Nine is Fine

Joshua celebrated his 9th birthday yesterday. He had a great day at school and gave his class his favorite treat: Oreos. Once he came home, the real partying began. He had his good friends come over and we took them to Hang Time in Orem (with Kayden and his friends).  Josh had a great birthday and just kept partying on through the rest of the night.

My nine year old.

Josh with all his friends.  From left to right: Brigham, Jack, Owen, Matt, Josh, Jace, Connor and Eli.

Josh and his friends love playing basketball together.  Add a trampoline and they were heaven shooting and doing slam dunks.  Above is Matt, Brigham and Eli.

Josh doing a slam dunk with some rim hang time.

Singing Happy Birthday with his brother over some pizzas.

The whole gang.

The whole gang being silly.

Present time!

After all of Josh's friends left, Josh opened his presents from us.  He got a big Lego Star Wars set and a glow in the dark Frisbee ring.  One of his friends came back over and he and Josh spent the rest of the night playing with all of Josh's new toys.

McKay giving Josh a nice bonk on the head.  (I made McKay squat so he would fit in the picture.)

Nine Things We Love About Joshua:

1. Josh loves everything sports.  Whatever sports season it is, that is his favorite.  Right now he loves football (he played flag football for the first time this year) and basketball.
2. Josh likes to keep busy.  He is always outside playing with his friends or riding his bike and/or Ripstik.  It is surprising to find him watching TV or playing video games.
3. He is funny.  Just ask all the kids in his class.  He came home with a bunch of birthday cards from his class yesterday.  I would say 85% of them said something about Josh being funny.
4. Josh is sincere.  He always is telling me the sweetest things straight from his heart.  Especially at bed time.  "Mom, I am glad you chose me to be your boy."
5. Josh loves being with his friends.  There is hardly a day that goes by when he isn't with a friend.
6. He loves math and is good at it.  (He definitely didn't get that from me.)  He says it is his favorite thing to do at school.  He comes right home after school and gets his homework done.
7. Josh is a good brother.  He watches out for Kayden and loves hanging out with him.  He loves it when McKay and Jaxon go outside to play football with him.
8. Josh is a Daddy's Boy.  He loves to have his dad come in his room at night and chat with him.  Josh loves having that time with his dad.
9. He is still one of my best helpers.  He will sometime surprise me by cleaning up without me asking and he will do his Saturday job with out complaint--most of the time.  (You can't expect him to be perfect all of the time!)

Happy birthday Josh!  We are so glad you were sent to us and that you are our boy.  We love you!