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Happy Birthday Luke

Luke turned 9 today. He is my happy go lucky kid, social and friendly. He is full of smiles and laughter, but look out when he gets mad. He is 100% farm boy, loving dirt, tractors, and trucks. He brings so much joy into our lives.
 On Luke's birthday he got to sleep in, watch tv, and just hang out. With the grandparents out of town,  he didn’t have any place fun to go during the day.  He got to open his gifts from us. Luke has been all about his Nerf guns lately, so that was at the top of his wish list. He got a giant nerf gun that holds a lot of nerf bullets. Luke's best friend is a fanatic about guns and playing war and shooting. He also got a cool new pair of cowboy boots and a muscle car t shirt. Mawgee also made him a candy bar poster. They even have a steer skull on them. On the evening of his birthday, Luke had taekwondo, so I thought it would be fun to get a special cake to enjoy after his class. I tried to keep it a surprise, but he was with me when I got his cake. He didnt get to see it until after class when all the students sang and shared it. It was decorated with a taekwondo belt in the color blue, which is his current rank. It also said ATA on it. To make the night extra special, Aunt Alice came down and watched his taekwondo class and joined us after for dinner. This is the firsst time Alice has been in Iowa all winter so it was nice she could celebrate with us.  Mark and the kids met us at Buffalo Wild Wings, Luke's favorite, to eat.

Jan 20, Three days prior to his birthday, Luke celebrated with a friend party. Since both sets of Grandparents were gone, one in Hawaii, one in Alabama, Luke was happy to have a small friend party. He was so excited for Friday to finally get here. By 4:00 our family headed to Fort Dodge for the big party at Fort Frenzy in Fort Dodge. We picked up Alex L. and Tyson met us with his sister Morgan. Morgan and Jayden went and got Starbucks and a pedicure, all Morgans idea. Wade brought Alivia, and Rylie came late after wrestling practice. The kids ran wild, ate lots of pizza, played video games, laser tag, and lots of roller skating. It was a good time had by all. The roller skating was the biggest hit and even when our two hour time limit was up, they skated an extra 2 hours. The sweetest  was watching Luke hold Jaydens hand and skate round and round with her. Luke has an awesome sister.  As I always say, she is one of a kind. It was late by the time we got home with both Rylie and Alex spending the night. The boys ran around the basement having nerf gun wars. They had so much fun shooting and making barricades.
 

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