A Birthday

The last week or so has been quite full with daily life and work and school with the added task of preparing for new flooring throughout the entire house beginning this Wednesday.  But in the middle of  all the hustle and bustle, we took time over the weekend to celebrate Laura's birthday!  Because we needed a quick and easy birthday dinner, we settled on sandwiches (egg salad, chicken salad, cold cuts, or gilled cheese as options), summer fruit, sliced veggies, steamed zucchini and squash from the garden, green beans, and blueberry cobbler for dessert.  And to help with clean up afterwards, we pulled out our conglomeration of paper plates and napkins from previous events and put together a blue (Laura's favorite color) and yellow theme with what we had.  It surprisingly didn't look too bad!

After I chose and plates and napkins, Kathy added the final touches:  blue and white curling ribbon, yellow M&Ms, and Reese's pieces chips (another of Laura's favorites). 

The blueberry cobbler dessert also fit the theme quite well, though I had settled on this particular dessert long before considering our decorations.  The kids had fun preparing the dessert with 35 candles and helping Mommy blow them out.

As if this wasn't enough, Laura's in-laws graciously invited us over to their home for lunch after worship on Sunday to celebrate together as families!  We had a wonderful, relaxing afternoon with them.  The kids enjoyed a tractor ride with Grandpa Turner, and we even picked apples from their trees on their property.  Their home is beautiful both inside and out, and I enjoyed snapping a few pictures of their flowers as well as some of the cutest children that I know. :)

We thank the Lord for the rich life He has blessed Laura with and look forward to seeing how He continues to use her and her family in His Kingdom.