Birthday Man.

His Mom made lunch for us on his birthday. It was Sunday. How nice of her. We were so beat from skating and skiing so... this topped whatever I might have fed him at home. Well we did have cake.

Our winter Bible School was taught by a Beachy man who talked a lot about finances and chocolate cake with caramel icing. So when I asked Nate what kind of cake he preferred for this momentous occasion he said, "Chocolate cake with caramel icing" I asked him if he was serious? and he said, "No". And that was that, I had to guess what kind he wanted. It was a funny joke on his part.

It's so great to be married to a guy who is so well liked. I mean, I could be under some sort of illusion here but it seems to me that his friends just adore him. And I like that. Because I also adore him.

Fresh air! It felt so good to skate. The wind had died down and we had friends over. 

It is hard to keep children in skates!

Spending my day with these two. Stuart was actually screaming here saying, "Take it off!" It was like he knew that this will be so embarrassing when he is 13.Carla, these are the very sunglasses you sent Ellie for her birthday 1 1/2 years ago. Amazing that they are still in one piece. They suit her so well.

We had a family wedding to take pictures at the other weekend. It was fun to be seated with these two at the reception. 

 Cousin Kim, Grandma Minnie, and Step Grandpa Micheal. 

 The table got a tad messy. We had a fire. Oh man... my heart was pounding. Napkins really take off you know!