Birthdays, Blessings, and Bruises

Rick "celebrated" the big 3-6 today (although we're using the term loosely). When the clock struck midnight, turning Monday into Tuesday, Dr. Saunders was still at work dealing with crazy, drug-seeking patients. He didn't get ready for bed until 2:30ish. When he went to climb in, he had to wrestle our geriatric dog out of his spot. Poor guy.

After snoozing his alarm clock 10 times (and missing a meeting), he rolled out of bed at 10:30. He spent some quality time with the sick computer until we forced him to open his birthday gift.

As always, we labored over what to get for him. We knew we couldn't go wrong with a purchase from Costco, so we bought him a cache cooker. Now to find the time to go camping...

Jacob and Emma have their first day of school tomorrow (Wednesday). Rick seized the opportunity to give the kids a father's blessing. It's always such a neat thing to see the Priesthood in action! Since Rick had to go to work at 1:00, we hurried over to a little Mexican restaurant for a birthday brunch. We ate like it was our last meal. Miraculously we could still take down the fried ice cream dessert they gave him for his special day.

You may not know that Jacob is a big 7th grader playing on the football team this year. He's been in training for a few weeks now, and really enjoys it. Now that the boys are in pads though, things have gotten kind of rough. Check out this kid's bruises!

Isn't he such a tough guy?

Next post: A report on the first day of school!