Ryan’s birthday isn’t until Tuesday, but this weekend we had five of his friends over for video games, dinner, more video games, cake, more video games, and forced bedtime at midnight.
I don’t have a lot of photos I can publicly post because I didn’t get the parents’ permission, but here’s a photo of the ice cream cake. The photo looks weird because Chris took it upside down for some reason. The cake is a layer of chocolate cake, topped with a layer of Moose Tracks ice cream, and covered with chocolate soft serve, then frozen. It was delicious!

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I’m still trying to get used to the idea that this little boy:

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Now looks like this:

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I am so proud of the young man he has become, of his warmth, his compassion for others, his love for his family. He is so much like Chris sometimes it’s scary-he has the same ability to stay calm even when life is calling for a big freakout. More than once he has stood there watching me whirl around the living room like the Tasmanian Devil and gently suggested that I might want to slow down a bit-just like his father would. All I know is, if he does grow up to be like Chris, that would make me more proud than I can possibly express. I love you, Ryan!

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