We've decided to celebrate all 5 boys' birthdays tomorrow. Their birthdays are Jan 4th, Feb 8, 9, 11, and 20th. They elected not to celebrate while Mike was deployed and we've not gotten around to it YET......SO....tomorrow is contingency Sunday on base. No chapel personnel go in - to see what would happen if all were suddenly deployed.
We're going to open gifts, go out to eat, party, and then take the girls to the airport.
Today Mike, the girls and I went out to lunch. We checked at Lowes for a screen door...didn't buy one. Then the girls and I went shopping for boy's gifts. Mike ended up finishing up as I simply wore out. I came home and rested. He took the girls to more stores.
We had a family memorial service today for our babies. Maybe I'll write more on that later, maybe I won't.
We came home and wrapped gifts.....well the kids and I did. Mike and Jared made butter, ice cream, and then turned that ice cream into an ice cream cake for tomorrow's celebration.
Stacia thinks the toys are all going to be for her....
It looks like Christmas around here....
9 comments:
I hope you all have a great party!
Dorothy
How fun to save the party for a time when the girls were also at home!
Homemade butter and ice cream....sounds yummy! Can't wait to see a picture of the ice cream cake. I'm making ours today to eat for the holiday tomorrow.
I'm so glad you were able to spend time while the girls were home to honor the memory of your precious babies.
Happy belated birthday boys! Enjoy the day!
Sis:
Tell the guys happy birthday again for us. Won't be much longer and we will have 2 more birthday's for your two oldest. Hard to imagine the kids getting to be the ages they are.
The homade butter and icecream sounds SOOOOooo good!
love/prayers
Great that the girls can join in too. Hope it's a wonderful party.
It doesn't sound like you're resting though, I suppose it's hard to rest when you have the party to plan and the girls home.
Hope you're feeling well.
Jodi - I only did 1/2 the shopping and then came home and spent the afternoon in bed. I'm getting better though. LOL
Yes, Mom, I need to get packages mailed early THIS week for the girl's birthdays too - but we just didn't think to pull theirs off too.
I love the idea of a family memorial service. If/when you feel up to it, that might be something you want to type up and share with others. There are so many that could benefit from such a memorial and might not know where to even begin.....
continued prayers for your family
I get such a kick out of the pics with Stacia and her "num-num." (Can you TELL that word was made up by a little kid who had one?!)
We have so many photos of our kids like that too. :)
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