I had a marathon blogging session last night...7 new posts:
50 years together
Marching Season has begun
Happy Birthday Trevin
Just remember
More Celebrations
Welcoming Sweet T
8 is Great
Monday, September 30, 2013
Sunday, September 29, 2013
8 is Great!
Happy Birthday to our Benjamin! I can't believe he's 8. 8 short years have flown by in nearly the blink of an eye. In his opinion, nothing is better than a giant Round Rock donut, so we brought a big one plus several dozen to share at workday/preps....which happened to be his very birthday. When he looked at the calendar last month & realized that his birthday fell on a workday, he was beyond happy. He told me that this was going to be the best birthday ever.
For his birthday supper, he requested a great Mexican restaurant...Mesa Rosa.
Happy 8th Birthday, Benjamin! You just told me tonight that next year on your birthday YOU are going to write ME a card because that is the day I gave birth to you. And you said you are so thankful to be in our family. How sweet!
Welcoming Sweet T
In the midst of September we hosted a Sip & See for a good friend from our Sunday morning meeting. Joanna & Wayne have 3 boys...and now a GIRL. I believe her addition makes 17 kids in our Sunday morning meeting (middle school age or younger). I had some great help from my Mom & Joanna's sister, Jenny. Thanks for all who came to meet Taylor.
More Celebrations
Our special friend/"auntie" shares a birthday with Trevin. So it was especially fun to be a part of Melanie's surprise birthday party. We had a delicious potluck & BINGO extraordinare game(designed by her husband) which made for a very memorable evening.
Later that week, we ate MORE cake after Wednesday night meeting for both of the boys' birthdays.
Reading his cards from his grandparents, cousins, aunties/uncles, & friends...
Just remember
When the days are long & my feet a bit weary,
I want to remember & feel the simple joy that I am loved.
Happy Birthday Trevin!
My Labor Day boy has turned 4! His birthday didn't fall on Labor Day this year, but Labor Day fell on his real birth day when I "labored" 2 hours for him! I remember watching the nurses move very, very quickly when they figured out that I wasn't joking...about being in labor.
I don't know his stats yet (We see the dr this Wednesday), but he seems pretty big for a 4 year old. Partly because he tries to do everything Benjamin does & partly because he is nearly out of 4t clothes. For nearly 6 months now he has been requesting a penguin cake & sharing it with Nanny, Papa & Grandma Burnette. So, his wish was granted. I'm not sure why I decided his cake had to be an ice cream/frozen cake, but this certainly doesn't work well in early September in Texas...it is just too hot. So, we had a rapidly melting, dripping, messy cake on our hands. Especially since we took it up to Grandma's house (45 minutes in a cooler didn't keep it quite frozen). All in all it was a happy celebration. Good memories, cute penguins, & silly grins.
Marching Season has begun
At the beginning of marching season we went to watch the local high school's band perform for the first time this season. 2 of the professing kids are marching for the band & Benjamin even got to go down on the field & march with Alison at the end of the show. He absolutely loved it. There was a certain little boy in the bleachers that did NOT love it. Oh how we hate being left out.
50 years together...
We drove to Cameron on 8/16 for Uncle Jim & Aunt Gwen's 50th wedding anniversary celebration. They are a special couple to us in so many ways. We had such a great evening...the boys won't stop talking about feeing the horses, climbing the fence to get into the cow pasture, eating cake, making s'mores, going down into a real basement, & jumping on the trampoline with friends. Ahh...the simple things in life.
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