Ryan's 31st Birthday

Ryan turned 31!  His actual birthday was the day of Kherington's first soccer practice, so we were gone til late plus he was working late so we opted to celebrate on Sunday instead.

He opted for one of his favorite childhood meals: linguine.  More specifically linguine with fish and Texas Toast.  For his cake he went with a Toll House Pie.  The kids loved all the bazillions of candles covering the pie.

His big birthday present was traveling to Dubai on his way home from India earlier in the summer.  The kids also drew him some pictures and found some bags to fill with random things from the cupboard.

Mom had left a little present for Ryan from Grandpa Finley.  It was a rock.  At one point, Ryan made it clear to my mom that if they have a rock collection when they die, we were not keeping it.  Those rocks would get put back outside.  Well, Grandpa Finely was cleaning out his house and decided Ryan should have this rock.

"Gpa Finley wanted you to have this special commemorative rock.  He picked it from a jetty in Ensenata, Mexico at his Aunt's memorial to spread her ashes into the sea.  The event was especially memorable because they dropped the glass container on the jetty and it broke spilling the ashes.  He said if you don't want to keep this keepsake it would be okay if you returned it to the Ensenada jetty."