Stockton turned 14 on Sunday, June 25, 2023. Justin was at church early but the rest of us enjoy our somewhat-relaxing Sunday mornings with 11:30 church. Stockton's breakfast request was rice pudding which he ate and then hurriedly got ready for church. He is officially at the point where his birthday pictures don't fit across the mantle.
We went to church then came home and had lunch. He wanted a reuben sandwich...rye bread, pastrami, swiss cheese. He spent the afternoon waiting for Justin to get home so he could open his presents. He painted Brynn and Ivy's faces (and other body parts) while he waited. They probably watched a movie on Disney+ as well...they made a list of movies to watch at the beginning of the summer and had been working through the list.
Justin thought he had an easy day but that turned out to be wrong. He didn't get home until close to 5. We did Stockton's presents first. He got his requested treats (nerd clusters, caramel M & M's, cow tails) and a pitcher's pocket. The pitcher's pocket was also from my parents since they donated to the overall cost. This was Stockton's present but Justin is equally excited to use it and they went outside right away to try it out.
Dinner was next. We ate outside. I think Stockton considered choosing something besides meatballs for a minute but decided he couldn't go against tradition. So meatballs it was! We also had corn on the cob (off the cob for him) and watermelon. Why does food taste better outside sometimes??
We cleaned up the kitchen then had cake and ice cream. Stockton loves angel food cake so he got that. He doesn't do most fruits so he prefers his with ice cream and chocolate and caramel syrup drizzled on everything with a dollop of whipped cream. Some of us normal people had sweetened strawberries and cream with our cake.
It wasn't Stockton's year for a party but he never really got one last year so I told him he could have one. I don't know if he didn't want to host one or if his friends were busy around his birthday but he never did do a party. He did tell me he would love if the Webb's could come over and have a campfire and play night games. They were available and came over that night. We started a fire and had s'mores and John brought his gaga ball game. That was popular! Everyone had a good time playing that-even Jenny and I got in there and played. They stayed for a few hours and we had a really great time with them and I was glad that Stockton had a some-what party that day.
Stockton got a package in the mail a few days later. It was a Fiji Rugby t-shirt from my parents.
We gifted Gene and April a gift certificate a couple of Christmases ago for them to come and ride the train. They didn't get a chance to do it last year so they found a day that Molly was working and came up to ride the train. I told them to save a trip and we could celebrate Stockton's birthday that day. I also paid for tickets for my other kids to ride with them-I thought that would be a little more fun for them and was pleasantly surprised to find out that it was half price for us since we are Heber city residents. I met them there that afternoon and gave them the kids.
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| Brynn, Stockton, April, Ivy, Gene, Brett |
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| Brett, Ivy, Brynn, Stockton, Gene |
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| Brynn and Grandpa |
They got home a few hours later and said that they had had a really fun time! It was a scenic train so no special theme but the mountains are so pretty along the route, especially this year after we've had so much moisture. They enjoyed watching Molly do her hosting and said she was an old pro.
They came to our house after and we had a second mini celebration for Stockton. They gave him some baseball sunglasses and Dr. Pepper and I served them bibimbap, which is a meal I know they have been wanting to try for a while. I forgot dessert but we had some leftover ice cream so I pulled that out and they helped us finish it off.
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| Brett, April, Stockton, Gene |
Happy Birthday to Stockton!
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