He Just Keeps Getting Older...and Older

 14!!  I can not believe it.  I didn't get any pics of his party because he had a sleepover (in the camper-I am not crazy enough to have a bunch of football hooligans in the house).  Although we saw them to feed them, this happened 3 times in a 12 hour span, otherwise we checked on them in the camper and the obnoxiousness was contained outside. Around 11pm they set out to t.p. Bryces old friend Maddys house-she got us the night before really good, and they got caught!  Maddys dad Pat (who has been friends with Travis since they were wee ones) came outside and startled them.  These boys dropped the toilet paper and ran!  Bummer!  They were laughing because the whole thing was pretty funny-they all said they have never run this fast-keep in mind the football coach makes them run 6 days a week and I'm sure would have been impressed with the speed they posessed at this moment.  Around 1 Maddy and her buddies showed up in cute fuzzy slippers and bathrobes to attack the boys with eggs and mustard, it backfired and the girls went home dripping in soda...turnabout is fair play I suppose.  Calling it a sleepover is completely inappropriate as they never slept! I got a call in the house around 8 from his cell phone asking in a very tired voice, "Is breakfast ready??"

 His team is such a great group of kids and his coach Dustin is amazing! Bryce has had him 5 seasons and although he has provided him the hardest (physically and mentally) and most demanding experiences, he has taught Bryce buckets about himself and what it takes to be a disciplined athlete and person.  The team put together a community service project for the new amazing park. The mayor and city council members all showed up to watch these boys at work. They formed teams and were competing against each other to get the most work completed-imagine that.

I was amazed at how proud Bryce was of the work they completed and himself.  It was such a great opportunity.

D-Man Turns Double Digits

 Devon is boy who is wise beyond his years.  He has the greatest imagination and ability to create things in his mind and then build it for others to see.  He's at times, like a little old man in a little boys body with his insight and knowledge.  There is NO ONE like him and I am soooo blessed to know him and be part of his world.

He doesn't like attention on him, he is quite shy.  He stated he didn't want a birthday party that his friends would bring presents to and he would have to be the center of attention.  One can't really argue with that but I was not about to ring in his double digit year with no celebration!!  I talked to his two bestest buddies parents and asked if I could pick the kids up from school in the middle of the day, I still can't believe they said yes, and take them to the premier of Avengers then come back to the house for a pizza party. Somehow we kept it  a surprise for all of them that they got to skip school and go to the movies, I think skipping school for the movies was their favorite part.