Happy Birthday to Me!

Today is my birthday.  I am so thankful to God for another year.  I pray that this year I will glorify God with my actions and with my thoughts.  I pray that God will renew my strength and that I will mount up with wings like eagles.  I pray that I will run and not be weary and that I will walk and not faint.  I
 know that God gives power to the weak, and I have felt weak many times this past year.  I know that "to those who have no might, He increases strength".  


I am so looking forward to seeing what God will do in my life in this year.  He has given me the privilege of growing older and watching my children grow in Him this year.  He has given me grace.  Thank you God, for your grace!

Spaghetti & Meatball Cake (yes, cake)

Sunday was my oldest son's 20th birthday.  I have always made birthday cakes for all of my children.  It was so easy when they were little to come up with ideas for cakes.  We had cartoon characters, baseball, soccer, monsters, etc.  Now that the kids are getting older, it is getting a little more challenging to come up with cute ideas that aren't too babyish for them.   That's where the spaghetti and meatball cake comes in.  What boy/man doesn't like food???  Anyway, I saw it in a magazine; it's not my original idea but it's awfully cute.

Birthday Fun!

Birthdays are a big deal in our family.  We love to celebrate.  Usually we do something fun with just each other.  We don't often have really big parties or involve a lot of people.  We're kind of a weird family, in that we really like being together!
Yesterday was Josh's 19th birthday, and while I'm not happy with him getting so old (read:  me getting so old), we had a great day.  He wanted all of us to go to the range and shoot , so that's exactly what we did.  
Here are just a few pictures of our adventures.  We had a blast (no pun intended)!  I am so thankful for Josh and the man he's turned out to be.  I give God all the glory and heartfelt thanks for the gift of this son.  Happy Birthday, Josh!

Most of these pictures are taken from the side or the back.

It's not a great idea to stand in front of someone with a loaded gun.  LOL!

Josh, Chris, & Christopher

Here is  Josh with his shotgun.

Here is Christopher after he shot Josh's shotgun:)

Here's Katie 

...and Talia

...and me