Last Saturday...

Last Saturday, Luke turned seven. Seven!! Seven years old. I can't believe it. He is SUCH a fun kid. I could all of his wonderful qualities, talents and skills, but we'd be here a while. He's not perfeect, but I love him to pieces. And he is suddenly so grown up. This year instead of a big backyard bash like we usually do, he wanted to "just hang out" with a few friends and run in the Great Muddy Escape, like we did last year. So, we did just that.

 

 

He got to pick out a new bike, which I got NO pictures of, and we got him a camoflauge backpack full of all sorts of camping, hunting, and survial tools.  He is really into hiking, foraging and learning to live off the land so to speak.  He loves the Survivorman shows on TV.  He loves to study plants in the forest and what you can/can't eat.  He is quite the outdoorsman and loves to talk about camping, starting his own fire, catching fish for dinner, and really "roughing it".  We are planning a camping trip soon!!

Cason got him a book about pranks and tricks (great), a few new tshirts, and some science kits.

I just can't help but love this picture.

Luke's crew: Raymond, Cody, BJ, Skylarr and Brelee

Heath let Cason "run" on his last lap

And, of course Jason had to pick on someone; namely the birthday boy.

 

 

The photographer was quite impressed with Heath's wall clearing skills(compliments of USMC)

 

 

More pics to the party to come soon!