Father's Day and Hannah's "Sweet 16" Birthday Part 2

"‘You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.'" :-)

Leviticus 19:32

Sunday, June 20th was Father's Day!  We started off that lovely Sunday morning by having Daddy open his gift and card.

Daddy and Josiah.

Siah-man.

Edee-Weedee.

Daddy's gift.

I can always count on Daddy for some great faces! :)

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His present was a mousepad with our family picture on it!

After church on Sunday, we headed up to Grandpa and Grandma's to celebrate Father's day with them.

Anyone want to guess where Daddy gets his sense of humor from?

Hannah watching the proceedings.

Lydia with a card.

If you can't read the card it says "Happy Father's Day ~ P.S. I think you qualified!"

Daddy got a zip line (something he's always wanted!).

Grandma taking pictures.

The lady sofa.

Grandpa showing you a "Lydia card."

Zepo, my aunt and uncle's dog.

We picked the dogs up for my uncle and family so as to care for them.  They were at Aunt Amy's mom house, because her mama was struggling with cancer and they wanted to be together on the last few days she had on earth.  Sad story short, Aunt Amy's mom died on Monday, June 21st (Hannah's b-day). We will miss her.  She was loved by all who knew her.

Grandma opening a present.

Hannah and her card.

Get it Hannah, get it! :)

A shirt!

An outfit!  I think I know who will wear this one... :)

Hannah trying on the outfit.

Lighting the cake.

We returned home, with bellies full, late that night.

My favorite picture of the day was this one:

Oh, I love my daddy! :)

Kimber

Hannah's "Sweet 16" Birthday (Part 1)

"And Hannah prayed and said:“My heart rejoices in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation."

1 Samuel 2:1

Hannah officially turned 16 on Monday, June 21st:  the first day of summer.  :)  We decided to have her birthday party on Saturday the 19th, because Daddy and Mama were taking her somewhere special on her birthday.  Friday night after dinner, some of us went shopping nearby for birthday gifts for her.  Saturday Hannah and I were working at Lavender Fields, so Mama and Lexi (along with everyone else) cooked like crazy, wrapped presents, and decorated the house.  When we came back home, after work, everything was ready for us!  We got Hannah all dressed up, and then ate dinner about 30 minutes later.

The bouquet on the table.

The table was set with a tablecloth Grandma gave us (from one of their cruises), Mama's fine china and glass goblets.  It was so pretty!

The tablecloth.

Here you get a better idea of what the table looked like - it was much prettier in real life! :)

Lydia patiently waiting for prayer and dinner.

Hannah at the table.

Dinner that night consisted of grilled chicken, greenbeans, carrots, buttermilk rolls and mashed potatoes with Hidden Valley Ranch dip mixed in and topped with cheese!

Mi familia - minus me.

After dinner and clean-up everyone got comfy (put on jammies!), signed cards, and then Hannah opened presents when we were all gathered.

That's an "H" on the envelope - courtesy of Lexi.

Reading...

Then, she opened presents.  The biggest gift (from the siblings, that is) for everyone's birthday is...food! :) 

My beautiful sister.

Her cake. 

I made the cake on Thursday and then Lexi made the icing and decorated it for us!

Lighting all 16 candles.

Blow the candles out, Hannah! or is she sneezing :)

I forgot to add that after the presents were opened, we watched about half of Cecil D. BeMille's Ten Commandments.  After cake, we watched a tiny bit more and then went up to bed.

Before I close this post, here's some of Hannah's pictures:

Hannah is my best friend and I am so grateful the Lord gave her to me as an older sister!  She's always there to help me when I need it, or just to be quiet, when I need that too! :)  She is a gifted pianist and plays for us just about every morning, the sweet piano melodies filling the house.  She is a great example to all of us younger siblings, and she takes her role as the first born daughter seriously. 

We love you Hannah!

                                                             Kimber and all the Wasses'

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Before I end, I want to tell you about some friends of ours! :) 

Our friends, the Nice's have recently started a business, called Drury Lane Farm. They raise chickens on lots of open pasture - the way chickens are supposed to live :) - and sell fresh, yummy eggs and broilers/roasters now!  Somewhere in the near future, they may even start longhorn beef!

But back to the present, feel free to check out their website at http://www.drury-lane-farm.com/ and here's the Nice Family:

They really are a nice family (okay, I couldn't resist!) and some great friends of ours - so, check them out and give them a call or drop them an email if you're interested in any healthy, delicious chicken and eggs! :)