Celebrating Ryan!

Tuesday was Ryan's birthday. The kids were so excited. Definitely more excited than Ryan himself. And since it's "the season" I had no idea if we would even see Ryan on Tuesday (just to give you an idea - he got home at 11:45pm last night). So we decided to surprise him at work with balloons and cupcakes.
Ryan usually likes to keep his birthday on the down-low. He thinks you should work hard at your job everyday whether it's your birthday or not (it's a huge pet peeve of his when people ask to take extra long lunches on their birthday or when they take the day off just because it's their birthday), so no one even knew it was his birthday until we ruined the secret and showed up with the party.

It was fun to see him at work, even if it was only for 20 minutes.

But Ryan did make it home in time for our little family party. It was even still light outside.

He had lots of help opening his presents.

And he responded with appropriate excitement when he opened his sleeping bag from Christian. Christian was so proud of this gift. And now they both have sleeping bags and a tent and are ready to go camping this summer.

They look ready don't they?

Happy Birthday Ryan! We love you and pray this year is full of blessings in your life!