Isaac Jonathan

I don't have his birthday pictures downloaded and edited yet, but here are a few of him from the last few years... well from the last 6 years to be exact! :-D
Hope y'all enjoy!!
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Newborn... well, 5 days old... ;-)
One Year Old... see his curls?!

LOL! I just had to blog this one too! He was One and a half... SO cute!!

Two years old...

Three years old... sticking his hand in the chocolate chip jar... he has loved chocolate ever since he was little!!

Four years old... I love all his many facial expressions!!

Five years old... :-)

And almost 6!! This was taken the night before his birthday... I don't really have any 'good', official 'Six Year Old' pictures yet... but I will soon!!

Caleb's Telescope

Opening the boxes...

The Optical Tube,

Everyone gathered around to see,

:-D

Elijah seeing how tall he is next to the Tube,

Putting it all together...

Looking through the EZ Finder,

Caleb and his 'New Toy' LOL!

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How I got my Telescope:

It all started when I became interested in astronomy in July of this past year.

As I studied more about astronomy, I realized that I would enjoy having a telescope. I remembered an article I read in the "Answers Magazine" about how to choose a telescope. The author of the article recommended a Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian, so that was the first one I looked at online. My parents told me that they would give me the money they were going to spend on my birthday presents, which was most of the money I needed, and I would have to earn the rest.

So in September I decided the way I would earn the money for my telescope was to make wooden spatulas to sell.

At first, I was considering the Orion SkyQuest XT4.5, because it was cheaper than the XT6, but when a family we are friends with was staying at our house in early September, I changed my mind.

The reason behind my decision was:

I talked with the father of the family about the two telescopes, and he thought I should get the XT6 because it has a bigger aperture, and so he helped me make up my mind to get the XT6.

Then in October my Grandmother bought the first two spatulas I had for sale, and later she requested 35 more! I made six spatulas, then she decided she only wanted as many as I needed to buy the telescope. So then I made six more on Thanksgiving day, and she bought all 12 two days later!

I bought my telescope the same day she bought the spatulas, and it came nine days later!

I tried it out last night for the first time, and I saw:

Jupiter and four of it's moons,

The Orion Nebula,

The Pleiades,

The Double Cluster in Perseus,

Mars,

And the Andromeda Galaxy.

I am really excited to have a telescope, and I am really enjoying it!!

Caleb's 17th Birthday Pictures

Caleb's 'Wacky Spice Cake' with Cream Cheese icing... mmm....

Matt, Jennifer, and Landon came over for Caleb's birthday. Matt's birthday was just two days before so I made him a cake too! His was a yellow cake with chocolate icing.
Both the cakes
Caleb blowing out his candles,

Matt blowing out his candles,

The Birthday Boy!

Opening his presents from MaryVance...

The first one was a bunch of pictures she drew for him,

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A Magic Tricks kit,

She forgot to wrap all of them, so Caleb just had to pretend they were wrapped... Oh, and these were funny ones from Mama and Daddy...

A JR Slinky... I don't have pictures of all of them, but he also got Silly Putty, Tops, and a little Soccer game... :-D

Now for his last present from Mama and Daddy...

Hhmm... I wonder what it is...

Whoa! I love the look in his face in this picture! A look of genuine surprise! :-D

Hhmm... Money, Money, Money!

Caleb wanted a telescope for his birthday, so he is gonna save up half of the money, and Mama and Daddy gave him the other half... :-)

Nehemiah's 1st Birthday pictures...

coming soon!!


But! Here are his 'Pre' birthday pictures! :-D

I guess these are his eleventh month pictures, even though they were taken the day before he turned one! ;-) I'll re-size and blog his 'One Year Old' pictures just as soon as I can!! ;-D

Today is my birthday!!!

Last night we (Mama, Daddy, Caleb, Sam, Luke, MarVance, and I) stayed up till 2:05 am. playing ROOK!! Daddy, Sam, and Luke were on a team. Mama, Caleb, and I were on a team.... and we lost :-( Not by very far though... MaryVance didn't play, but she would shuffle and deal the cards for Mama (cause she was holding Nehemiah the whole time, and Joseph some of the time). We had a lot of fun!!

This morning Daddy and I are going out for breakfast, after we get back I'll probably open my presents, then I think we are gonna go to Dothan for lunch and go to Cato's to look for me a new skirt. The one I have (well, I have more than one skirt, but this one is my most favorite skirt) is thread-bare... not good! So were gonna see if they have anymore like the one I already have... that is not very likely... but I really hope they do! ;-)

So... what is everyone else 'up to' today??

P.S. I'll probably be back later (today or tomorrow) to post My birthday pictures!! :-)

Joseph's Third Birthday pictures...

Aww... this is Joseph... he's only 4 hours old!
Joseph and Daddy went our to Waffle House for breakfast.
Joseph wore a Tomas tee shirt, Levi jeans, old raggedy cowboy boots, and a cowboy hat! :-D

Opening his presents...

Wow! Toy Story pajamas!!

Look at that sweet look on his face :-)

He looks so excited!

'Sam the Fireman' DVD,

Hhmmm...

And last but not least... His Big one Fire Engine!!!
Blowin' out the candles,
Lickin' 'em off,
And enjoyin' his chocolate cake!! :-)