Ry turns Seven--Closer to Heaven!

My little Ry Man turned the big 0-7 this year.  It seems like literally just the other day I delivered him in a quick jaunt to St George and back to Vegas in one day bringing home my money toed sweet boy.  What a slice of PURE JOY he has been.  Joy and love.  This little boy is my lil' momma's boy.  He is full of zest for life and wants to do what is right.  He is CONSTANTLY writing notes of love and appreciation to me.  It has covered the whole front and back of my door with sticky's and papers and pictures expressing his sincere desire for me to know how much he loves me and I simply cannot dismiss the fact that he loves his mother.  "You are the key to my heart", "I would cry everyday if you weren't in my life", "I love you so so so so much".  Pictures illustrating me and him doing various activities with hearts and notions of love.  He is truly just joy.  Well, Ry woke up as every birthday member of our family to breakfast in bed.  Dallin made the eggs.  Ethan whipped up a delicious green smoothie.  Ayva manned the pancakes and Ginger got the tray and plate out.  Daddy, bought a giant pack of sour gummy worms (his favorite these days) and he awoke covered in the slimy things to our shouts of birthday wishes.  Ry rose from his pillow with a huge grin on his face thanking us all for making his day so bright.  He didn't want to eat in his bed "ALONE" and requested he join the rest of us at the table.  When I asked him what he wanted to do that day, besides sluffing school, he replied "My only birthday wish is that my brothers and sister stays home and plays with me."  Bradley was completely against the idea, but we all know that I am not one for rules and tend to break them every once and a while.  Dallin is in middle school and is unable to miss these kind of days, so unfortunately, he couldn't stay home, but the rest of the wild pack skipped school and we played all day long.  We jumped in the car after getting ready and headed to the nearest jump house park called "Pump it Up."  Jumping was the name of the game for 2 1/2 hours and they played to their hearts content.  We shut the place down and headed just up the road to the outlet mall.  For, this year instead of the traditional birthday outfit, he wanted "cool shoes."  And, so, we went to the Nike outlet and he chose the COOLEST neon green free runs.  He tried out several pair determining which looked the coolest, felt the most comfortable and which ones made him RUN FASTER!  He settled on the shoes and chose Famous Dave's for his birthday lunch as our next destination.  Oh, how he has grown.  The first time we went to this joint, it scared the higebees out of him!  He said "the pig is scary" and didn't like all the flashing lights and signs in the place.  Now, however, he has tasted the BBQ ribs and is sold on them.  So we devoured lunch and headed to the local Target for his toy purchase.  He looked carefully at all the toys determining which would give him the most entertainment and settled on a remote control helicopter.  We came home and he played with that for a while with the other kids.  For dinner, he wanted sloppy joes, mashed potatoes with, and I quote, "dad's gravy" and salad...because "he likes to be healthy."  We opened presents next.  Bradley chose a great blue bike and sweet spikey helmet.  He was STOKED!  Dallin gave him a homemade bow and arrow.  Ethan presented him with a skylander.  Ayva offered some sweet cookies she had made and Ginger drew him a picture...that she lost.  We enjoyed some Costco cake and gave our thanks and gratitude for Ry being in our family.  He is a treasure.  Happy Birthday to my sweet little Ry Bradley.  I love you son.