Yesterday was Bryce's 8th birthday.  We had the day all planned out.  All three children had soccer games in the morning and following their last game we were to take Bryce's buddies home with us for hot dogs, cupcakes, and play time with friends.  Unfortunately, all of us came down sick this past week.  Since Monday, we have all struggled with an upper respiratory infection.  Activities for the whole week were cancelled, school stopped, and we all wearily laid around to watch John Wayne, blow our noses, and suck on cough drops.

Despite the fact that his party was cancelled, Bryce couldn't wait to celebrate his birthday.  He was the first one to suggest it was bedtime on Friday night knowing that the sooner he went to bed the sooner his birthday would come.  At 5 a.m., Bryce came to wake Todd and I up to inform us that he was wide awake and ready to open presents.  We informed him that it was too early and needed at least two more hours of sleep.  So at 7 a.m. Bryce tried it again to rouse us out of our sleep.  This time we complied and joined him and his brother and sister at the table.  To start off the celebration, Brian set up his snap circuit set to play the birthday song and we all sang to Bryce. 

Bryce then opened his gifts of Lego's Power Miners. 

 After breakfast, Todd went off to umpire some baseball games and the kids enjoyed the shark cupcakes that I made for the event. 

 We then took off to do some mystery shopping, visit Todd on the ball field with lunch, and then visit the carnival that had come to town.  All in all Bryce had a good day.