Friday, January 8, 2010

7 Homers on his 38th Birthday Eve!



He's still got it.  The guns.  The desire.  The gift.   Ryan has been playing Thursday night softball ever since I've known him and for years before that.  His team won the league championship last night (picture above).  They played their season ending tournament at Field of Dreams in Gilbert, and they took it all.  Four games:  7:00, 8:00, 9:00 and 10:00 pm.  He got home at midnight.  He was sore this morning after doing a p90x workout yesterday morning and then playing ball all night in the cold.  And even though we weren't there to cheer him on (too late and too cold for the kiddos), we were thrilled to hear about their big night.  When I woke up this morning to get the kids ready for school, his championship t-shirt was laying on the bathroom sink in full view.  Nice.

Even on the eve of his 38th birthday, he hit 7 home runs over the fence!  And had a great defense night to boot.  We are proud of our awesome dad and husband!  Go Ryan Go!

And Happy Birthday, too!  As of today, you can't really brag about being married to an older woman since we're both 38 now.  I hope your 3 days of glory was good.  I am excited to go out on the town tonight with the love of my life and spend a little one on one time together.  But before we go, I wanted to post a few pics of Ryan from this last year.

Snokeling off the Na Pali coast in Kauai, Hawaii June 2009.  We had such a wonderful vacation this past summer!  I so hope we do it again!

Ryan drinking coconut juice straight from the source in Hawaii.  He's never afraid to try new things, and I love that about him.


Barrett and Ryan share a sweet tooth, that's for sure.  Here they are on July 4th in Mexico, enjoying their caramel apples at the family BBQ.  Oh, how we miss Mexico.  Can't wait to go back!

I love this picture of Ryan and Easton at Father & Son's last spring.  It was their first ever father and son campout with the ward.  Easton and Ryan both had a blast and are really looking forward to this year's trip.

And here's our Scoutmaster hiking out of Fossil Springs this past August.  Ryan and the boys in the troop did a backpacking overnight and loved it!

We all love you, Ryan, and hope that 2010 brings you many blessings and many more great memories.  Thanks for being so awesome!

1 comment:

  1. 7 homeruns! Wow, that is amazing. I think he is an amazing brother too. Happy 38th to Ryan! We are excited to go out and celebrate tomorrow.

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