Fourteen, Felines and Friends

Ben turned 14! It surely wasn't as exciting as going to Vegas for his 13th birthday, but he still had a good day. We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. Grampie was still in rehab at the time.

 

Ben is such a good sport. Normally, none of us want to sit on the saddle and have them give a huge hee haw for your birthday, but Ben was game! He's always such a good sport. 

 

David made him cheesecake! It's so good!   

 

He got lots of cards and a few gifts. It was so hard to buy for him. He doesn't want or need much. 

 

One thing he did ask for was to change his room a bit. We are going to paint it this summer. But, he wanted to take down some of the super hero decals. They are all over his room. We need to do a major over haul and put some of his special things in a tote in the attic, like Mr. Potato head.  

 

So, when we asked what he wanted on the walls, he didn't know. He's really into History and Science. But, we aren't putting a framed photo of the Ben Franklin on his wall. I wasn't sure what teen boys put on their walls these days. My brother had posters of girls in bikinis, like Heather Locklear and Christy Brinkley, and I think a black lamborghini.  But, that is definitely not Ben. So, I found a few framed space photos and he liked them. He already makes his room filled more grown up. We'll have to work on the paint later and the fact that he has 4 pieces of furniture in there and none of it matches. :)

 

So, we call Noah the cat whisperer. Cats love him. When we go to Canada he walks around Aunt Paula and Uncle Terry's house and finds all the cats and pets them. I think he gets this from my mother. But, this is one of Grammie's new cats. His name is Oliver. They also got his sister Lucy, but she's a bit more timid. But, the both love Noah. 

 

And Ms. Emily. Her world is her friends. They came over last weekend and wanted waffles. It's nice they are at the age that they can just make them for themselves, which is exactly what they did. 

 

This is her group of winter guard gals. They are doing a lot of fund raising to try to travel somewhere amazing next year.  

 

They have competitions every Saturday for like 2 months down in Phoenix. It's a big commitment. They came in second last weekend. Their routine is awesome.  

 

This is her before they left for the competition. I never get to see her all made up as they usually meet at a girls house before and all do make up together, but this time she did it at home. She looks so grown up with the fake lashes and she does her make up so well.  

 

Oh, and this happened for the first time. Ben was getting the slightest mustache, which he did not like. David gave him a lesson on how to shave it. It was comical. He'll probably only have to shave once a month for now, but I'm glad he got the mustache off. 

That catches you up on what's going on around here!