Laron's Birthday

Laron's Birthday was this past Wednesday & we sure hope he felt LOVED!  Laron requested pies for his Birthday dessert, so it was busy day for me at home making pies & wrapping presents before he got from work!  That afternoon Laron's brother & sister, Jesse & Diana, took him out to eat at the "Olive Garden," so we ended up saving his birthday dinner for the next day, which ended up working out fine...  My parents had given Laron this lawn-game, so of course we had to try that out that night as well & the kids did pretty good for their first time trying it!

One thing I got Laron for his Birthday was some tickets for our family to go see a "Bee's Baseball Game" the next Monday night.  I had gotten the tickets for a pretty good deal & had hoped that it would be a fun night of family memories for us all.  But it didn't take long before the kids were bored with the game & were ready to move around.  So Laron noticed that there was a grassy area on the back 2 sides of the field where people had blankets spread out & were sitting and watching the game from there.  So after finally talking me into switching areas (we REALLY had AMAZING almost-front-row seats beforehand!), we went & got our complimentary hot dogs that came free with our tickets & headed over to the grass to find a place to sit.  And from then on, the kids had a BLAST!  They ran up & down the hill & wiggled and moved & even eventually found a little playground behind us to go play on.  So we didn't actually see much of the BASEBALL GAME after we switched spots, but I have to admit that the kids did have a lot more fun.  Okay, I guess we ALL did!

Laron also got some money for his Birthday, so I was curious to see what he would pick out (those husbands are hard to shop for sometimes!)...  He finally came home with a new Charcoal/Wood-Burning Grill that apparently he's been wanting for awhile.  It wasn't his DREAM model, but it was clearanced-out because it was the end of the summer & it had almost all the main features he was hoping for.  Apparently on his mission they cooked really amazing meats by cooking them in something similar to this that would smoke the meat at a lower-temperature, all day long.  And apparently it always tasted AMAZING, so he is now very eager to try his hand at cooking or smoking meat with his new grill very soon!  I'm glad he was able to find something he's excited about though!  I just hope he can figure out how to COOK with it now!  We sure love you & hope you had a very "Happy Birthday" Laron!  You mean the WORLD to us!