Happy Birthday Lauren!

We celebrated Lauren's 21st birthday on April 15.

We decided to give her 21 surprises!

The first surprise was a recorded message from Brett. It went something like this:

Go Lauren!
It's your birthday!
We gonna party like
it's your birthday!

She had the first of many balloons
waiting for her in the shower,

a card on her bed,

birthday muffin and coffee,

21 balloons in her car,

her favorite juice,
a few surprise snacks in her bag that
she'll find later,
birthday emails,

a hand made sign,

and a dozen roses delivered to her office to round out 21 birthday surprises.

We love you!

Seems Like Yesterday . . .

Has it been that long since kindergarten? My "baby" will be concluding his elementary school career soon. I had to pull these two photos to send to the school for the graduation ceremony.

A Delicious Easter

Lauren prepared our Easter meal. She began by baking this scrumptious lemon blueberry pound cake the night before.



The Easter Bunny brought baskets for each of the "children."

Brett shows enthusiasm for his basket.

There was also a traditional Easter egg hunt. Lauren offered the use of her very nice camera to me to take pictures of the event. As you can see, or not see, that plan didn't work out too well.


Whipping up a little cream for the famous cake. . .

After brunch/lunch, Roy and Kelly set out for round of airsoft.

Kelly later commented that the pellets weren't so soft.

Just one more shot of the famous cake!

Happy Easter!