Oh, Ryan!

After posting about Justin and Tyler, I get to focus on Ryan! He just finished a fabulous 7th grade year and is so happy to be starting 8th grade in August. He got straight A's all year! He's really kickin' back this summer though. The one full week of vacation that we've had here at home, Ryan spent mostly watching TV. (Tomorrow, I'll get tough and set some limits for the rest of the summer.)

Ryan had a Dr. visit last week. He is 5' 11" tall! I'm so glad it's finally shorts weather because Ryan's legs keep growing out of his pants! He has better than perfect vision - the dr. and nurses kept commenting on how impossible it is to see that well. And Ryan is generally healthy, but since he still has some pain in his collarbone, they did some x-rays. There is not as much healing there as they'd like since he broke it way back in March, so he'll be going to see an Orthopedic doctor. Ryan has broken several bones so we're getting a little concerned about what might be wrong. Keeping our fingers crossed that he's OK, just accident prone.

Ryan is a Life Scout and only has 2 more merit badges and his Eagle project to do. Any good ideas for a worthy project would be appreciated. He has opted to skip scout camp this year on the condition that he'll spend the time working on his Eagle. We'll see.

We're are so proud of this boy too! He has the best sense of humor and can always make us smile. He's learning to work and when he set out to do something, he really gets it done. He's been our chief lawnmower this spring which is especially helpful because Tyler & Todd have had busy schedules and I don't mow lawns. He's asked me to put the word out that he can babysit - he's had one or two paying jobs, but babies and kids love him. What's not to love? Ryan's amazing.