I haven't had a chance to download photos yet from Garrison's birthday festivities. Also, our computer's hard-drive is full, so there is no where to put them anyway. A new computer is really not in our budget right now, so we'll have to be creative until that time comes. Anyway, I'll post photos to this blog once I figure out what I'm going to do about the photos.
As is our tradition, Garrison got to plan the entire day out. Joi and I decorated the house the night before with orange streamers and orange balloons. Garrison loves orange. Everyone was up pretty early because they were re-roofing our condo and started banging away on the roof at 7:05am. Garrison decided to open presents first. He opened a Wolverine t-shirt (he loves Wolverine, even though he's never seen the X-Men movies or read any of the comic books). Then he opened a Lakers Basketball, a poster of Pau Gasol of the Lakers (his favorite player), and a Pau Gasol Lakers Jersey. He was stoked! Of all my boys, Garrison is my little Lakers fan (at least so far). Garrison choose cinnamon and orange rolls for breakfast. We ate and had a relaxing morning. Joi made us all sandwiches, apples, carrot sticks, and chips and packed them all up for our trip to the Apex Center. Garrison decided that he didn't want to eat out on his birthday because he wants to help us with our budget. He's very thoughtful. We went to the Apex Center and met Steff, Josiah, and Dylan (Russell had to work). We decided to play basketball first. We got to try out his new ball. They lowered one of the hoops for us so that my boys could actually reach it to make baskets. We played basketball for a while and then decided to hit the pools. We got in our swim suits and had a blast swimming, going on water slides, doing a floating log obstacle course, and occasionally hitting the jacuzzi for a relaxing soak. We ate lunch at the poolside. It was a good time. After everyone had enough pool time and chlorine (everyone's eyes were bright red), we decided to get dressed and do the rock climbing wall. Unfortunately, it was closed. That was disappointing because Garrison was looking forward to it. Instead we played more basketball and the boys had races on the indoor running track. Around dinner time, we left and kidnapped Josiah and Dylan to spend the night. I took the boys to the Nature Preserve across the street from our house because Garrison wanted to climb some trees (one of his favorite activities). Meanwhile, Joi made Taco Casserole (upon Garrison's request.)We came back from the greenbelt and we all ate dinner together. The boys all went upstairs to play for a while. A little later, Joi lit up the candles on Garrison's lemon cake with lemon frosting (another Garrison request) and we all sang happy birthday to him. Then, the boys went right back to playing. Around bedtime, I continued with my nightly reading of "The Chronicles of Narnia" to my boys (we're almost done with the second to last book - The Silver Chair). While I was reading I looked up to see all my boys and their cousins barely able to keep their eyes open. It had been a long, tiring day. After reading, we got everyone situated in bed, prayed, and turned the lights out. Within a few minutes, it was very quiet except for a soft snoring sound. They were all tuckered out. It was a good day. Garrison received lots of phone calls and messages from family and friends. He received a few cards with money in them. Garrison loves money (although, he's not much of a spender). All in all, it was a good day!
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