Josiah's Birthday

Josiah turned 7 last week!  To be more precise, he turned 7 on Election Day.  We had his birthday dinner the Saturday before.

Partners in crime. :)

I think Hannah was feeling spunky. :)  [There's a little view of our *mostly* completed kitchen, for those of you asking.  I may get a better one up soon.  We'll see. :)]

The dinner table.

Josiah chose chicken 'n wine sauce, rice, green beans, and rolls for his birthday meal.  It was delicious as always!

 The big birthday boy!

Does anyone else see a slight resemblance between Judah and Daddy?

I don't know how I missed this, but I forgot to take a picture of the food.  Oops. :)

 Presents came after dinner.

 

Josiah was very expressive while opening his gifts!

 A hug for Lydia, thanking her for the play gun she bought for him.

When I saw Josiah open this blanket from Mama and Daddy, I immediately told him I was going to steal it.  I love it!!  Mama then told me that she had thought about giving it to me for my birthday, but she gave it to Josiah instead.  Since then I've attempted to "borrow" it every now and then.  :)

Let's just say he was very excited to get Kung Fu Panda 2. :)

Grandpa and Grandma gave Josiah a pogo stick which became the new favorite toy in the house!

 Time for cake!!

Josiah definitely won the award for most variety for his ice cream cake.  

On one side we had party cake ice cream, golden Oreos, cookie dough ice cream, and then a sprinkling of more golden Oreos.  

The other side had mint chocolate chip ice cream, Oreos, plain vanilla ice cream, and then was topped with Andes mints.

The side I had was very good and everyone else said the other side was just as good as well. 

We watched half of Kung Fu Panda 2 and then sang Happy Birthday to Josiah.  After he blew out the candles, we dug into the delicious ice cream cake!

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We had Josiah's birthday breakfast on his actual birthday.

We "woke" him up with our usual birthday serenade and then headed downstairs for breakfast.

Josiah picked Egg McMuffins, hashbrowns, and pop tarts for his birthday breakfast. 

The Egg McMuffin was a little bit of a challenge for Josiah to conquer.  :)

Delicious pop tarts...need I say anything else?
















After breakfast, we hurried and cleaned up the house.  Then we hopped in the van and took off for the mountains...that post will be coming when I get the time!

Happy (late) birthday, Buddy!  We love you very, very much!
Kimber :)

Blow-Out Birthday Bash Post

So, because I haven't posted in so long, this post will be on the 4 September birthdays in our family!  If you're wondering why I haven't posted on this blog in so long, it's because the Lord has continued to bring me photography opportunities...and I have to put my customers first.  Since I don't have any pictures to edit this week, I can focus on our family blog!  Hopefully I'll get our family blog caught up soon.

Judah had the first September birthday on Sept. 7th.

We started off his day by waking him up with our usual "Happy Birthday" song:

Then we came downstairs and had breakfast!

Judah is, obviously, a bit too young to pick out his breakfast so we had cereal, scrambled eggs, and pop tarts.

 Judah really enjoyed his Cinnamon Toast Crunch!

Sharing his cereal with Daddy!

We had pizza for dinner that night because it's a universal family favorite!

While we were sitting around after dinner, Judah got to open his presents!

He went crazy for this little worm! :)

 No, Judah didn't get to eat this whole bag of skittles.  We just gave him a few as a treat!

 He loved this little cup Hannah bought for him!

Time for the cupcakes!

I made some Devil Food Cake cupcakes with buttercream icing for Judah.  We decorated the cupcakes with some of my Wilton cake decorating supplies.  Everyone got to ice a few cupcakes, which was fun and produced a wide variety of icing style! :)

Waiting to dig in!  ("Nums" are Judah's favorite!)

 Judah was an expert at blowing out his candles!

I guess the cupcakes were good?! :)

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Birthday #2 was for Lexi as we celebrated her 15th year!

Lexi was already up when we went in to sing "Happy Birthday"! :)

This was Lexi's happy birthday plate.  :)

Lexi had sausage casserole and toaster strudels for her breakfast.

Gotta' love decorating your own strudel!

 Lexi received a Happy birthday call from Aunt Mae-Mae, Cadence, Justus, and Asher during breakfast.  It's always fun to have your family call you on your special day!!

This was Lexi's birthday dinner table.  We set it with Mama's crystal and our best table cloth...and threw in some paper plates for easy clean-up! :)

Candy corn was our appetizer.

 Daddy's fabulous hamburgers was the night's main course.  We also had mac 'n cheese and greenbeans.

Eating dinner together (we were pleased to have Lexi's best friend, Jaime, join us for the special event!).

Presents followed the delicious dinner:

 I know this picture is blurry, but this is our new favorite movie!!!

Junk food is a staple gift for our family birthdays!

 

Jaime made Lexi these two things!

We ended Lexi's special day with her amazing ice cream cake (my personal favorite) and, of course, Thor. :)

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Birthday #3 was Caleb!  He "became a man", turning a whopping 13 years old!

Caleb chose Egg McMuffins and Pop-Tarts (pictured below) for his birthday breakfast!

Hannah declared that Caleb's dinner would be Western themed, so everyone dressed up in their best Western gear! :)

The little Westerners waiting for dinner. :)

Lexi set the table very appropriately and tastefully!

It was fun getting to drink out of Mason jars! :)

The man of honor! :)

Caleb wanted to have grilled salmon, cheesy potatoes, green beans, and Italian bread for dinner.  It was all delicious!!!

Chewin' on some salmon. :)

After dinner, we all sat around the table and watched Caleb open his presents.

Caleb loves sour stuff. :)

Lovin' on the little man.

We ended the night with the ice cream cake and a movie!

Love Caleb's face! ;)

Caleb had a very minty (and, thus, delicious) ice cream cake.

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The last birthday for the Wassenbergs in September is Eden.  She turned 9 and we had her birthday dinner this past Saturday.  Grandpa and Grandma came down for the special occasion and it was so nice to have them!

Grandpa and Daddy cooking the burgers.

Gotta' love having sisters!

 

Eden loved the Twizzlers we put out for her appetizer. :)

 Grandma brought her dog, Lucy, and Judah loved her!

Grandma and Hannah talking before dinner.

We fixed hamburgers, au gratin potatoes, and green beans for dinner Sat. night.

After dinner, the presents were opened!
(No all of those presents weren't just for Eden...Grandpa and Grandma also brought birthday presents for Lexi, Caleb, and Judah.)

Judah was the first one to open his gifts.  We were going to let Eden go first (seeing as it was her birthday) but she didn't want to, so Judah did!

Judah was thrilled to find some balls in his present!   As soon as he unwrapped the balls, he would throw them!

Judah got his own tableware set! :)

 Caleb got a new fishing rod and fished with it for the first time Wednesday!

Lexi received some nice clothes and other assorted items! :)

Lucy kept Lydia company during the present-opening. :)

Weedels was the last one to open her gifts!

Grandpa and Grandma brought Eden some dresses and a nice pair of shoes.

Eden got some candy, coloring books, a journal and other paraphernalia from us.

 Time for cake!!

Eden had a mint ice cream cake also...it was a little bit different from Caleb's but still delicious!

Hope you all made it through this long post!  There's lots more for me to post on, but we'll see what I get to in the next few weeks. :)
Kimber :)