All Kinds Of Fun Family Birthdays

Well, the cake says it all! Those are some BIG Birthday celebrations right there! :} And how fun we got to celebrate Laurie's big day with her, as she got to come home for her birthday! :} There will be more to come on our time with her & the rest of that crazy family of mine; but, for now, Happy Birthday to our family members: Doug, Both Dad's, Laurie, Annie & Mary! (and anyone else out there reading who has a birthday this month! :})

Oh, that bag was nice....has the fire extinguisher & sirens going off! Just in case she wasn't all ready feeling old! Ha Ha :}

Dad would want nothing more for his birthday than being with his family! Now if we can only get ALL of us here at the same time! We've come so close! :} And thanks to Laurie, he also got to go back to his hometown & be with his California family. That made one happy man! :} (and fortunately they all survived the road trip...I won't lie & say I wasn't a little nervous about that one. They're not all exactly the best drivers! Ha Ha....is that where I get it from?! :})

Laurie is so glad to have gotten more time with Grandma! We know this is the hard part of living on the other side of the country; when you want more time with your family. Especially when you know time is much more valuable with someone like Grandma. But, she does good at soaking it all in while she's here & able to!

Dad got an early birthday night with his kids, since he would be leaving for California two days later to be there with his sister, on his big day.

There's one thing you can guarantee when us siblings/cousins are together; it doesn't matter what we're doing, we still get good laughs in! :}

Oh, how it makes a Mama proud when her kids represent! :} (sweet Lil' Kaley wore this shirt this day, because she wanted to wear Laurie's favorite color on her birthday. Isn't that cute?! :})

What always happens when I found my camera & realize Kaley has gotten a hold of it! :}

Kaley was so excited to give Dad her present she made. She got real creative while spending an afternoon with Aleah, and made him his own "Ocean". It was too precioius! There's no better present than a sweet homemade gift from your child! :}

 We're glad we got one last night with the family before Laurie headed back home. And nice they went with the flow, as we ended up having our softball game after all (we thought for sure it was rained out!) They enjoyed hanging out, and we made it back to still enjoy more time with them, after we got another win in! :}

 No Dylan, you can't play! :}

The beginning of Sherrie, and family, hearing about "Lamar". Don't even ask...just know they have been entertained over this for 2 weeks now over this! :} 

....which was funny trying to explain something, that doesn't make sense as to why it's funny, to Grandma who just has to know what we are laughing at! Let's just say these notes with Lamar written on them have been found all over our house, as well as Sherrie's place! Never boring in our family! :}