Brax's 9th Birthday

Brax turned 9 the week after Thanksgiving and he was so excited for his birthday.  His birthday was a challenging day for me because I'd been throwing up ever since Thanksgiving and that day I was particularly sick.  I couldn't stop throwing up.  I wanted him to have a very special birthday though.  First thing after he got up, all he wanted to do was open presents.  We had our family spiritual time and were running behind, but Brax really wanted to open presents.  We had a quick present opening time that lasted 5 minutes.  It wasn't full of exciting gifts, but he was grateful either way.  He got socks, new shoes, pajamas, and a Spider Hex Bug.  He went to school and got out early due to SEPs.  He helped finish setting up for his party and waited anxiously for friends to come. 




































There were 8 kids here playing different Nerf games.  We started with Nerf gun tag.  It was pretty entertaining and the kids came up with some fun hiding places.  After that we headed outside to have a target shooting game.  Some kids were pretty good at it while others struggled.  We had one that complained the whole time and how it was unfair.  Mostly everyone had a good time.  We let the kids run loose on 30+ targets that I'd made.  We came in for cake - cookie dough ice cream cake made by yours truly - and opened presents.  We had one final game.  I took a big box and put different size targets on it with different point values.  Whoever got the highest points won a full size candy bar and the rest got a mini size.  The funny thing was that the only girl here won the challenge.

All in all Brax had a great time and went to bed that night exhausted.  He had scouts that night and opted out of going out to dinner.  He is a great kid and we love him so much!  He goes mostly everywhere with me.  I am truly grateful for my little man in my life and couldn't have made it through the last 9 years without him.  He is the greatest blessing to our family and we look forward to adding another child!