Happy Birthday to Two
Happy 19th Birthday, Josiah!
Happy 18th Birthday, Autumn!
Today marks a double milestone for our family. Don and I went to dinner with the two of them at a Mexican restaurant, then to the mall for some birthday shopping. At home, the whole family celebrated with Josiah's traditional birthday choice, a cookie cake, and an ice cream cake for Autumn. We ended the day with a fast-paced game of scrabble, and both Andrew and Josiah outscored me by an embarrassing margin.
We've always tried to do separate celebrations for their birthdays, so that each one could have his/her choice of activities, but sometimes we do combine them. One of the most memorable was a birthday probably 10 years ago, when we had planned double slumber parties: a party at the church, followed by the girls spending the night there and the boys staying at our house. Each of them was allowed to invite six guests. We wanted to have plenty of time for all of the planned activities, so we requested on the invitations that the guests be allowed to come directly from school to our house. What we weren't expecting -- and certainly could not have predicted -- was the several inches of snow that turned school out mid-morning. I had more than a dozen kids in the house (and out in the snow) all afternoon while I prepared the food, cake, and decorations for the party.
And I'm sure Autumn wouldn't want me to tell you about the time that she threw up on several other family members in the van seat in front of her after a trip to Celebration Station ...
Birthdays in our house are always an adventure. Like all of life, it's a roller coaster ride that I enjoy with all of my heart. I hope the ride goes on and on ...
Happy birthday, sweet babies! (I guess it's too late to tell you to stop growing up so quickly.)
:-) Sharon
Happy 18th Birthday, Autumn!
Today marks a double milestone for our family. Don and I went to dinner with the two of them at a Mexican restaurant, then to the mall for some birthday shopping. At home, the whole family celebrated with Josiah's traditional birthday choice, a cookie cake, and an ice cream cake for Autumn. We ended the day with a fast-paced game of scrabble, and both Andrew and Josiah outscored me by an embarrassing margin.
We've always tried to do separate celebrations for their birthdays, so that each one could have his/her choice of activities, but sometimes we do combine them. One of the most memorable was a birthday probably 10 years ago, when we had planned double slumber parties: a party at the church, followed by the girls spending the night there and the boys staying at our house. Each of them was allowed to invite six guests. We wanted to have plenty of time for all of the planned activities, so we requested on the invitations that the guests be allowed to come directly from school to our house. What we weren't expecting -- and certainly could not have predicted -- was the several inches of snow that turned school out mid-morning. I had more than a dozen kids in the house (and out in the snow) all afternoon while I prepared the food, cake, and decorations for the party.
And I'm sure Autumn wouldn't want me to tell you about the time that she threw up on several other family members in the van seat in front of her after a trip to Celebration Station ...
Birthdays in our house are always an adventure. Like all of life, it's a roller coaster ride that I enjoy with all of my heart. I hope the ride goes on and on ...
Happy birthday, sweet babies! (I guess it's too late to tell you to stop growing up so quickly.)
:-) Sharon
posted by Sharon | 10:48 PM
11 Comments:
I hope you took pictures! I would LOVE to see them! (:
--liz
What a nice day!
I'm glad you guys had fun.
Love
candice
What a wonderful few days for you Sharon. Lovely to see your spirits up!
- JC
bet it was nice to just forget about the C-word for a while. Life is all about enjoying. Good for you. HB to your two kiddies.
k
Aww, tell them I said HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I would love to see some photographs! :) I'm glad you mates had fun! :D
♥♥♥♥Lilly_♥♥♥♥
Sharon,
it seems like these past few days have been great for you! im so glad to hear that! you totally deserve them. Happy birthday to Josiah and Autumn. i think it is really nice of you to celebrate their birthdays seperately so it seems fair. im glad everyone had a wonderful day and hopefully many more!
love;
Ashley
Hi Sharon! I've never wrote on here before, but I check for updates on your blog everyday! I pray for you all the time and I'm SOO glad to hear that you've been having a great past few days! You definately deserve them! Keep your head up, we're all keeping you in our thoughts and prayers! God Bless :)
~Kelly~
Hi Sharon:
So glad you and your family had another great day. Oh yes they grow up so fast.
Hoping that smile stays on for a long time.
God Bless
angel330
Sharon,
So sweet & cute. I am thrilled for you that your spirits are up so high! It is great to hear. I hope the two enjoyed their birthday.....just the togetherness is wonderful. Nothing beats playing Scrabble with a crew with large vocabularies! Ha!
Enjoy everything and savor it!
Love,
Sharla
Im a bit late to say Happy Birthday but I shall say happy belated birthday.
Actually, it was my parent’s 20th anniversary on the 26. My, My who knew that so many things were celebrated on that day.
Much Love
Sarah
good luck tomorrow sharon. i'm not the praying kind but i'll be keeping positive thoughts and energy around the idea that the chemo will begin working wonders right away.
you're in my thoughts every day.
lorraine
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