Jeff's 9th birthday

Jefferson Max was born on May 22 2006. 

This cute little guy is now nine years old! 

He enjoyed getting a few gifts when we were with family the Sunday before.

The day of his birthday I got Arby's sandwiches and Cedric (who was off for kindergarten testing), Sophie and I ate lunch with him at school. 

That night we did a little party. 

 Even though everything was really from Tom and I, we let each of the kids give him a present.

 Lego Bionicls from Sophie.

Spy gear from Cedric. 

 And Lily gave him a spy brief case.

Tom and I gave him a new jacket, Sunday clothes and shoes and a Darth Vader watch! 

Jeff wanted to light his own candles.  We had Reese's Pieces cupcakes with green vanilla frosting. 

That night I let Jeff and Lily stay up late to watch the 3rd Star Wars.  They have been watching all of the trilogies, but they were most excited for this episode.  Probably because I let them watch a PG-13 movie. 

The next day we went to Boondocks.  Even though it was a non-friend birthday party year, we let him invite four friends because the coupon we had was for 10+ people.  Although it was a little cool and rainy, we had fun. 

 We got soaked on the boats and were freezing!

 Some play mini golf, these boys played scrimmage golf.

The simulated rollercoaster!  Fun, but not worth the long wait in line! 

Afterward, we dropped off the friends and headed to Golden Corral.  Jeff's dinner consisted of popcorn shrimp, Mandarin oranges, ice cream with gummy bears and lots and lots of cotton candy!

He still has his birthday date with Grandpa Kent and Grandma Suzy coming up and is hoping to buy a pet turtle.  He also got lots of money from his other grandparents, friends, etc. and is excited to use that for the turtle.

Here are nine things that make Jeff a special boy.

1. He is self confidant in school and sports.

2. He is smart and loves math

3. He loves Harry Potter, Minecraft and Star Wars

4. He is memorizing the Articles of Faith with Lily's help.

5.  He says really sweet family prayers.

6. He loves basketball and baseball... or any sport.

7. He is talented with piano, even though he doesn't like learning new songs.

8. He is an early bird and just moved downstairs into his own room again.

9. He loves to help with Sophie, making dinner or other "fun" jobs.

Happy Birthday, Jeff!

(Update 6/13/15)

Jeff had a fun birthday date with Grandpa Kent and Grandma Suzy.  They went to Arby's for lunch and then he chose to keep half his money to go toward his turtle and with the other half bought a box of Otter Pops.  He ended up selling them on the sidewalk and made quite a bit of money doing so!

We took Jeff to the pet store to price out turtles, and with all the equipment and the turtle it would've cost around $90!  So we decided to look on KSL instead and we found a slider turtle, with all the gear for only $40.  Jeff had just enough birthday money to buy it!  So we took a family drive up to Farmington one Saturday to pick it up.  He named the turtle, Tank and is pretty excited about him!