Greg and Gavin's Birthday Bash

Greg and Gavin's birthdays are one day apart (Gavin's is May 1 and Greg's is May 2). Because of this, we always celebrate their birthdays together. It has worked out well and Greg is a great sport about it. On Gavin's birthday, we measured him on our family growth chart. He has grown quite a bit, but the winner of the most grown in one year goes to Kate. Gavin is only about four inches behind me now, but his feet are bigger than mine and he is proud of that!
We let him open his present from the family that morning. As you can see, he is beyond excited. He received the entire series of Star Trek: The Next Generation. That is a lot of Star Trek. Greg also opened his present. He got a Garmin Rino GPS Radio. It is very fancy and he can't stop playing with it. I'm glad they both liked their gifts.


That afternoon, Gavin invited over 8 friends to have a 'space mission' in our basement. He, Jon and Heidi have been planning it for weeks. They transformed the basement to look like a space ship complete with sick bay, a live TV feed from the cargo bay, alien invaders and a transporter. Everyone had an assignment and the mission was a great success. I wish I had some pictures, but Enoch, Kate and I were banned from the basement because we would get in the way! The mission went a bit longer than planned, so Greg picked up some pizzas on the way home from work to feed the hungry crew.
Grandpa and Grandma Fowler stopped by after dinner to wish Greg and Gavin happy birthday and have some brownies. Fowler's gave Gavin his new eleven-year-old Scout stuff. We used Greg's old Scout shirt and I sewed on new patches and picked up a new book for him. He looks so handsome in his khaki shirt. He also got a Scout belt and a Scout hat. We will add pants, shorts and socks later (Scout clothes are terribly expensive). After Grandma and Grandpa left, Gavin had a sleep-over with Jon and Heidi. It was a great day.
The next day on Greg's birthday, he helped his home teaching family move, worked in the yard and attended the adult session of Stake Conference. Birthdays aren't quite the same when you're a grown-up.