I forgot to post these earlier in the week like I promised. The party was a lot of fun and the kids had a great time on their treasure hunt. They are all dressed up in their pirate costume and ready to search for the treasure. 
I wonder what we will do next year to top this party?
Will has a good sense of humor, here he is holding up the hot air balloon. He and Pat get along very well, always joking together. Will is a teacher, this year his duty is changing, he has been promoted from seventh grade to tenth. Please pray for him as he learns how to respond to older students.
Will has written a book, we are waiting to hear about that right now. He also likes to play cards, light bonfires, he likes superheros and pirates. He loves the Lord and his family, Will is a great husband and father. I am proud to call him Son. Happy Birthday !
Today is Katie's birthday. I can't tell you how old she is because she doesn't like this age, but it is somewhere between 26 and 28. Katie is the only daughter that kept me up all night in labor.
Here are a few pictures from a variety of ages.
Katie has always been very social and loved parties, this is a shot of a Tea Party that she hosted one time.
Katie is a great daughter, wife, and probably the favorite aunt to all of our grandchildren, She is known as Toot Toot to them and she spoils them all.
This is a picture that was taken last September at the beach, I like it. The next pictures were taken by my daughter Sarah. Lindy is posing in the two dance costumes for her recital.
Isn't she beautiful?
On Sunday afternoon I took Lindy shopping, she wanted to go to Big Lots, we went on a shopping spree. We bought a doll stroller and baby bed, a laptop table, paper and pens, Froot loops, and little debbie cakes, candy for Papa, and a gumball machine for her and one for Clara, and some cookies for Charlie. It was fun, she saw some things that we can buy next time too.
Filling water balloons
Happy Birthday Clara
We had a variety of themes for her birthday, Ninja turtles, Dalmations, clowns, Aladin, I think the party that we had the most fun with was the last one that we had in NY, it was a "What would you do?" party. It was straight from Nickleodian TV we had slime, and pie throwing, obstacle courses, just a great day. All of the girls got involved with planning it. 
Happy Birthday Becky, I Love You !
This is her just a few weeks old, She was beautiful then and she is beautiful today!
This is Zoe playing with a balloon at one of her cousins parties.
Happy Birthday, we love you !!!!!!
This is a picture of Matt as he relaxed during our annual BBQ cookoff last summer. (He does do a pretty good job at BBQ !)
First Birthday 
Two year old Birthday Cake
Leilani just before her 2nd birthday
Leilani Nov. 2008
We will be celebrating Leilani's birthday on Saturday. I am making her a Barney Cake. I will put pictures of her cake on my Blog Saturday.
Today is Charlie's first birthday !! Charlie is Kelly and Will's son, brother to Clara and Lindy. He is a wonderful baby, a joy to have. As his Aunt Katie says, I want to order a baby like Charlie. I love you !
winter he shoveled too much snow !!
Today is our oldest daughter Sarah's birthday. This is a picture taken on her first birthday. Tonight I went through a lot of old pictures, I had a real good time doing it. I realize how much I love my digital camera. Picture taking use to be so hard !! You had to buy film for your camera, youhad to hope that the pictures that you took would look good, you had to pay for your film to be developed andyou had to wait about 1 week to get it back If the pictures that you took did not turn out good, TOO BAD !!!. I scanned quite a few pictures of Sarah I will put some more on the blog but the rest I will put on facebook. Happy Birthday Sarah !
