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Ave's Grad Party

Mugging for the camera in front of Ave's photo displays.

Taking a break from all the eating and socializing to try out the ol' swing set next to the garage!

A proud Mema and Papa as they hold their youngest grandson!

Ledge took a turn holding him as well- what a cutie pie!

Last Day of 7th

I can't decide which one of these two is cuter!

Ledger standing up to accept his academic achievement award!

Walking home with one of his best friends Owen. His mom works at the school with Diana, so the two boys often walk there together at the end of the day.

Sitting down for a fancy lunch at Burger King! (Please note that he has a phone number written on his arm... It's from a girl!)

South Bend It

Wiggins taking a load off!

We went to visit Diana's dad and he had something pretty cute to show Ledger: a hedgehog! He had found a sick hedgehog and was trying to nurse it back to health.

Ledger was enamored by such a cute little fella!

It's adorable!

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Hanging out with the boys for the day! Eli and Michael came over to hang out after school and we went to Wendy's for dinner.

The boys hanging out in the living room playing games!

Chillin' out on the deck with mom.

Going out for lunch. Mom always hates when we take the food out of the basket, so we just do it when she's not with us...

Making random silly and sad faces in the car.

Getting his hair cut. Not so happy with the length, but the style was just right!

Went to go see How to Train Your Dragon in 3D!

Rockford

Oh man, I am pumped to be back and chowing down on some chili dogs!

Diana didn't even get hot dogs?!? Absolutely crazy behavior on her part.

A happy boy with a plate full of great food!

The happy couple.

Five Year Landscaping

After putting the plastic edging in.

Oh, it looks so nice with the mulch, huh?

From the other side. You can see the big deck and the other landscape edging I did (years) earlier.

Oh yeah, that looks amazing!

His First Con

We measured out the words we needed to put on his shirt and got cloth markers so we could make it look like the character.

All dressed up as his favorite Regretevator character!

Wondering around the convention center, taking it all in!

He loved the whole experience, especially getting recognized!

Enjoying some of the convention food. I had a chili dog and he had a hot pretzel.

Chicken Jockey

Hanging out with the boys as they play video games together.

All five of them were so pumped and excited to have a fun night together!

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Gathered up in the living room for present time!

Opening his gifts.

Taking a break from the gift opening to have a good ol' fashioned pillow fight!

Opening another birthday gift.

The boys erupted in excitement over the last gift Ledger opened, which was...

A 12 inch 'Steve' figure from Minecraft! These boys have made it their personalities for the past several weeks to quote the Minecraft commercial and were blown away that a 12 in Jack Black figure even existed! I think the gift was a success!

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The boys hanging out in Ledger's room playing games and laughing!

Gathered around the table, chowing down some delicious pizza!

A delicious birthday cake for the birthday boy!

Filling up what little space they had left in their bellies with cake and frosting!

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Going to see Dog Man! He's loved this book series for many years, so we are both pumped to finally see a movie!

A social studies assignment where the students had to illustrate different types of government. The teacher told us that they were so impressed with Ledger's drawing, he will be using it in future years as an example in class!