We celebrated Ned's birthday a weekend early. There's a very good reason for this: Ned and Gwen have an orthodontist appointment the day before Ned's actual birthday and they know by experience that the day after their appointment is a challenging time to eat. Ned knew he wanted some steak for his birthday dinner, and steak is challenging to eat with a sore mouth. Thus, we celebrated early to bypass all of that pain. I'll try to be nice and feed him some soup or other soft food on his birthday.
Some things we love about 15-year-old Ned:
- Ned is so fun! He's always making me laugh with his cheesy smile or saying something like "I kid, I kid!" while giving a big grin.
- Ned is such a huge help around the house. During Christmas, he helped me do all sorts of cleaning and cooking to make it a great Holiday. He would say it was something like "Operation Happiness" or "Time to Save Christmas".
- Ned is a good friend, but judicious in how he spends time with his friends. He has a few friends he'll go to the gym or driving range with, but if they start to get crazy, he quietly ejects from them.
- Ned is smart! He worked so hard and really learned how to study this year in order to make straight A's. He had to work extra hard in his Algebra 2 class, watching lots of extra YouTube videos to really learn the material. I'm so proud of his hard work and it paid off!
- He's so talented with a great ear! He played a special musical number with me for Christmas on three different occasions. I always love he plays- he really listens to what he plays and produces such a rich, steady tone on the cello and a soft touch on the piano. He played so well, that he now has people across the stake reaching out requesting that he play in their ward!
- We sure love our thoughtful, funny, and talented Ned!
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