It has been a while since I have had much time to post, as you will soon see, we have been very busy. But I will update all on a bit of family news. Since the last post, we have celebrated three birthdays, really four. Sarah's was celebrated late. Mary Ruth turned sweet 16. Jon hit the big 18! And Timothy will be turning 12 on Saturday! We had a big party last Saturday night. Several families came to help us celebrate. We had alot of fun with ping-pong and just talking. My resident baker, Mary, made a Mocha Italian Cream cake(um- um good!), which we used for all three times of " Happy Birthday to You" This was a hoot. I wished we had captured it on camera- of course we had dead batteries , so no pics. First Jon blew out 18 candles. I returned to the kitchen, removed 2, re-lit, and returned for Mary, then proceeded to remove 4 more, re-light and return for Timothy's 12. Timothy has this obsession with germs, so he will not blow his candles out. He rather snuffs them out with his wet finger tips. But never fear, we made up for his germs when 4,4-5 yr. olds blew their spit all over the top in a joint effort to help Tim. Thankfully the topping was Cool Whip with coconut, which I scraped off before serving to all the guests.