Birthdays!

We've been busy celebrating birthdays around here! Madeline turned 7, and we had two celebrations. On her actual birthday, she chose to spend 100 dollars at Toys R Us and have dinner at Buca Di Beppo's rather than her usual backyard party.

Posing with her $$$$

Madeline chose a pogo stick and Elefun at Toys R Us, and then we went to Michaels to shop for arts and crafts stuff. She had a little spare change left over:

On the day before her birthday, Jessie, Adam, Emmet, and Sawyer joined us for an afternoon of grilling, Spongebob cake, and present opening.

And then a week later, it was time to wish Kent a happy birthday! We went to Riverside so Kent and Adam could golf; we grilled some more and had even more cake! Jessie made this beautiful and delicious strawberry shortcake.