"I am ONLY 39!"

Happy Birthday, Daniel! We hope you have a wonderful day. It is hard to imagine that you are 39 already. Where have the years gone? We love you mingui mingui beaucoup!

Ps. I had to post this early as I leave at 5:30 in the morning and it would still be the 28th in the states anyway :-)

Shower for Tabitha Blakeny

Sam brought Tabitha over to introduce her to Amy Caldwell Bixby, so I snapped a picture of the two of them! This is Tabitha's first shower...just about 63 days away from the wedding!

Aunt Donna and her girls made all the food. I did all the decorations and got the house clean and did some Frenchy party favors.

Some "people" snapshots. The girl with Tabitha is her sister, Amber Yopp. Amber lives across the street from 604! It was a small, simple, sweet shower. The weather was awful, but we had warm hearts! :~)

Happy Birthday to our oldest son and grandson!

Imagine that two great guys were born on the same day! And this year is special-- you are dyslexic -- 41 or 14. Take your pick! We love you both!

Happy Birthday, Donna!

Happy Birthday to our first girl!! We love you and are praying that not only today will be special but the whole year. We are proud of you (and you look beautiful!).

Miriam Makes Music :-)

This evening Miriam had a recital for her music class. So we got to go see her "play the drum". The class also sang as they drummed :-) It was lots of fun and brought back many, many memories of sitting in the audience watching the prettiest (or most handsome) kids play and sing. Afterward we went to McDo's to celebrate. It was a fun time-- especially the ice cream at the end of the meal. So love having family around...anyone else want to come by for a visit?
BTW, Zacherie decided that if Miriam was playing the drum, he was going to play the big gong!

THANK YOU!

So, I get this interesting phone call from Aunt Donna. She asked about 3 times if I was home or not, to which I replied, no, I've already left, so I was, admittedly, a bit suspicious! Anyway, completely forgot about my suspcions until I drove in the garage. Here's the funny part: they had sweetly removed the freezer (something I've been LONGING for) from the carton and put it right in front of pantry door, which would also be right to the left of my car door. I'm sure said location was so that I would see it first thing. They, as you can see, had put a colorful bag and bow on the freezer. Well, does Donna see the freezer? No. I pull in the garage and put on the brakes as I see--off in the right hand corner of the garage--a large box that was NOT there when I left the house just a few hours ago. I said to Amy Schoneweis, "Amy, that box was NOT in my garage when we left...what in the world? Then I noticed the words Magic Chef and said "Ahhh...it's my birthday present from my parents!" I jump out of the car to go look in the box and almost quite literally run into the freezer! It was pretty funny! Thank you, Mom and Dad!!!! I LOVE IT!
(And thank you US and AD for delivering it!)

Brian is 3-0!!!

Happy, happy birthday, Brian! We love you and are so thankful that you are part of the family. Have a great day-- just think the time is even changing to help you celebrate :-) Can't wait to see what the Lord does for you in your 30's!

Our Room!

Some of you have asked for pictures, so here they are! After a year, our room is almost done! We are enjoying it!

She's 10!!!

The day we met you was special-- but watching you grow up so sweet and loving has been even more special! We love you. Happy, happy birthday-- you are "2 digits" now!! WOW!

An Eventful Day!

Praise the Lord for His gracious mercy and help!

My best time and in the rain! Who would have EVER thought that Donna Ruth Bixby would EVER run?!