Saturday, April 2, 2011

It's Great to be 8!

This week we celebrated Travis' birthday, I can hardly believe he is 8 years old. It seems just like yesterday that we saw this cute, chubby cheeked 6 month old picture of this baby turned big kid! Time just flies. As Daryle had to say to me the other day, "Well, he is halfway to driving now!" What??!!?? I think he had a really good day. Actually he got to spread the fun out to three days. He had a baseball game on his birthday so we had to celebrate on Monday. (I pointed out to Travis, hey, it's your birthday in Russia so why not celebrate early??) My dad had to go out of town on Monday so my mom and dad took him on Sunday and they did their own celebration. They went to Applebee's for lunch (where Travis insisted they sing to him... oh it is not a birthday unless the whole restaurant sings to you!) and then they did some birthday shopping. These pictures are from our Monday night celebration. We all went to dinner at Olive Garden (and yes, they sang to him!) and then came home for cake and presents. Of course on his actual day he brought in cupcakes to school and he got to celebrate with the class. Plus I brought cupcakes to the game that night so the team wouldn't be left out. Geesh. It was the birthday that would never end! I can guarantee he loved every minute of it! Travis with his "loot". Those are from mom, dad, Connor, Rock and the other stack is from the grandparents. Nope. Not spoiled at all around here, is he??
How did Rock know Travis had a thing for RV's? Are these two planning an early escape??
Looks like mom and dad came through on the Lego set he was looking at!
Wow Grandpa and Grandma! That set is double Awesome!!
His godmother Stephanie sent a few things from her family. Among them was this basketball hoop for the door. To say this was a hit with BOTH boys is a complete understatement! They even take it down to grandpas to hook on doors down there!
Travis helped decorate his cake. It was delicious!
Here are my two best presents ever!! Happy Birthday Travis, we love you!!!

2 comments:

Grammy said...

No, Travis is not spoiled ... he is just loved very very much!

mad white woman said...

Wow, are you sure he's 8?? Never ending birthday celebrations are fun.