours :)

 Brandon

 Brandon

 Brandon

 Ryan

 Ryan

  Ryan