Gavin's 11th Birthday

Gavin turned 11 on the 18th. All of a sudden, he's growing up too fast! It wakes me up a little bit to the fact that we only have a few years left to prepare him for being on his own some day. It's fun to watch his personality and interests grow as he ages.

On his birthday-day, he and I went skiing at Snow Bowl here in Flagstaff. We both love downhill skiing. I wish we could afford to do it more often!

We decided to take one of the lifts all the way to the top. I didn't realize the only way down were black diamond runs. Gavin was a little scared as we headed down, but he sure was proud to tell his friends he went down a black diamond :-)

Since the kids had school off on Monday, we decided to do Gavin's birthday party with his friends from Sunday night to Monday morning. They had a great time swimming at the Flagstaff Athletic Club and having a sleepover (which is fairly rare for our kids).