Celebrate!

Tonight we celebrated Nate's, Adam's, and my birthdays together with the entire family. I'm surprised we didn't set the smoke alarm off with all of the candles! The food was great, the company was better, and I got to have my picture taken with two handsome guys--what more could a girl want? Oh and I haven't even mentioned the presents yet. Good times!

One of "My Boys"

There have been a few young men I've crossed paths with in my life that I have come to think of as "my boys". Many of them have come into our home as Joel's friends and others have married into our family. And one of them, who just happens to be celebrating his 30th birthday today, has been in our home as both. Though we aren't flesh and blood, he is truly a son in my heart. Happy birthday Nate!

Share the Love

I found this on my niece Aimee's blog. I will get a homemade gift from her (and my niece, Brittany) by posting this on my blog. The first five people who comment on my blog and post this same offer on theirs get a homemade gift from me--most likely something good to eat if you live close by. This will be fun!

This and That and Another Birthday Celebration

About a week and a half ago Jim had double hernia surgery, from which he is recovering nicely. We have before and after pictures, but we thought that they range in the TMI area. He goes back to work on Monday.
We are also going to refinance our house and wanted to have it nice and clean before the appraiser came. Well one thing led to another--the steamroller effect, you know--and we ended up purging the house of 21 years of accumulated stuff in a week's time. I do not recommend doing this in such a short amount of time and I promise not to wait for another 21 years before doing it again.

Today is the 1st birthday of our youngest grandchild, Emily Lanae. What a sweetheart! Her parents held a little party for her this evening and she was so cute about all of her gifts. Happy birthday dear little girl!