Tuesday, February 19, 2008

We have an 11 year old!!!

Crazy, I know.
We went down to AZ this Presidents Day weekend to celebrate Noah's 11th birthday. His B-day isn't until the 4th of March, but we took advantage of this 3 day weekend in conjunction with a lull in exams. We had a great, GREAT time. We finally broke down after several failed Christmas and birthday attempts to be creative and non-traditional with our gift giving... by buying him a little portable Nintendo game system. Our safe bet paid off and he loved it. We also took him and his best buddy David to Castles and Coasters for the day and they had a blast. Sorry for those of you whom we didn't visit, but it was a quick trip.

2 months of checking Craigslist twice a day for Nintendo DS lite w/ case and charger - $90,
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Homemade ice cream pies - $20,
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12 hours of driving w/ screaming 2 yr old + gas ($500,000 + $60),
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Eye popping, jaw dropping smile on 11 yr old's face ----> PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Luckily they came around twice... you can just barely see Noah and David in the front of the coaster.


Noah is in front on this lap. David (white shirt) came back from behind for the win.

5 comments:

M. G. said...

So great! Love it up, before you know it they are in Texas on a mission. Wish Noah and Jesse lived closer. They sure get along good. PS Jess is feeling better, just not normal yet. M

Wolfingtons said...

Loved seeing you guys. Can't believe you have an 11 year old. They grow up way to fast!

Mike & Stephanie Wright said...

I can not believe that Noah is 11 years old! Man does time fly by or what???? He is so cute! It looked like he had a wonderful birthday! You guys are the best parents!!!!

The Hills said...

Steve- I love that you are the blogger! I think it is great. Maybe you could talk Tyson into taking over ours. Can't believe Noah is 11. Looks like you guys had way too much fun!

Amanda said...

you have an 11 year old kid?! wow! you are getting old!