Sunday, May 11, 2008

A Double Holiday

Today was both Mother's Day and Phillip's 16th birthday so we had a double celebration. After church, we went out for dinner at the Panda Grill Buffet, then came home to open gifts.

Jeannette and the kids who qualify her to celebrate Mother's Day . . .
Jeannette's mom surprised us this week with a quick trip to Indiana . . .
My sister, Laura, sent Jeannette a handmade candleholder filled with shells she collected on the Gulf of Mexico . . .

Last night, while Jeannette and I were at our small group from church, Jordan went to Menards and picked up a swing for the backyard, brought it home and they all set it up before we got home. When Jeannette got up this morning, she glanced out the kitchen window and gasped when she spotted it under the pine trees. The flower basket at the right was Jameson's gift to Jeannette. Jordan and Phillip bought her some little accent lights to set around the swing area.

Jeannette's mom got caught up on birthday gift giving today. Melody got a little bathtub for her dolls and well as, believe it or not, little disposable diapers for them . . .



The boys were thrilled to open up a Mario Kart game for the Wii, along with two extra steering wheels . . .

Phillip made quite a killing himself on the gift front, getting books, a sweatshirt, a Wii remote and nunchuk, another GameCube style controller and his big gift, his own cell phone with a built-in keyboard and a texting plan . . .


Happy Birthday, Phillip!





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