december 22

Today was Holly's birthday and it was really neat that we were all together for it. We have a tradition in our family where you get woken up by the whole family singing "Happy Birthday" to you. I got a really good video of it, but I didn't post it for fear of what Holly would put up on Facebook in retribution. =) John and Matthew went golfing and the rest of us lounged most of the day. That night we went to a nice restaurant to celebrate Holly's birthday. Again, these pictures are all out of order.

Becky and Jason at Holly's birthday dinner. Chloe was sleeping.

Matthew golfing.

Sarah playing with Finley and Chloe...and Chloe doing what all babies do--going straight for the eyes. Finley was fine. He should be used to it anyways. He was the youngest baby in our small group at church and had his eyes gouged by all of the older ones at least once.

This was a picture that I meant to add to the december 21 post, but forgot it. I love it though, so I really wanted to post it.

John golfing.

Sumner and Holly at Holly's birthday dinner.

Dad and Mom.

Sarah and John.

The golf course that John and Matthew went to.

Finley and I at the birthday party back at the house.

Everyone else.

Finley having his first taste of fish at the restaurant. He loved it!

Finley not liking the birthday hat.

The birthday girl.

Our little family.

At the restaurant.

A good picture of Grandma and Grandpa. It seems like we can never get a picture of Grandpa without him laughing. We've come to expect it though. We call it a good picture for Grandpa if he's not covering his mouth and half of his face with his hand.

Holly and Sumner.

The view from the deck.

Finley walking in John's shoes.