: happy birthday :

still celebrating my 20's

at least for 1 more year

we had a fun week & weekend with lots of celebrations...thank you to all the friends & family who made it extra special

the celebrating started with a few days spent with great grammie white. it was so fun to see ell light up when great grammie showed up to play each day she was in the ville. and for days later she'd still ask where great grammie was.

on my actual birthday we celebrated with my family with a fun game of bowling!

i LOVE bowling

(something you probably didn't know about me)

all 9 grandkids posing for a photo is always a challenge...but so worth it!

we also celebrated my mom's birthday from feb. i loved sharing the day with her

and what are you to do when the little one is fussy and it's your turn to bowl...take him with you. it was fine for about one time bowling and then realized there were plenty of empty hands to pass it off to. gotta love a big family for that reason.

elle LOVED bowling

can you tell from the picture below that she couldn't take her eye off the ball until it hit the pins. just after i snapped this one, the ball did HIT the pins and she jumped up so quickly that she knocked josh backwards...pretty funny!! maybe someday she'll have her own birthday bowling party.

had to snap this one...ryan, why so serious?

before bowling we met our GREAT friends for lunch

thanks docks for making time for us and letting us crash your place for naptime, which ended up with the older ones sleeping and these 2 rascals winning the nap war.

how could you not love these two sweethearts?

thank you honey for a wonderful birthday

i'm so grateful for all the blessings the Lord has given me and my family. each year it is a reminder of the gifts and grace God has blessed me with. what an amazing 29 years so far!

you've got to love a husband who enjoys giving little "blue" boxes