Dee Dawg turns 7!

What a blessing to have Daniel in our family! Recently, you read about his spiritual birthday--when he asked Jesus Christ to be his Savior and Lord. Last weekend we got to celebrate his physical birth that took place seven years ago. How good God is!

How fun it is to be a parent in the Critter Crew!!!

A smiley-faced blueberry pancake for a little boy who brings so many smiles to our family...

On to the fun! After watching several seasons of the Duke's of Hazzard, guess what Dee wanted for his birthday? A General Lee cake...I thought I'd figured out how to make a car look like it was jumping over a pond (!), but finding an orange car...well, that was another chore. Instead, after some persuasion, we decided on his next favorite car--Lightning McQueen. So, on with the

"Cars" theme...

I have to say, this one was much easier than our princess' castle!!

While we were waiting on everybody to arrive, we began a game of "musical derby"...yeah, it may have been a suped up version of musical chairs, but it sure was fun!

Again, we chucked the pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey and went with

Pin-the-race-car-on-the-race-track!
I think Allie spun some a little too much!

Erin made it!

Way to go, Brookie!

Need some help, Cabo?

Where's the speedway?

Another one in total confusion!!

Onto the cake and icecream, how 'bout it!

Justin*, Dee, and Asher*

Or we could just make some noise!!!

Daniel's buddies...

Somitri*, Heshni*, Preseph* and Prader*...along with Cabo and TaTa (daddy!)

Archer*, Nimesh*, Ramesh*, and Rathniyake*

Sabrina* and Allie...

Our sweet neighbors...and Veejuh*

And then there's Auntie...We introduced you to Auntie in our last update...she was a homeless lady who has since become part of our family (that's a whole 'nother post!). She continues to tell people, "This is my home," so I'm thinking this look is, "Why are all these people coming to my house?" Yes, Auntie was invited in but she continues to prefer her chair under the carport.

Eva* and Mavery*, our newest buddies on this side!

Dee's gift table...

Daniel got some really cool gifts!

Did we tell you Daniel and Caleb have been taking tennis lessons??

A DS???

Hugs for everybody...

He's such a sweetie pie!

And then it's time to say bye for now...

Ain't she precious???

Seems like just days ago our little Dee was about that size...

And now, seven years later, we're seeing our baby boy grow into someone who loves the Lord, has a desire to read His Word, and a heart to see the lost know Him.

So, when the Lord brings Dee to your mind--as well as any other of our precious kiddos--pray that daily they will seek after Him...the only One worth living for!