Connor's Birthday

I can't believe Connor is 8! He has been so excited for his birthday. He is excited to be baptized next month and he was really excited to start cub scouts. We started celebrating the night before when Chad and I took him to the Utah vs. TCU game. I wanted to go to the last 2 games so I decided we would take Connor to the TCU game and Logan to the BYU game. It was a great game. Connor couldn't believe that they pulled it off. I kept telling him that he had to believe. The Ute's like to put excitement into the games this year. He asked if he could rush the field after the game. We gave in as a birthday gift to him--It was just two hours away. He couldn't believe how big the players were. They didn't usually even notice him standing next to them and he was too shy to say anything. When he was standing by Hensel some girls talking to him noticed Connor standing there and told him. He talked to Connor for a minute. He was very nice and Connor loved every second of it. Chad took Connor's picture when he was standing be Mack but it is on our phone so we'll have to figure out how to get it to the computer--I slacked with the camera for a lot of the important birthday pictures.
We decided to go to the ever other year plan for friend birthday parties. That is what most of his friends do. I wouldn't mind having a party if he could narrow down his friend list. Last year's near fiasco with 18 kids who wouldn't watch the movie--thank goodness for good weather and a football. We decided to do some activities as a family instead. We went to see Madagascar II it was really cute. Ashlyn is still singing "move it". Then we let the boys go rock climbing at IRock. Connor has done it before and that was his main request. He likes to do it but it makes him nervous. He would get 3/4 of the way up and then ask to be let down. We finally convinced him that it was safe and he made it to the top. He was really proud of himself. Logan almost refused to go but we talked him into it and he had a lot of fun. We finished off with a dinner at Iggy's and then went home for ice cream cake. It was fun spending the day together. We all had a good time.