The Real Reason

We went to Arizona to visit family, and Ryan does have vacation time he needs to use, but let's be honest, Ryan also wanted to watch his brother Steven play football again this season. Steven is the quarterback for Mesquite HS. He's been awesome this season and Ryan is one of his biggest fans! :)

Here he is #6 with the ball

Ryan's mom made all 5 of the grand kids shirts for the games.
Gotta see what's going down on the field!

After the WIN the kids ran around on the field

and had ice fights

and threw the ball around

so did Nana

and the big boys

Steve's other biggest fans!

They love Aunt Aly too

Tate had fun helping Nana Tutt water the new grass

Ruthie must really love her Aunt Laurie because she shared the press-on nails she got for her birthday with her! They were so cute and could barely function with them on!

Ruthie's 5th Birthday

We ended up celebrating Ruthie's 5th birthday in Arizona. It was a last minute trip and lots of fun! Her birthday started out with breakfast and 4-wheeling in the desert with our friends the Clares.

Tate thought he was hot stuff!

Cactus in shoe=panicked Tate!
The main event of the day was swimming (on October 14th!) and dinner with both the Bevan and Tutt families.
The sunset made a beautiful backdrop for the festivities!

Great grandma Bevan gave Ruthie a Unicorn pinata. It was a huge hit with the kids!

Aunt Laurie took a few swings after it had been decapitated! There was still no candy.

Roo gave the final blow!

Uncle Steve with our cute niece.

She opened presents, swam,

and finally ended the night blowing out candles on her pink cake! A perfect birthday!