Ryan turned 30 on May 30th. So, to celebrate this milestone I bought tickets to the Players Championship (that's golf by the way) near Jacksonville, Florida and I organized a surprise send off birthday party for him the day before we were scheduled to leave. Ryan didn't know anything about the party or the trip to Florida. I actually can't believe that I pulled it off! We had a great time at the Players. (It was especially great to be Carter free as well. Big thanks to Grandma Nancy and Uncle Drew for watching Carter! We missed him, but it was still nice.) We got to see a lot of our favorite golfers . . . including my favorite, Tiger! The player that won the tournament, Henrik Stenson, even talked to Ryan on the 10th hole, where we camped out a good portion of the day on Sunday. We followed Jim Furyk for his entire round on Saturday. Jim is Ryan's favorite golfer. Ryan also got Jim's autograph on a Players hat. Awesome!!! We had to have walked at least 12 miles, and I seriously am not exaggerating. Ryan was like a little kid - I could barely keep up. It was great to see him that way. We weren't allowed to bring cameras into the tournament (not even cell phones) so we don't have pictures from our vacation. However, here are some from the surprise party.
Ryan reading the letter explaining the trip to the Players Championship . . .
A gift for an "Old Geezer" from the Whitakers.
A few girls from Ryan's soccer team. Almost the whole team was there (including parents). It was great! It was standing room only at our house.
Carter picking on his cousin Jordyn.
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