Happy Birthday Joshua

What a pleasure to wish Joshua a

Happy 7th Birthday ~

February 7, 2011

When you think of Joshua......

you think of quiet, but thoughtful.

Competitive ~

tender hearted.

He has the BEST parents ~

part of a wonderful family ~

oldest son......second oldest in his family. 10 months old

10 months

1st Birthday

Precious

fun with Papa

beach time with Papa

ahhhhhhh ~

2nd birthday

with Mom and Dad

3rd birthday

fun with grandma and Papa

reading with Papa

Joshua with Rebekah and Bailey

grandkid sleepover

reading with Grandma

grandkids ~ cousins

4th b'day

fun with Aunt Hannah

riding his 2 wheeler

5th b'day

handsome ~

6th b'day

Happy 7th birthday Joshua!

We love you Joshua~ lots.

We pray God's blessings on your day

and the whole year ahead.

Have a FUN day!!!!!!

Spring?.........and Saturday Night Fun

Our latest snow is melting away slowly but surely ~

seems good to see the "dirt" again....see anything else?

Ahhhhhhh..........the spring bulbs are popping through the dirt!!!!!!! What a fun sight to see ~ daffodils will soon be showing themselves in all their beautiful Spring color! A welcome sight.

Hee hee ~ Alden had just gotten a load of mulch before the snow storm.....

so he spread out the snow this afternoon and put the mulch down.

The azaleas were laden with snow.....and low to the ground.

He said once he got the snow off, the azaleas popped RIGHT up.

Amazing.

Last night Courtney and Pat had the pleasure of going on a date.

Thus......we got to be grandparents to some precious grandchildren :)

We took them to Foster's Grill ~

and they have great kid games!

Alden and Bailey

Sawyer enjoying his drink.

Rebekah having fun!

As only grandparents can do.....

we THEN headed to McD for ice cream!!!!!! Yum!

Once home.....pj's on ~

we all played some Wii.

Bailey, Rebekah and I "dancing". Hilarious!

Such fun we girls had!

Success!!!!!!!

Alden and Joshua playing some f.o.o.t.b.a.l.l.

Great partners they are ~

We ended the evening watching "Sound of Music".......

before heading to bed.

Great evening ~

It was so funny.......the kids were supposed to be in bed at 9:00 p.m.

We were all on target......but......

got distracted. About 5 til 9:00 I said.....

oh my, mom and dad will be home soon ~

we'd better head on to bed.

We headed upstairs to brush teeth, pray and tuck them in bed.

Well......while brushing their teeth one of the kids heard the garage door go up.......

WOW.....

did we ever move fast! The kids hurried WAY up.....

we did a lot of giggling......

and got them in bed REAL fast.

What a fun time we had ~

such a blessing to spend time together.

Grandparenting is AWESOME!

Once we got downstairs.....we spent two more hours visiting with

Courtney and Pat.

Great evening .....with special people.

Wednesday ~ with young grandkids

What fun can a grandma have?

A bunch of fun!!!!!!

I had a great day with Ayden ~ his sitter is out of town, so Grandma got to enjoy him.

We headed over to Courtney's ~

she had a dr. appt. so me and the three youngest grandkids

spent the morning together ~

Bailey, Sawyer and Ayden.

What fun we had!

When Courtney got home ~

we headed to McD for lunch.

We talked fast and enjoyed our lunch

so we could get Bailey on the bus for school.

Very sweet time with my daughter and these kiddos.

These two are a hoot together ~ we are so glad they have each other..... the youngest of our bunch right now. :) Ayden and I came home ~ got him a nap ....and enjoyed playing together.

I enjoyed some time with Christy too when she came to pick up Ayden.

Blessings of my day ~

Mom and Grandma fun ~ loving my days off, as always!

January/February Birthday Celebration

The Smith/Cassada families gathered last night......

to celebrate Joshua, Christy and my birthdays Presents were gathered

pictures were taken (hmmm, where's Pat?!?)

yummy food was eaten

got caught up with each other

fun was had by all

lots of laughter

Just good to be together ~ great relaxed evening together

Dad and son

Courtney and Pat hosted ~

with Courtney's creative touches.

homemade enchiladas ~ quacomole and chips

was served and enjoyed ~ yum!

the table was long.......and we ALL fit around it

the girls ~ :)

(Brittany and Andrea were missing ~ they were at church

for their small group time ~ we missed them!)

the cake ........awesome!

{chocolate cake with white icing....and sprinkles}

Wii was enjoyed ~ by kids....and adults :)

Stephanie REALLY getting into it :)

Hannah and Courtney

Randy and Barbara enjoying the fun

gifts were opened ....... and appreciated

oh yeah ~ there are those two cute boys

enjoying Joshua's toy.....together!

Steve and Randy

Bailey giving us a little piano recital

the girls doing "dance Wii" :)

Simply a wonderful evening together ~

we love our family.......

we are certainly blessed.....beyond measure.