And Nineteen Days Later........

We celebrated my younger sister Emily's entrance into the "double digits".

Emily loves horses.........so that was her party theme. :-)

Emmi with her cake.

Didn't Mama do a great job? She decorated the entire cake herself!


All of the girls. I have no idea why Natalie is hunched forward in this picture.......but I just loved her smile.








Traditionally, Natalie gets the bows off of the presents. One bow.....














A 3-D (horse) puzzle!





Two bows and a ribbon.....





San Domingo! I'm not very good at knowing who all of these Breyer horses are, but having read San Domingo: the Medicine Hat Stallion years ago, I knew who he was and his claim to fame. :-) Sadly, I can't say that for the rest of these horses.





Three bows! This reminds me of the elaborate headpieces Mrs. Gibson would wear on Wives and Daughters.





"Windtalker!"

Rebekah: "Windtalker?!? Wow, Windtalker!"




" Windtalker?"

Windtalker!


Emily explains exactly who "Windtalker" is.







Natalie listens in dignified silence.


Reading the cards......

Thank you Sara.......

Emily had been wanting a stuffed Breyer horse named Caramel for a long time, so we got it for her for her birthday.

M&M's anyone?

Battle of the birthday blow toy thingies.....(what are those called? )

Blowing out the candles!

For the rest of the day we played around with Breyer horses.......and watched King Kong while Natalie was napping. (by Emily's special request)

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And in other news:

We are going out of town for the next week or so. I have some scheduled blog posts coming up for the next couple of days, including my pictures of the Feelin' Feminine Challenge, as well as the much promised but never posted reading list. Instead of doing June's list in July :-P I decided to go ahead and combine June, July and August into one post......and forgot to put it on my sidebar. :-( I apologise for being so slack with my blogging......we have been so very busy with everyday life around here, that I simply haven't felt like doing my blog! I will be getting back on board though.

Look out for some upcoming posts!

In Christ,

Sara~

My Birthday "Party"

I would like to extend a sincere apology to all blog readers of mine. I have been horribly slack in updating my blog, and will most certainly be more consistent in the future.

We celebrated my birthday weekend before last, and I'm finally getting around to posting pictures.:-P

We decided by unanimous decision to eat lunch at Longhorns. Knowing that I wanted to stop by Joann's on the way home, Mama and Dad decided to go ahead and give me one of my presents

I let Natalie help me unwrap the box.

Is it just me or is she too cute?:-)

A gift certificate to Joann's! Hooray!

The sisters three.

Mama and Dad.

Me and my cupcakes. Mama did a lovely job decorating them.

Aren't they lovely. They tasted good, too!

All of us girls with Mama. Emily isn't looking straight, but I love Natalie's face.

Mama and I. I think that now, as I am growing older, I am slowly beginning to look more like Mama. For a long time I've had people tell me that I looked like dad. Well, I'll always have his nose.......

The sisters three with Natalie. (quick note: for many years, our dream was to have our own band. It only made sense that being sisters, we would call it "The Sisters Three". When Natalie came, we just threw her name in at the end.:-) Unless she decides to be our lead singer, then we'll change it to Natalie and The Sisters Three. If Emily does lead, It'll be Emily and The Sisters Three. And if Bekah does lead........:-))

Mama, Me and Dad.

Had to include this one. :-)

Me and my Daddy-O

And of course, presents!:-)

This one was from Natalie.

Switchfoot's Beautiful Letdown!

From Emily.....

Chocolate!

Oh Bekah, you shouldn't have.....I didn't mean that!

Listen, if you have to buy me bubblegum, get the right brand! (lol)

Okay, what is it.

Jesus Freaks!

This'll be good.

And, drum roll please.....
The Present.






What could it be.....





No way! Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Version 11!

Wow!

For the rest of the day we watched movies and played soccer. All in all, I had a very enjoyable day!





sara~