James turned 17 on the first day of school. What a rough day for a birthday. We kind of had to split his birthday into two days and had his party on the weekend. We had German pancakes for his birthday breakfast. He got to open his presents which were long awaited. Lynnlee had his present wrapped for almost a month! He went to school and then had cross country.
He went to the movies for his birthday that week as well. Marshall, Lynnlee, and James went together.
He wished he could have gone to Twenty One Pilots concert for his birthday but it just wasn't going to work out. I still wanted him to have a fun birthday and something unique. So we planned a friends camp out that weekend. Marshall took them all in the suburban and put all of their stuff in the kayak trailer. They had pizza at our house Friday night. We even got Pier 49 which is super fancy and James loves it. They left our house around 7:00pm. They enjoyed their time at their campsite talking around the fire. They had s'mores and I sent homemade Oreo cookies for James's birthday cake. James and his friends devoured them. Saturday morning they hiked around and hung out. They didn't have to rush leaving camp. They had yummy pancake, sausage, and egg breakfast. I helped prep everything and Marshall cooked it all. Oh and orange juice and chocolate milk. Mmm! It was a good morning. They were going to go kayaking at Tibble Fork but it was a little chilly so they headed home and made it back around lunch time. They all seemed to have a fun time!
