Happy Birthdays!

Annie stayed overnight at the beach house with my parents on Friday night so we all drove down to see her and stay over on Saturday night and wake up with Grammy on her birthday! She was so excited to see her sister and brother and even stayed up until 11 when BOb was finally done painting and came down with Uncle ED. I first have to thank my cousin Eileen for giving up her only day off in two weeks to come and help Bob paint - I still can't really do anything with paint because of the pregnancy. I am amazed at all she and Bob got done and I managed to purge closets while they were busy! And tonight the kids are safely tucked into their beds in their newly painted rooms!

BTW - Check out The Russell's website - Shannon updated with loads of pictures - her kids are SO photogenic!

Banana woke up happy to be with all of us this morning - Molly put a crown on her and she thought it was great!
My sweet baby girl.I could not get enough of her!
My love bug!
The kids made a sign for Grammy - this is Peter drawing a picture of himself for Grammy.
Check out Molly's tongue as she makes a picture for Grammy.
Annie doing her part with Peter's help!
Grammy opening her present from the kids!
MOlly LOVES giving presents!
We gave Grammy some CD's for her birthday and she and Papa started dancing right away!
Annie Bananie pointing to the water while Papa gets her dressed!

My boy standing on his head!
The train
Katie is just gorgeous - check out her skin and those big blue eyes. I can't stop clicking when she is around!
My beautiful girl again!
And more Katie!

Tyler and his girls!
Grammy and the grandkids having fun before cake!
Blowing out the candles on Grammy's cake!
My mom hugging Karla after laughing hysterically at her very thoughtful gift.
Karla - admittedly postpartum - got my Mom a bracelet made by women in Africa who raise money for healthcare through these bracelets. The bracelet was..............interesting. As usual Karla was good natured about our making fun of her and her gift was very thoughtful!

Auntie Kake and Molly!
Another birthday girl and Molly doll.
My beautiful girl. She had grapes in her cheeks to look like a chipmunk.
Abby trying to be a chipmunk and just looking adorable.
Peter and Uncle Ed self portrait.

Auntie Beth and Ann eating bluberries.
Auntie Beth and Katie.
KK with a yogurt faced Annie!
Peter took this of himself giving me a kiss - love those big lips!
Pete also took this one of Katie - not bad!

Kake and Katie!
The strongest man competition - Peter continues his assertion that Uncle Pat is the strongest man in the world - when Papa tried to prove him wrong Uncle Pat picked him up.....
Tossed him over his shoulder.........
And dumped him on the sofa. The kids were going wild and Uncle Pat retains his title of the strongest according to Peter - well - except for God, of course!

The birthday girls!
Happy Birthday to you....Mom, Auntie Kake and Auntie Meg!
Blowing out the candles with help from the kids. The babies hanging on the counter waiting for cake.
My dolly!

The twins sharing a moment!
Happiness is having twin moms!
61 and as beautiful as ever!
Auntie Beth and Annie!
Pat and Karla - we actually caught Pat with a normal smile for once!

All in all a wonderful day - I always feel bad when my mom ends up doing so much work on her own birthday but hopefully she knows how special she is and how much we appreciate her hard work...even on her birthday. I'm feeling blessed to be home with all of my kids under the same roof after a wondeful day with family!

Happy Birthday Mom, Auntie Kate and Meg! We love you!

GNM - ILY!