Every good and perfect gift is from above.
~James 1:17

Saturday, April 07, 2007

Happy Birthday, Grant!



It was early morning and the house was quiet. Everyone was sleeping. Well, almost everyone. All of a sudden, we heard a happy voice shouting, "Wake up, everyone! It's my birthday! Wake up!" And that is how Grant's 9th birthday began.

After a breakfast of cereal and jelly beans, Grant opened presents from Katie, Dave and I. Then we loaded up and headed out to...Chuck E. Cheese's. Yep, we did it. We had a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese's. Wow. There is so much stimuli there...lights, bells, whistles, games, prizes, videos, music, dancing, cake and pizza. Grant and the other boys at his party could barely manage to sit at the table long enough to eat and watch the opening of presents before launching themselves back to all those games, just showing their faces when they needed more tokens. :-)

This is the first time one of the kids has had a party that we have not hosted in our home and I have to admit it was rather nice not to have all the prep and clean-up. It was definitely a different kind of party than we've had before, but I think everyone had a good time.

Happy Birthday, Grant! You bring so much life and joy to our lives. We are so thankful that God has blessed us with such a wonderful son as you!

4 comments:

Donna Boucher said...

Happy Birthday to darling Grant!!!
Look at those pretty presents!

You are a brave woman!!!
But I think it is smart to leave the mess at Mr. Cheese's house!!!

Aren't birthdays fun?

Lisa Stucky said...

Oh fun! It looks like he had a great day!

Anonymous said...

I can't believe that Grant is 9! In my mind, he will always be about 3. Where does the time go? I will have to come by and see all of you sometime soon!

Brooke

Anonymous said...

Brooke! So fun to hear from you! We would LOVE it if you dropped by sometime! :-)