Family pictures

 These pictures are about six months old, but I thought you'd like to see our beautiful family.  Our friend Mary took these pictures for us last October.  Enjoy!

Jonathan's birthday!

Well, Jonathan's birthday was at the end of April, but I just recently got around to taking his birthday picture on the "birthday chair".  Every child has had every birthday documented on the chair.  It's a good gauge of how they've grown.

Jonathan had a sleepover, which I always dread.  I remember MY sleepovers (at other people's houses, as I now recall....my mom was no dummy!), and how little sleep we got.  Now that I'm the parent, I feel like I have to be relatively alert when those kids are here.

He had a wild animal themed party, so there were zebra-striped napkins and fun posters on the wall.  We did a pinata, just like usual, since it's a tradition that continues until you're 13 in our house.

Jonathan had his usual favorites for birthday meals.  Lucky Charms for breakfast (thanks to Uncle Eric for THAT tradition!), clam chowder for lunch, and steak for dinner.

Jonathan is growing like a weed, of course.  He likes to run (just for fun), play with Legos, and read.  He's still our "little love", even though he's about five feet tall.  Happy birthday, Jonathan!!