Happy 3rd Birthday, Gavin

Gavin had his 3rd birthday on May 10th. 

He received a special #3 shirt for the day. 

 

His stats are:

height--37 inches

weight--30 lbs

 

Gavin's personality can easily categorized as social.  He thinks of everyone as his friend.  He loves to be in the middle of every activity.  He talks a lot.  He smiles a lot.  Rarely does he act shy.  His favorite toy is a Thomas train.  He happily plays with trains all day long. 

 

 

 This was the first time he really got into and understood opening presents.  Before he would have his brothers do it for him.  He was excited to rip the wrapping paper off.

 

 Most of his presents were trains from the Thomas collection.  Here he is happily displaying them. 

 

 

Gavin squealed with delight that he could blow out his candles.

 

 

 

Gavin's Birthday Activity

Oma and Opa (aka Heidi's parents) came to visit shortly after returning from Germany.  They were here for Gavin's birthday, May 10th.  While Adam and Matt were in school we took Gavin to the zoo.  He had been before but had limited memory of it.  So, it was like going for the first time for him.  He loved all the attention he received from Oma and Opa. 

Cutie Pie

Welcome Home

My folks recently came home from their two-year mission in Europe.  They flew into Denver and were only expecting my brother, Owen, to pick them up.  But I thought it would be fun to surprise them so Gavin and I drove up to the airport.  They were happy to see us, especially Gavin holding his cute sign.  They arrived around 9:30pm and then we had to drive to Cheyenne, WY. 

 

 

 

As we left the airport the weather turned bad--first to rain and then to a blizzard.  A drive that typically takes less than two hours took three hours.  We averaged about 30 mph.  We got stuck on the off-ramp in Cheyenne.  It was too steep and we couldn't get any traction.  By this time it was 12:30am.  Getting stuck made a big impression on Gavin because he likes to tell everyone we got stuck in the snow.  Thankfully a snowplow came along.  The driver put sand around our tires and then plowed the ramp for us.  One good thing did come of the blizzard.  My dad got to do his favorite hobby--shoveling snow off the driveway.  By the morning there was a good foot of snow on the ground. 

Lost Tooth

Matt finally lost one of his top, front teeth.  He's been wiggling it for a couple of months.  He looks so cute with it out--like he's a boxer or hockey player.  As you can see, Gavin was quite excited, too.

Painting & Pinewood Derby

 Gavin likes to waterpaint.  He takes it quite seriously. 

Adam had a Pinewood Derby last month.  Gavin and some of his friends (Jackson Mills and Ethan Waters) were pretending to be tunnels during the practice runs.



Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter weekend.  Friday evening we drove up to Denver for a ward temple trip.  We had fun at the hotel with our friends.  The kids especially enjoyed the pool.  Saturday morning I went early to the temple and got to do some ordinances for Robert's cousin, who had passed away a couple of years ago.  That was a very special experience for me.  I really felt blessed to have that opportunity.  Then Robert took his turn and did the endowments for his great grandfather.  While he was at the temple, I took the boys to Chuck E. Cheese.  Everyone in our ward then met for lunch at a buffet.  We got home late, but not too late for the Easter Bunny to come.

 

 Matt left a note for the Easter Bunny.  It said,
          "Dear Easter Bunny,
           Can you leave me some extra peeps because I love peeps."
                                        Matt

 Matt got double the amount of peeps.  In addition, he ended up sneakily eating Adam and Gavin's peeps, too.