HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLER

Tyler turned 9 today at 3 something pm. He knows exactly when. He will tell you if you ask him. This morning someone asked, "Well, do you feel older yet?" He said, "Nope, I'm not 9 until 3.... "

Today, he was given several choices of what to do and what to eat and what to get on his birthday.

He chose the following:

• Wii games, orange muffins, and little smokies in the morning.
• Shooting 22's in the desert in the day.
• He picked a new blue street bike with 4 pegs and 2 brakes for tricks.
  
• Dinner of steak, brocoli, salad, corn on the cob, and grilled mushrooms.
• A cookies and cream ice cream cake.

Here's the shooting pics. We found a new spot that a friend recommended that meant we didn't have to drive off road really far or drive as deep into the desert as we have done before. It was off a well groomed and border patrolled dirt/sand road on BLM land. They actually moved us twice because they were patrolling the area. But in the end, even the moving wasn't so bad and we had a great day.

Here's the shots of tyler getting his presents and then blowing out his cake with grandma. Since grandma has a birthday in early January, they shared the cake. I offer you these pics to show you my son Tyler's crazy faces (click on the pics and they get bigger). He is a funny kid. He loves to cuddle and lately, he is a clown too.

Oh... and last but not least, here's the new dresser that I built with the grandpas for Tyler. TJ and Tyler and are now sharing a room and we needed a dresser and the only place to put it was under the window so we made it a window seat dresser. My mom built the cushion and pillows. A full, but very helpful day's work for all of us.