Bethany and Elaine's Birthdays

Elaine and Bethany had a blast decorating their own cake for their 4th and 9th birthdays!

 The the fun of pictures with the decorated cake,

 the party - what fun to eat all those animal crackers, and candies sprinkled on the table!

 They cut the cake together and served it. :)

... And ended the day reading a story together... I love scenes like this!!! :)

Michael is 8!

Michael's birthday was on Saturday, and it was a busy day, but the look on his face when he saw his cake for the first time made all the time and effort it took to make his cake totally worth it! :)

 Happy Birthday Michael! May the Lord bless you, 

and help you to grow up to be the godly man He wants you to be! We love you!

Happy Birthday, Rachel!

Rachel is 6! One of these days I'm planning to post pictures of my children when we got them alongside of a current picture, but for right now you'll have to content yourselves with pictures from the present! :) She had the privilege of going to market in the morning where we bought a pair of sandals for her :) That was pretty special for her!

     Rachel asked for a umbrella birthday cake, so this was our creation! :) 

 And she was pretty excited about it!

 I think one of the favorite parts of their birthday is being able to cut the cake and serve everyone!

 Don't you just love her attempts at cake cutting?! :)

One Year Old!

Today is this little fellow's birthday!

 He's still our sweet, happy, little charmer!

 And he's not walking yet... though he loves to push chairs around

*and harass the dog, who loves the attention!*

It's hard to believe it's already a year since this little fellow entered our lives...

 ...he weighed 4 lbs. 3 oz.

 But he sure grew fast!!!

 Isn't he adorable?! :)

 It's so much fun to see them grow, but I sure do miss the "baby" days...

Weston, you are LOVED! Happy Birthday!

June Birthdays

Three of the boys' birthdays are all within one week of each other, so we celebrated them all together. Jared turned 8, Kenneth 5, and Weston 1. It's hard to believe how fast the time flies!

 Jared and Kenneth wanted a helicopter cake, and Weston is too little to care! :)

 But I think he liked it anyway! It was hard to get a good picture of them all together, because Weston just thought he had to touch it! And I don't think he would've stopped with just touching it!