birthday celebratin'

Gehr had quite the few days celebrating his entrance into double digits in May.  Aunt Gretchen gave him tickets to the new College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta and he got to invite Gentry to come along too.

Gench spent the night before to help with the early waking for our day trip, so we opened gifts that evening.  He knows him well!  Foam golf balls for the budding golf enthusiast :))

Afterwards, we went to the Links to drop off the girls to stay with them, and the guys took the opportunity to get a little practice in ;)

Since we didn't do a party or even a cake, the boys got birthday-flavored cakepops when B and I stopped for coffee on the way home :)

Up early and on the road!  They were so excited to get there :))

Burgerfi lunch...so yummy

And getting ready to head inside...

Oh, the wall of helmets!  768, I think.  One for every college football team and constantly updated as the team updates theirs.  And so much electronic fun....as you enter your information in their system, it codes your wearable pass so that the entire experience is customized!

Next up, the field of play.  Lots of field goal kicking and running routes.  A former NFL-er threw passes to them and gave them tips throughout.  Really so neat :)

The actual Hall of Fame!  They found their favorite :)

And Gretchen and Charlie arrived to join us!  Cutie cousins :)

Heading to the green screen!  They got a turn on Gameday and it was all emailed to us later that day...

B and I got a turn too haha ;))

Boys :)

And an opportunity to coach...this area allowed them to put together all parts of a college football team as if they were the head coach.  And then graded their efforts...

Calling their favorite famous play..."Lindsay Scott!  Lindsay Scott!  Lindsay Scott!"

Fam :))

Cameramen

And a little stroll through historic moments of the game...

Artifacts...

A group shot...

And Xs and Os...seriously, this was a dream for them!

A little silly game action...

And some face painting for the biggest fans :)

Fight song karaoke!  They let me sing and cheer alone for a little bit...silly boys ;)

Happy day, buddy!  It was so much fun to have this day with you!!

And because this was their favorite (and because the Links were awesome to have the girls home and not with us bored), we went back to the field at the end.  The boys and their former NFL buddy literally played for an hour straight.  Such joy :)

Big city boys

And their reaction to Gentry spending another night :))

We got back in town, picked up the girls and happened to be leaving the Links right before an amazing fireworks show was starting in town to honor our servicemen and women.  We pulled off and parked to watch, pjs and all :)

Such an incredible, fun-filled day!  Then on the day before his actual birthday, the Links celebrated with him while B and I went out on a date.  Love them so much :))

Hard to beat all of that!  So thankful for our 10-year-old and for great experiences for him this birthday.  More about him coming in the next post...stay tuned :))