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Showing posts with label Birthdays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birthdays. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Recapping

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind, especially over the weekends.  It has been fun and the beautiful weather has contributed to the fun quotient.  I have been learning a bunch and making new discoveries.

For my international readers I know you guys like pictures more than text so here’s some picture recaps:

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My friend Kami got married.

 

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That same weekend, Kami’s brother, Jarron, had a graduation party.  I am very proud of Jarron and for him sticking it out and completing college.

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Here’s Jarron reading his cards and taking note of the “loot” he received – cha ching!

 

This last weekend, I got to spend time with some special little people.  Josh asked me to join him at a training thing he was speaking at; and Josh brought Abby along.  I love this kid, she is fun to be around and I am glad I got to spend quite a bit of the day with her.

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I asked Abby to smile for the camera

 

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Abby and Josh, playing a game on his iPhone

 

So we’re at this training thing and all the speakers have taken their turns to share, they then had this Q&A time.  My friend Del, the facilitator of this session, invites the speakers up and turns to me and asks me to join them in taking questions.  I was not really prepared for this but it was a fun experience to share since I got quite a fair bit of questions.  I also got to encourage a guy after the session which was cool.  I had mentioned that I was a pastor’s kid and he wanted to talk a little about that.  Fun times.

After we got then with the training session, I headed to the next event which was a birthday party for the 2 (of the 4) of my favorite blondes (Jazlyn and Olivia).  I love these kids and was honored to be invited.

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Here comes the cakes

 

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Singing “Happy Birthday”

 

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Blow out those candles!

 

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Birthday girls opening their prezzies

 

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It was a quite a couple of weekends.  Now I am off to my next adventures, being called out to help people discover who Jesus is and what it means to follow Him.  Life is good because of Him.

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

A Weekend of Birthdays

Tis' the season for birthdays and birthday celebrations!  I was privileged to be invited to 2 birthday parties this past weekend - one for a 30 year old and the other for a 2 year old.

Here are some highlights from Aaron's lakeside celebrations on Saturday:

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Lake Goodwin

 

 

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Birthday boy, Aaron, (in orange) playing a little volleyball

 

 

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Miss Bella Welk (Aaron's daughter) enjoying her "carrots" (Cheetos)

 

 

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A little camp fire action

 

 

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Aaron with his birthday strawberry shortcake

 

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Opening up the group present - an 80GB iPod

 

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Mister Ethan Blue

 

 

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Ethan - the most smiley kid I know

 

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Good times, great friends...

(L to R - Bryan, me, Jolie & Heather; Monica with her back)

 

 

It was great to get together with good friends to celebrate a milestone birthday with Aaron.

On Sunday evening, we celebrated Abby Hebert's 2nd birthday.  It has been amazing watching her grow up.  I love this kid and I am glad that I can share in her life.  Here are some highlights:

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Abby's learning to use the camera

 

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Josh giving Abby some pointers

 

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Elmo cupcake for the birthday girl

 

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Now what? I've blown out the candles...

 

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We'll peel off Elmo's face...

 

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Let's give the frosting a little lick

 

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Maybe a little nibble...

 

 

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The jury's still out on this frosting and cupcake...

 

 

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And yes,  we have decided!

 

 

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Awaiting presents in her pink chair

 

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Let's get this party started...

 

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Opening one of my gifts, her very own pink Hello Kitty watch

 

 

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Checking out the top I got her

 

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Abby & me

 

 

After the indoor festivities, we all proceeded to the park behind the Heberts' apartment.  Sarah, Tanya's co-worker/manager at Starbucks, is a professional, championship winning, freestyle Frisbee artist.  She brought along some frisbee and was going to "educate" us on how to throw and catch a frisbee.

Here's Sarah showing us how it's done:

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Sarah showed us some nifty throwing and catching techniques.

Here is Josh and Robby trying it out:

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Josh looks like he is fighting the frisbee shadow

 

 

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Back hand throw

 

 

 

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Sarah giving Robby some tips

 

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Robby practicing his "stance"

 

 

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Catching and spinning

 

 

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More tricks from Robby

 

 

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Getting ready for a little Skeet Shooting, Frisbee style

 

 

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And off it goes...

 

 

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Birthday girl Abby with her friend Brayden

 

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My artistic moment (at least I tried to have one)

 

 

It was fun filled weekend of birthdays and hanging out with friends.  I am blessed.