Two Happy Birthdays!

Today (February 21st) is the birthday of two of our five grandchildren.  Madelyn Rae turns FOUR today, and Serenity Ann turns TWO.   We hope they know how often we think of them.  Today, Jim and I couldn't find cupcakes, so we bought "hot cross buns," put candles in them, and blew them out in Teddy and Maddie's honor.

For those of you who don't know, we left five wonderful grandchildren behind when we left for South Africa (with Nick and Destini's little one on the way).  The weekend right before we left in January, we held "cousin camp" at our house.  All five grandchildren stayed overnight.  We dressed up in costumes, rode the new horse that John Mallo made us for Christmas, watched the movie Dolphin Tale (with popcorn!), and giggled late into the night.  Papa Jim and I often look at these pictures to remind us of the fun:

Happy Birthday, Teddy!

Happy Birthday, Maddie!