Bryson turns 16

Ok so I'm a dough head and got so caught up in the people and food that I didn't take one picture of the party we had for Bryson for his birthday. But, I did take this one today up at Bryson's church of him and Brian. I cannot believe the fiesty little curly haired toddler that I met 14 years ago and had the priviledge of helping raise, is now 16 years old! So, in the spirit of his 16th birthday, here are 16 things about him...

1) As a 3 year old he was EXTREMELY particular about the seam in his sock being right directly at the end of the toes...if it moved one inch we would be removing the shoe to fix it in the midst of him having a complete melt down. :)

2) At our wedding reception he removed the fruit from one of the fruit scewers and hid beside the stairs leading to our backyard and would poke people in the leg with the sharp end as they went down the stairs.

3) He was a dare devil and was riding his bike without training wheels by the age of 3 1/2.

4) He LOVED chocolate milk as a little kid and woke up asking for it and went to bed asking for it. When he wet the bed one night after drinking his chocolate milk we decided no more at night. So the next night when he asked for it we reminded him why he wasn't going to be drinking close to bedtime anymore and he responded, "Oh, that wasn't pee, that was just my bum sweating."

5) When we were walking to church one day he asked how come our church doesn't have a trophy on top. (He was refering to Moroni on top of the temples.)

6) He spent a lot of time on time out as a child. :)

7) He was very particular about his stuff and would lock all of his "special things" in his trunk in his room.

8) He has a very special blanket that he's had since birth that he always called "nanny". He would put it over the vent in the summer to get it cool from the air conditioning then lay his little head on it to cool off. He still has nanny. :)

9) When he was in 6th grade he got very experimental with his hair color...he went from bleached hair, to dark brown, to a reddish auburn color, to bright yellow gel coloring, to blue gel coloring, etc.

10) He was always the fastest kid on his soccer teams.

11) He played football in 6th grade and I think I ran the whole field with him as he was running down the field for his first touchdown. It was awesome! He was even on the news when he played in the mascot bowl.

12) He started running track in the 8th grade and it's so fun to go watch his meets!

13) He once had 12,000 texts in one month...he got his texting priviledges taken away at that point for several months. :) He's earned it back now though and has followed ALL the rules. :)

14) He is doing great in school...we're thrilled with how much he cares about school!

15) He LOVES music and always has his ipod on!

16) He is an awesome kid!!! We decided he got all of his naughtiness out as a kid and has been a dream teenager. (Knock on wood!) :)