Shout Hooray!

Look how happy he is!

 Kolton had a birthday!

He is now 26!

 (Doesn't that sound so dang old? He's that much closer to 30 which is basically ancient.)

We spent the day at church and at a cousin's farewell.  Later we had our families come over for cake and ice cream. I made an ice cream cake that was a total disaster, but I tried.

He opened up a swim suit, a movie, tennis shoes, and work boots. 

So exciting!

Don't you love that me circa 2009 also gets to be a part of this picture? That's the gift that I got from our white elephant gift exchange Can you imagine my surprise in opening a picture of my face that I did not enter into the gift giving?

Back to the birthday boy...

Kolton had been asking for a pressure washer so he could wash our cars among other things. I resisted a little bit because I'm not very nice. But after he talked and talked and talked about it I decided I had probably better give in. I went to town with my parents one Saturday and we picked one out. A couple days later and the day before his birthday I was in town with Kolton and he walked right up to a pressure washer almost identical to the one I had bought him. He then proceeded to tell me that this is what he had in mind. 

I looked at him dumbfounded, pretended to play dumb, and asked, "What is it?"

 The look of disbelief and disappointment on his face was so priceless.

I think I even had him fooled till the next day when I wheeled it out of the garage and presented it to him. Poor boy, I just can't resist being mean and I always love a good surprise. 

I sure love that kid and always enjoy being around him. Even though his methodical deliberate-ness can sometimes drive me batty, he is the perfect complement to my scatterbrained impetuous-ness. He is one of the most patient people I have ever known and is pretty easy to be around too. 

I just have to add one more....

I think he's neat.