His Golden Birthday

Well Jonas had a great Golden Birthday! We just hardly saw him! But skiing at Telluride was great and so we're glad he got to do that on his birthday. And as soon as he and Miles got home from skiing, it was ward-party time. A lot going on.

Since we had a full day on Saturday, we decided to have Jonas' birthday dinner and movie on Friday night. Jonas wanted Orange chicken . . . so I asked online for a good recipe and our neighbors came through. I had never made it before, but it turned out really good! Jonas loved it. That night we watched "Jumanji: Into the Jungle." The boys had seen it but not the rest of us. It was a pretty fun show.

Jonas and his birthday dinner wish.

Then Saturday the boys were off with Csilla by 6:45am and home around 6:00pm. 

 He had picked out this sweatshirt for his birthday and so he got that as soon as he got up. Very cool.

This was the only picture I got from Telluride - lunchtime!

We had dinner at the ward party and then headed back home. Jonas opened his gifts:

 He likes Reese's and since it was his Golden Birthday, we went big. :) He got some great clothes, a book that looks like a fun read, cash, a book to build things to blow-up our backyard, a movie gift-certificate (from his siblings), and a Garmin watch. He loves it all and the watch has been a big hit. Which is good because he's a tough one to buy for! I love that he's old enough and wise enough to figure out the watch by himself, ha. It can track his steps, distance, pace, fluid intake, stress level, tell him the temperature, etc., etc. He is able to change the background and currently has a BYU one. It's cool.

After presents we had cake and ice-cream. But since Jonas isn't the biggest ice-cream fan, we had bought milk shakes (which he does like) - peppermint flavor from Crash Burger. YUM. The cake was delicious, too.

 A Ford Mustang cake for our very own Jonas FORD, who also happens to be obsessed by cars - especially Mustangs - at the moment. :)

 It looked pretty cool with the candles!

 Ha, Jonas heard how you can snuff out a candle with your licked-upon fingers and it won't hurt . . . he was a little nervous about it (as you can see from the blurry hand being pulled away).

Ha, he finally got brave enough! He said it didn't hurt . . . :)

Happy Golden Birthday Jonas!