Ryan's 8th Birthday... and SURPRISE!

One good thing about having your birthday in the summer is that you can always include WATER! So, this year Ryan chose to have his birthday party at Breaker's Water Park!

Not only do the waves "break" there, but that place almost "breaks" your wallet for having a party there as well! :) haa... So, we told Ryan that his gift from us was his party at Breakers, and he could invite 6 friends. (...anybody that knows Ryan at all knows how BAD he has been wanted a quad, plus all his friends that he plays with up on the Ranch all have quads, so we thought it was time for him to have his own...he had no idea what was to come!)

Here they all are...after taking a pizza lunch break.

Ryan and his friend Nevin, in the big Wave Pool!

Here's Ryan shoving his cake down as fast as he could so he could get back to the "waves"!! And if you look close, yes, he's eating his cake with a knife! ...even though there's whole stack of forks right by him, he just grabbed anything to get it down... he's such a goof! :)

The next day, we threw him a "family" party at our house. Grandma Sue, Uncle Aaron, Grandpa John, Jean, Grandma Kathy-bell, Grandpa Terry, Aunt Rachel, Uncle Kelly, and Brenna were all there! It was soooo fun! He received so many great gifts like board games, a dart board, a PlayStation game, clothes, money...

and even movie tickets for the whole family to go to!!! :)
How fun!

We had him open our card to him very last...and at the very bottom of the card it read:

"GO LOOK OUTSIDE"

...and this was his face when he saw his very own new 110 quad sitting in the driveway, that he had NO idea he was getting!!!!

He even started to cry a little...(gosh, that got me) He kept saying "I can't believe it", with his hands on his face... ahhh...What a sweet boy.

Getting on it for the first time...check'n it out...

Dad going threw the ropes with him...how to start it, shift it....and all the RULES! Oh boy... And here I was glad he hasn't had a broken bone yet...knock on wood! :)

He was so excited, the first thing he did was drive over to his best friends house and show it off!

We we're so mad at Haley before all this because she spilled the secret to Ryan not once but TWICE before the big reveal, and we kept having to smooth it over and make up stories to cover up for her! Good thing he bought it! Ugh! You can't tell a 6 year old anything! :)

Colin had to try it out too!

Geez, this picture makes me nervous because it just makes me think before too long, Colin will be out riding one of these too!! Now that is scary! Ahgh!

What a little stud.

After us giving it to him, he rode around a little bit in the yard, then he pulled up to all of us who were standing out watching him, and he said very seriously, "do you guys want to take some pictures?" Haa, he cracks me up! :)

I don't think he will ever forget his 8th birthday. It sure was a special one!