It Was Party Time

Saturday evening the family all came over to celebrate Emery's birthday. As much fun as we had, we still all missed having Melissa and James here with us.

We had a beach vacation sort of theme for his party. Emery loves the ocean and as hard a worker as he is, he just never seems to take a vacation so I created a little tropical paradise for him in the dining room and on the porch. He was even willing to wear a silly straw hat and a Hawaiian style shirt. We had "haystacks" to eat and I made a coconut cake with a layer of crushed pineapple and coconut in the middle. The little girls played and danced to the music I had put together for this land locked beach party.

We had lots of fun and after the children and grand-blessings had gone home, Emery and I sat out on the porch for a couple hours, counting our blessings and thanking God for all that we have in our lives that is simply good.