A Decade Gone By

Dax had birthday #10- on July 19th. We can't hardly believe it. He had a great day. He re-opened Lego Harry Potter (because Curtis bought it for him early, the day the game came out). Then he also got a Nintendo DSi. His old DS was well-loved and falling apart. Now he has the new and improved version. He loves it, it takes pictures and does cool stuff that the old one didn't do, besides it is shiny and new. Then we had a few of his friends over for swimming, pizza, and cake. I love summer birthdays. They are so easy.

Getting ready to blow the candles out.

L-Westin Thomas, Derek Johnson, Thomas Smith, Dax Johnson, Ethan Savoldi, Dallin Thomas, Tate Seeley. This swim party was thrown together at the last minute. We thought Curtis might be going to San Diego so he would take Dax and Derek and have some fun with them at the beach, Lego land, etc. Those plans fell through so we decided to do this at the last minute. Tate had been out of town with his family when his mom got the e-mail/ invite for the party. She told me that they would be flying in that morning, but Tate would be back in time for the party. When Tate showed up his mom apologized that they didn't have time to get a gift, which was totally acceptable and I told her a gift wasn't even necessary. The next day we found a gift by the front door from Tate. I had Dax write Thank you notes to his friends. This is what he wrote to Tate.

Thanks a lot for coming to the party, Tate. Also thanks for the late-but-still gift. It couldn't have been good without you. Your Friend, Daxton.

I told Becky, Tate's mom, I was embarrassed to send that Thank you note. I know Dax didn't intend to sound rude, but it still did. She laughed and said she still wanted to see the note. Dax's comments always keep us on our toes. So we mailed it anyway.