Birthday, Snow, and Signs of Spring

Happy 79th Birthday, Dad!!!!

Valentine's Day brought with it a birthday get-together. Leanne made the I-ate-way-more-than-I-ever-should-have-but-I-am-glad-I-did cake! It was really scrumptious! We all had a great time, but at the same time wished that Brittannie and Manny, Ashley and Steven, and Laura and Greg could have been here.

Dad seemed to enjoy the day with lunch at Mulligan's! But best of all, I think dad LOVED that Hannah ran up to him and hugged and kissed him at church... that was what he spoke of in the car as being "worth waiting for!" Mason gave Dad a Baby Ruth and said, "Birthday, Papa!"

It was a great birthday - and we wish you all the best, Dad. You certainly deserve it! Thanks for being my FAVORITE DAD! ; )

If you look closely in the upper middle of the picture, you will see a great big fat robin! I was really excited to see this, especially in our record breaking snowfall winter - - right after that fat groundhog saw his shadow. (He will remain nameless since he gave us six more weeks of this white global warming!)

And since Ashley is really sad that WE are getting all the snow, and she is not, I shall send her some! There,

and it is still snowing!











I got the snow day!!!