Adventures in Bennionland

Happy Birthday to Mommy,
Happy Birthday to Mommy,
Happy Birthday dear Mommy.
Happy Birthday to you!

Will and Walker went shopping with me to pick out Shell’s birthday gift. I chose my gift and let gave Will some directions for picking out a gift to give Shell from him. I took him to the jewelry aisle and told him to pick one thing. He came back with two. Both anklets. He made the final decision based on the fact that one had a heart and the other did not. Good call Will.

Will and Walker then got to decorate the bag for Shell. We got a picture of the boys with Shell opening their gift but I wish I had pictures of Will trying to choose the gift. It was classic William – he was very deliberate.

Happy Birthday Shell/Momma B.
We love you,
Eric & the boys

PS- for any of you out there who are curious, Shell celebrated the 7th anniversary of her 21st birthday.

I bet none of you know what a great diver I am! In fact, until today I did not even know.

But the story of my diving day starts before my dive, so let me tell you. Mom invited some of her friend, and therefore some of my friends (I like how that works) to come swimming today! Walker and I love to swim but it is so much better when I have my friends here. So N and A came over with AG. The weather was a little gloomy but the pool felt great! My friends and I were having so much fun. Here is N showing us his signature smile:

And here is A. She looks like she’s screaming but she’s not mad. She kept making me laugh!

This is AG and his Mom. His Mom is really nice and lets me come over a play a lot. She even thinks I’m nice!

After we swam for a while I got done. I’d been swimming the night before and wasn’t really excited to be in there for too long. So Mom took me inside and changed my clothes. She also let me bring out a couple of trucks. I think she was just being nice but not being so smart.

About five minutes after we’d been back out there I drove my truck right into the water, and took my first dive! I was not very happy about it and have told everyone I can about it. Fortunately N and A’s Mom was right there and got me out of the water fast. I was pretty mad, especially when Mom did not really react and immediately went to go get the camera. I cheered up though as soon as I realized how funny it was. Plus Mom showed me the picture and you all know how much I love seeing myself!

We got to have lunch together too! My days are a lot better when my friends are around. It was funny because AG asked for ketchup for his carrots. I thought that was weird at first, especially because I don’t like to eat my carrots. Then I saw his genius! You use the carrots as a ketchup delivery system! Just dip, eat the ketchup, and reuse. Brilliant! By the end of lunch we were all doing it.

It was such a fun day and I am hoping that my friends will come back this week and swim some more. We’ll have to see if I can get Mom in a good mood!

Love,
Will

Hi Friends,

It has been such a glorious day! I cannot believe that I’ve missed lots of July 4ths before this one! I mean, watching Dad, RyRy, and Victoria get so thrilled just to light things on fire was worth all the wait! Not to mention how cool the fireworks were!

There are lots of pictures so I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking. I just can’t wait now for the 24th of July when we get to do some more fireworks!

Happy 4th of July to each of you!
Love,
Walker Ryan

Grandma Steph made us a really good dinner. I had a little bit of everything!

It wasn’t long after dinner when the firecrackers got started!
Will was a little scared of them.

The party then moved to the street! PARTY!!!

Here’s the newlyweds getting their flame on:

Will really wanted to watch the firecrackers but from a distance. I was so bummed because had they given me a firecracker I would have loved it. I only got to watch.

Mom finally let me get kind of close. I just wanted to grab on and, well, probably eat them!