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Showing posts with label birthdays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthdays. Show all posts

Monday, September 5, 2016

Summer In Review...

 P.A.T.H.E.T.I.C.
Yes.  You have every right to call me a pathetic blogger.
I got to looking and I have only posted two...TWO...posts for 2016!!!
That's right!
But...I'm making each post "combo" posts...catching you up, months at a time.
Forgive me?
Good.
Let's start with the first picture!
In June, we celebrated Evan's birthday.
Two decades.
How in the world did that happen?
He is such a blessing.
He's a junior in college now.
Holds down a job.
Bought a car.
Proud much?
Yeah...just a little. ;)
 Not sure if I shared this one.
But I made a fairy garden!
I love it!
And it was so much fun to create, I want to make more!
 We also went to hubby's company picnic held at the fairgrounds.
 We had a great time.
They had a catered picnic with bbq pulled pork, chicken, hotdogs, cole slaw, chips, melon, corn on the cob, cookies, and pop.
We played bingo for prizes (didn't win)...it was a lot of fun.
 They gave us fair dollars for yummy fair food!
 We're not much for rides...
 But we had a blast looking at all of the animals...
Cows, horses, donkeys, pigs, bunnies, chickens, roosters, turtles, goats, sheep, camel.
It was a hoot.


 Then there was the photo booth, LOL!
We could NOT get it right, haha!
We barely fit in and none of us were looking at the camera at the same time.
It was hilarious.
 The boys and I went to Coast Guard Fest in Grand Haven with my sis and niece.
 My nephew is in a bucket drum band and is amazing!
They performed each night.
 In August, the four of us went back to Mackinac Island.
We spent one night in Mackinaw City and toured the retired Icebreaker Mackinaw, which is something we'd never done.
 It was very interesting...
...and a lot of fun!

 It rained that afternoon and evening...so the boys didn't get their beach time in.
So they settled for the indoor pool!
Fun!
Next day, we headed for the island...
Me and the hubs at the Grand phone booth!
Relaxing after a long day of hiking...
 We spent one day on the island biking.
We took the 8 mile perimeter.
Stopped at British Landing for fried pickles at the Cannon Ball.
 We had some drizzle on one day on the island, but we don't let it stop us!
We grab our umbrellas and keep going!
 As always, the flowers were amazing.
 Evan has always wanted to kayak.
So he and Nate took a one hour tour with Great Turtle tours.
They had a blast.
I was too chicken.
But after I saw some 8 year olds doing it alone (with the guide)...I decided I better get my booty out there next time!
And lastly, we celebrated Nate's 16th birthday.
My sweet boy is a sophomore this year!
He's in no hurry to drive and tells me he's going to live in New York City so he can just take a taxi everywhere, LOL!
Love that boy!
Well today is Labor Day...which means it's Back To School for all Michigan kids tomorrow!
I hope you all had an amazing summer!
TTFN!

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Summer Birthdays...my babies...

 June 30 is my oldest babe's birthday.
He celebrated his 18th birthday this year.
How can that be?
 Graduated from high school and starting college tomorrow.
Wow.
All grown up!
 Here I am...the cake/cookie baker/decorator...and neither of my boys are big baked good eaters!
They are, however, big fans of Dairy Queen ice cream cakes.
So the birthday boys get, what the birthday boys want!
 August 25 is my Nate's birthday!
 He's turning 14 this year!
Going into 8th grade next week...and taller than his momma!
Happy birthday boys!
We love you so much!

Monday, August 26, 2013

Happy 13th Nate!

Sunday, August 25, was Nate's 13th birthday.
We celebrated on Saturday with Geeg and Papa.
We met them for dinner at Smokey Bones.
(Oooh, what did Geeg and Papa get him? $$$)
Both of our boys have summer birthdays, and so we gave them their "main" gifts at the  beginning of the summer so they could get more use out of them.  Gifts included Nooks and bikes.  Here, Nate is opening an "extra"...
"The Story"...The Bible written in story form so that it's easier to read.
We gave each of the boys a "big boy" Bible on their 13th birthday.
Nate's has his name engraved on it!
In our house, we always do something special for the "non-birthday" kid as well.
Evan got 2 new devotionals from us.
Geeg and Papa gave him his favorite snack...beef stick and sweet tea!
Nate didn't let me back/decorate his birthday cake this year.
He wanted an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen.
Nom, nom, nom!  

Make a wish!
Happy 13th birthday Natee!
We love you!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

My Mom And My Birthday Celebrations...


Somehow I think I forgot to post about my mom's and my birthday celebration!
We usually always celebrate together because our birthdays are only five days apart.
We went to my sister's house for dinner...so there were all ten of us there!
We had a scrumptious dinner...taco bar!
All the fixin's plus my sister's homemade guacamole, yum!
I made cakes for my mom and me.
One would have been plenty, but I had several new techniques I wanted to try out...plus I had bought a new decorating tip, LOL!
So two it was!
We had a great time visiting and celebrating.
Family get-togethers are so much fun.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Nate's "Cars 2" 11th birthday!

We celebrated Nate's 11th birthday with Geeg and Papa the Sunday before his birthday.
We went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse, then came back to the house for pressies and dessert.

Nate with his card and $$$ from Geeg and Papa!

Oooh, a Star Wars glow in the dark puzzle too!

And mom was happy for the back to school shirts, teehee!
Kids never appreciate clothing the way parents do, LOL!

And of course Geeg and Papa always get the "non-birthday" child something too!

Say cheese Geeg and Papa!

Nate's Cars 2 cake!


Nate was very proud of his cake.

Mommy however was very stressed out "MAKING" the cake as it kept melting while I decorated it!

Candle time!

Make a wish!

(Sorry for the poor photo quality in the last three photos...my batteries died in my camera, so those last few were taken on my iPod.)

A few other desserts I made...

White chocolate dipped strawberry marshmallows.
(with sprinkles)

Disney Cars 2 marshmallows...per Nate's request, LOL!

Cake pops...with sprinkles!

White chocolate dipped pretzels...with sprinkles!
We hope you had a fun celebration Natee!
Love you birthday boy!