Beth's Birthday

Yes, we celebrated Beth's birthday last weekend. She's 29, which means I'm 59, which means next year she will be ___ and I will be ___. Time does fly!

Wednesday: Happily, Sarah and Camryn came on Wednesday afternoon but sadly Tyson had to stay home and work. Sarah headed out to Flint for pizza and playtime while Greg and I went to church. He is leading a discussion group on Wednesday nights and is so good at facilitating discussion, listening to people, asking good questions and encouraging everyone to expresses their spiritual thoughts. I always love the classes he leads and I'm not just SAYING that.

Thursday: OK and Camryn enjoyed a little together time while Sarah and I shopped and ran errands for Bethie's birthday.

Later that afternoon Beth and Emery came over. Oh those adorable little girls - sister cousins! Emery decided she needed Camryn's favorite toy - Panda. They both think he's pretty special.

Where does she get those curls? They're on BOTH sides of the family!

Next it was time to - well not FIGHT over the water bottle, but both of them wanted it at the same time!


We sat down to supper while three guys were working to retexture our hallway. They are so polite, and such hard workers, but it's so WEIRD to have extra people in the house!



As we were eating, we noticed that Camry had some odd looking bug bites. But it became clear pretty quickly that the bites were hives. She had been taking an antibiotic for another ear infection and had a bad reaction. So sad.


Friday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY BETH! I love her so much and what a precious blessing she is to us all. Matt thought it would be fun to have a day of surprises for her, and it began with a morning at the zoo.



Sarah, Camryn, Greg and I waited for the birthday girl at the entrance to the zoo. You'll notice a swollen eye for poor Little C. Her feet were so puffy that Sarah couldn't get her shoes on. The hives had gotten worse unfortunately, so Sarah called her doctor's office and they recommended that she take her in to an urgent care place. (Sarah did that later and they gave Camryn steroids and a different antibiotic).

The birthday party arrives!

Sisters - precious.

This is the only animal picture of the morning. Why post animal pictures when you can post grandbaby pictures? She's a Crowned Crane, by the way and had two funny looking babies nearby.

Riding shoulders at the zoo - well sure.

This was in the penguin area - she was a little sleepy but still so sweet and adorable!

It was a perfect zoo day weather-wise. Cloudy, cool (for July). But it started to rain pretty hard, so we sat on the bench in front of the otter pool and watched them play. They are so entertaining. The little girls loved them.

We made a run for the cars and then went to my house for a surprise brunch. Sarah set such a pretty table!

There were presents....

and food....

and cake....Matt made sure it was chocolate. Emery got a little piece, which surprised her at first, but she warmed up to it pretty quickly.
Then the three big girls went to Eclipse (another surprise, courtesy of Matt). Yes it was good, but we were a little late and had to sit on the second row. But it was still good.

Saturday: Matt took Beth to Dallas for a night and we kept Emery - and that's IT! Whew, I'm tired just blogging about it, but it was fun and I think Beth was surprised! Sarah and Camryn headed back to Carrollton and Camryn is doing great - no more hives:)