Courageous Joy

How do you cram as much fun as possible into one day?
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Stacia's Second Celebration!

Quote of Yesterday: Zander informed Don and Beth that "Jesus says when the sun comes up - it's time to WAKE UP!"

After opening the gifts from Jamin and Jared, and waiting for Don and Mike to get home from the base, we headed to Gatti's to have lunch, play, and celebrate Stacia's birthday.

Stacia could barely see the top of the table but was determined to play air hockey (3 faces of Stacia?)

Bumper cars are always a "hit" Don and Mike joined the young men for a round of bumper cars and quickly became target numero uno. ::snort::

I got a kick out of this shot....all from our party lined up in a row playing some car chase game

Arielle used her tickets to buy more gifts for Stacia - cool shades!
Jamin and Josiah had to head to work; we headed home for "details" that had to be done before our buddies left town.

Beth corrupted my younger children - taught them some darling card tricks ::snort::

We also spent the afternoon visiting about all sorts of things....parenting, schooling, medical issues...I entered parenting a bit before most of my friends and so hit the "leaving the nest phase" earlier...we discussed that a bit.....It was a precious day.

Jordan and Jared really enjoyed their time together

Mike and Don worked on wiring for the trailer they picked up down here. Jared had taken "tops of the heads" shot as they worked. I told them if they didn't want another of those photos on the blog, they'd best cooperate - and THIS is what they gave me to work with.

At 8:00 Beth and I decided to take the fabulous four to Chick Fil A for dinner. They were getting slammed when we walked in. Who would guess a dinner rush at 8 p.m.???? Stacia amused us all by repeatedly waving and saying, "Hi, Cy" and "Hi Jay" The younger three were really fascinated by seeing Jamin and Cy at work. LOL Stacia opened the rest of her gifts LATE at night - about 10:30 LOL. Love this expression - Arielle looked and looked for the right baby for her. She really does like it...but scrutinized it carefully upon introduction.Stacia clutching her keys, cell phone and baby bottle....she's ready for life. ::snort::

One very tired girl, late, late, late....immediately before Cy hauled her off to bed

Don and Cy stayed up late when he got home trying to get HIS laptop up on the wireless network....they ran out of time. We need to call HP.

Check back later tonight or tomorrow to see:

~More then and now shots of the B and G family (does this make YOU want to visit us???)

~Today's quote of the day (if I can remember what it WAS - just remember everyone telling me about it)

~Photos of the favorite/most hated birthday gift of all