Birthday Spring Run

Every Spring we have a run of birthdays to celebrate.  It begins with Angie, then Rebecca, and onto Debbie and then comes Eric followed by Gordon and finally Sheri.  We have begun to schedule our parties on Sundays and we batch them together in order to simplify it.  The exception may be a special birthday.  It requires lots of gift buying and giving and I think our family does a good job of making this happen without going over the top.  I usually request several days off around my April 16th birthday and hope to get in as many adventures as possible.  This year I was able to descend a remote and difficult canyon in Zion (Checkerboard Canyon) on my birthday.  Other days were filled with climbing and mountain biking.  After my mini adventure week this year I was sore and had a few minor scrapes but my biggest injury came while riding a small razor scooter in the backyard while I was tending the twins (Carter & Colten).  I launched backwards and landed hard on my elbow, wrist and hip.  I lay stunned for a minute or two until Debbie came over to check on me.  This injured me much more than those other "risky" activities did that week.