Birthday fun at any age...

One fun new tradition that the ladies of our church fellowship have made is a trip to Chili's for lunch whenever one of us has a birthday. We usually have 3-5 of us arriving at lunch time, eating until our hearts (and bellies!) content, then sitting and talking until way past lunch time.
We all agree the 'Bottomless Soup, Salad, and Chips' is the way to go. With plenty of choices we all find something we like, even if we don't agree what the best soup is(!)

Here's pictures from our last two 'girls days'...one celebrating Gloria's and Beth's special days:



Can't wait for our next round of birthdays in the summer! We might just have to come up with some great reason to go this spring...love you ladies!!

Homeschool Valentines Party

Our family was blessed to attend the Homeschool Valentine's Party again this year. The kids had a great time fellowshipping with friends, trading cards, playing games, and eating all the delicious snacks.

Miss K won the guessing game of how many Hersey Kisses were on the tray...the prize all 100+! Other games they played were throwing the ping pong ball at the tortilla covered in peanut butter, ball races where you control the speed by blowing through a straw, and the highlight for mom was Mrs. Lowe and I being given everything need to make a cake EXCEPT the recipe....that we had to come up with on our own.

Here's some fun pictures of the day:

It looks like a precious girl!

After ultrasound #3 last Thursday, it looks like our family will be blessed with a precious baby girl. I ask the tech twice "Are you sure??" She assures me she was. The baby is growing right on schedule. I'm not growing in pounds, but am in inches...my way to grow!

As for names, I shared with a few that My Beloved picked out the name "Polly" with "Esther" being the middle name. I told him I'd REALLY have to pray on that one. Grandma added we could use "Ray-on". I thinking we should be saving those two for our Boy / Girl twin set that God will send some day.

So as for what she will really be called, who knows. Thankfully we have some time to think on it!

SKILLS USA Competition

Josh went to the regional Skills USA- Votech competition on Tuesday. He competed against other high schoolers, both first and second year students demonstrating their skills in Heat, Air, and Refrigeration knowledge. We were so blessed that he placed 3rd! In May he will head to the State competition.

~~ On a side note, My Beloved placed 4th in the state his senior year in high school. Like father like son!! Looks like we'll have another competent service tech.