Tyler's Best Day

I apologize in advance that I don't have pictures of "the best day;" we were just too busy having fun to capture much on film and the pictures we do have are on Kevin's camera and haven't been downloaded.

It was the 16th of January, the day after Tyler's 7th birthday. We started the day with breakfast tacos - an all time fave around here. Then we headed to Tyler's basketball game. He has entered into a new league (both literally and figuratively) this year and it is a blast to watch his games. The progress he has made since his first encounter on a basketball team is truly amazing. The game ended in victory (always a bonus) and we dashed off to meet some of his cousins for lunch. Andrew, Matthew, and Jacob had come into town to help Tyler celebrate his birthday. After lunch we went home briefly before his birthday party which was at the Main Event. He and lots! of friends there and they played glow in the dark mini golf, had pizza and cake. He had a great time (Kevin and I found it one of the most stressful birthday party venues around and were missing Pump it Up). Once we made sure all of our guests were accounted for, we went straight from the birthday party to the Texas/Texas A&M basketball game. While I have come around to be happy to cheer for the Longhorns most of the time, I still just can't get excited about them beating the Aggies and still usually hope the Aggies will when the two teams play (although sometimes I am quiet about it). However, at this particular game I was conflicted. It had been such a great day for Tyler and I knew that his "best day" would be impacted by a Texas loss. My mommy instincts won out this day. The game went into overtime and I was hoping Texas would win, because in Tyler's world a win would be the perfect end to his "best day." They did end up winning and Tyler went to sleep smiling that night. It is such a joy to see everything go right some days and it was a great day for all of us!