Past Time

It's so past time for an update, I'm a tad ashamed.  I thought last year went by in a blur, but this year is already half way over!  I decided Sam's birthday would be a good place to try and redeem myself.  As usual we had a party for her with our 4th of July bbq so that all or our visiting family could celebrate with her.  Here she is with all of her birthday presents.  I finally got her the minky quilt made that she's been wanting, a "toothless" pillow pet from her boyfriend, a bunji chair, a new robe and a fist full of money. 

The story behind the money was entertaining.  Grandpa started it off by handing her some money and everyone else pitched in.  With around $80 in hand one of her cousins told everyone to keep giving her more to get her up to $100.  After a few more donations she was up to a little over a hundred.  Then everyone kept giving her money to get her up to $117, because it was her 17th birthday.  She was more than happy.

 

This next picture fits right in with our life.  It is of Sam blowing out her candles on her birthday cake, but it is a little over a week late.  Our life is so crazy these days that this is the first opportunity we had to have her birthday cake.  The older our girls get the more directions and crazy turns our life takes. 

 

 

The months leading up to July were full of life.  From dance competitions, volleyball games, birthdays, a baptism, college graduation, high school graduation, and lots of fun packed in between I couldn't be happier in this journey called life.