Primary no More

This week Gabe turned 12. So this week was my first week without a child in primary in 16 years.  It was a very sad for me.  I am still in primary (15 years and counting!), but my children are not, they have moved on to better things!
We had a grand celebration.  On his birthday, Allie invited two of his friends over to ambush him when he came home from scouts.  I think she had more fun planning the ambush than Gabe did being ambushed, but it was all done with love.  He certainly enjoyed having his friends over for the afternoon.
Since 12 is a super birthday, we also had a grand party for Gabe on Friday afternoon.  Twenty boys came to the park to play Capture the Flag with Gabe.  It was quite the party.  They had a great time running all over the park, attacking and retreating, and imprisoning each other.  It was very fun.