Matt turns 36!

We had fun celebrating our favorite daddy/husband for his birthday! We celebrated a few different times. Since Matt's birthday was on a Monday (and Matt had some school responsibilities over the weekend), our big family celebration was on Friday afternoon. Matt had only a half-day of school that day. So, we all went together to pick Ian up from school and then headed to a local church's disc golf course. The weather was beautiful!

The older boys enjoyed looking at the map and throwing their frisbees for a brief time. Then, they mainly played in the dirt, looked for long sticks, and ran around while Matt and I played ...

... well, at least up until Nathan fell asleep in the Baby Bjorn. Then, we all just cheered on Daddy! :)

After playing about seven "holes," we checked out the church's playground.

We grabbed some pizza at Mellow Mushroom, a place Matt has been wanting to try, and then came home to eat it. After dinner, Matt opened his gifts (the boys were REALLY excited to give him the orange slices and gum that they had selected for him as well as the cards they had made). Then, we enjoyed Matt's favorite dessert (made lovingly by the boys): brownie mallow bars!

Daddy appreciated the yummy food as well as the time that Ryan had spent decorating. (Notice all of the colorful streamers in the doorway and the balloons on the back of Matt's chair.)

Daddy had two willing helpers to blow out his candles.

I don't know who enjoyed the dessert more: Matt or Ian. :)

On Sunday, Jon and Chelsea helped us celebrate Matt's birthday again. They brought over all of the supplies to make hamburgers and some fixings to go with them.

Chelsea even made some yummy gluten-free cupcakes for us all to enjoy.

On Monday, Matt's actual birthday, Ian celebrated by losing his first tooth! :)

We love you so much, Matt! We praise God for your others-centered, positive, helpful, enthusiastic personality. You make us so happy!