Josh turned 15 on Friday, April 16!! His big present was a cell phone. He is excited to finally get one! We decided years ago, with our first child, that we would wait until our kids were at least 15 before they received a phone. That decision has been harder to stand by through the years as most parents start giving their kids phones at earlier and earlier ages through the years. But we have felt it was important to wait since most kids are not ready to handle the responsibility of a phone at an early age and there are so many downfalls to them having one. So Josh is the last one out of all of his friends to get a phone. The nice thing is that now he can finally join the GroupMe for the soccer team and be in the loop as to what is going on. I also like it because I can get a hold of him instead of having to text all of his friends like I did in the past.
Josh opened his gifts this morning -- his phone and a few treats. He was adamant about getting an iPhone like Jared (the rest of us have androids) and so we bought Jared's iPhone 11 from him for Josh (in order to keep the price within our birthday budget) and Jared got a new phone. Josh had a soccer game on his birthday in Hurricane. But unfortunately he has an injury from a previous game and was only allowed to play about ten minutes for fear of making it worse. So that was a bummer. They tied the game and the varsity team barely won. After the game I made some cookies and Josh's friends came over to watch a movie.
Josh took Saturday off from refereeing in order to spend time with his friends for his birthday. He mowed the lawn in the morning and then Jaiden took him out to lunch at Wendy's. In the afternoon his friends came over and then walked to the park to play pickleball. Lilly gave Josh some Lorax socks, which he was really excited about, and also a bracelet that she made. Some of Josh's other friends gave him some little gifts. After pickleball the kids came here and played the flour/penny game while I went and picked up some pizza at Little Caesar's. Then they played Jackbox and other games in the basement. Sunday we made brownies and sang, "Happy Birthday" to Josh.
Josh is a great kid. He is very smart, keeps up on his homework without being asked, and is a 4.0 student. He is a great soccer player and also loves to play games with the family. He loves hanging out with friends and enjoys pickleball -- and of course soccer! He is good at wood working and is the one who often ends up fixing things around the house. He has a great singing voice but just rolls his eyes when we suggest that he should try out for a play or Madrigals. We love when he tells us funny stories about things that happen at school or soccer. We are grateful to have Josh in our family!!
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