We have a 12 year old! Can't believe it's even possible. For his birthday this year he wanted to do something with his friends (that wasn't a sleepover, I vetoed that one!) so we took them to Floyd's Arcade near Roanoke. It was kind of a random spot but the kids loved it!
After gaming for a couple of hours we came back to our house to swim and then have pizza and cake.
This year Dave asked for a Texas Sheet Cake (forgot to get a picture of course). We didn't really celebrate Thanksgiving on the actual day this year since we were hosting Josh's family on Friday. On Friday morning (Dave's actual birthday) I took him and Ike to 50 East for a birthday breakfast.
Dave has been a joy this year! We are starting to get to the disagreements that come along with having a teenager, but he generally handles himself very well and is such a funny, smart, kind kid. He's doing great in school and has dealt with being involved in two extracurriculars (robotics and basketball) very well. His favorite book of the year is one of the Percy Jackson books and his favorite movie was Spiderman: No Way Home. Favorite musician/band would go to Glass Animals or 21 Pilots (both of which we are seeing in concert this year!). He wants to work for NASA when he grows up, particularly in the area of engineering, not to be an astronaut.
Lots of fun was had Friday when everyone came over for Thanksgiving! Dave started the party by being at basketball but joined in about an hour later.
Once hosting was done it was time for the Christmas decorations to go up! Everyone helped out this year which was really fun!
I love my gnomes, they are so dang cute!
Picture from Thanksgiving of the whole Bowyer/Smith clan.
For my last hosting event of the year we had my friend Theresa and family over to celebrate her birthday. Her one request was a charcuterie board-it was super fun making this!
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