My birthday

My birthday was on a Sunday this year, so we started out the day with church. I actually got myself & the boys ready, out the door, and to church on time! (That almost never happens.)
One of the best bits of the day was that my cousins from Atlanta (the Turners) were in Kentucky for the weekend and joined us for church.

Then it was back to our house for some time together before the boys and I headed to Lisa's house for the joint birthday party (me, Gammie, Lisa and Alex generally celebrate our birthdays together.)

Sean LOVES Pawpaw's cane. He is nuts about the mirror and, after a while, got into honking the horn.


We attempted to grill burgers & hot dogs, but ran out of gas early... so, indoor cooking it was!

Ben, Natalie & Mary Alice playing with bubbles (before the gas ran out)
Glenn quite enjoyed the new pool. We'd just gotten it the day before & the water was still pretty chilly, but he didn't care at all.
Mary Alice aka Little Lifeguard

Glenn and I
Glenn, Natalie, Mary Alice, and Glenn

Christy and I

At Lisa's

Gammie and Sean play well together

I had to trim down the number of pictures of this post, but I couldn't NOT use any of these with Gammie & Sean... they all just look good!
Sean lunged for Gampaw at one point. I wasn't sure how it was going to go, but they both appeared to enjoy the attention.
The birthday people, during singing. (It's always a mess of a song, when there are this many birthdays at once, but it's fun anyhow.)
Jesse is great with Sean, and here, Sean was almost asleep...
... then he saw the camera, and BAM! He's not sleepy anymore
I'm sure he's thinking, "Lemme take a bite out of that nose"


My sweet boy and I
I'll admit that I detest the way I look in this picture, but I'm posting it not for the people in the picture, but for the rocker. This is the very rocker that my father bought for my Mom, 35 years ago, when she was pregnant with me. It lives on Lisa's porch now, but I love that I've rocked both of my boys (albeit briefly) in the same rocker that I was rocked in.

Lest anybody think he's being neglected, there are so few pictures of Glenn in this post because that boy was WILD on this day and he was playing non-stop, either in Jessica's room or outside. I barely saw him after we ate!