Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays, and two more to go.

We have a bunch of birthdays to celebrate in Autumn. This year between Sept 30 and Nov 2, (just 34 days), we will have celebrated 6 birthdays.

Abbey - 1 year

Abbey’s birthday was uneventful except that she seems to have food allergies and got a giant rash from her apple pie and ice cream. Nana and Papa came to celebrate with her.

Josiah - 9 years

We celebrated Josiah's late because we were in California on his birthday. He invited some friends over and Nana came too. About 5 minutes into the party a dirt clod/rock landed on Sam’s head and he gushed blood all over the backyard, kitchen, and bathroom. The blood was spurting out rhythmically with his heart pumping. He soaked 3 towels and his shirt before it stopped. The birthday was a hit! All the kids had fun – even Sam with an icepack on his head.

Elijah - 12 years

Elijah’s birthday was the following night. Our friend Ben came to spend the night. And so did the seven Huismans, five Zanders, one Cox, one Jankovsky, and other random neighbor kids that stopped by. The Huismans planned a surprise visit from Utah that night. The Zander kids and the Jankovsky kid are also friends with them. The Cox kid moved into the Huismans old house and I guess he figured he belonged too. And of course Nana came back for the 3^rd birthday in a row.

So, Ben slept in Abbey’s room. Titus, Gideon and the Huismans daughter slept in Elijah’s room. The rest of the kids slept in a tent in the yard, and the Huisman parents slept in their Tahoe.

22 people slept at our house the night. We have one bathroom. The picture below represents some. The wives didn't want their picture taken, one guy didn't make it in there for some reason, and Matt was taking the picture. : )



Some of the little girls that were over played "doll" with Abbey.


They turned a drawer into her crib. But she kept laughing and kicking off the blanket, "and just will not go to sleep." "sigh" - Maggie


It was a blast. Fezzik got sprayed by a skunk that night as well. We all went to church together in the morning and all of us crammed into 2 pews. It was awesome to see all those boys in church together, encouraging each other in the Lord.

Then they all came back for lunch – that the Huismans made – Hurrah! That afternoon those people left and more people came by and Matt ended up tutoring a girl in math for the rest of the evening. Whew. Bedtime.

Gideon - 3 years

Gideon turned 3 last Wednesday. Nana and Papa came to his birthday party on Friday. Here he is enjoying his rootbeer float.



Those to come Luke - 6 years, Robin - 32 years

This Friday we will celebrate Luke's 6th birthday and then 10 days after that its my birthday and then NO MORE BIRTHDAYS until January. YaY!!

We should celebrate!