Birthdays!

Alright. Blogger is being weird with the photos, so I'll have to see if this works.
One photo is Lynette's birthday cake.
This past Saturday, we had Rachel's 8th birthday party. Lynette's friends came to help. It was a dinosaur theme party, so we had it outside at the park where we could have dinosaur races and such. The biggest hit, of course, was the volcanoes. I think the kids could've spent the whole party just "exploding" the volcanoes!
Back at our house, we had a pinata, and then cake and presents. We put dry ice in the top of the volcano on the cake so it looked like it was smoking. The we put more dry ice in the punch. Another hit!
Later one of the mom's told me her daughter said it was the most awesome party she'd ever been to! I'd call that a success!

We are keeping busy. I figured out that I drive at least 3 hours a day just in getting James to work and Elaine home from school (Craig takes her there).

According to the orthodontist, the braces come off in January or February, so it looks like James won't be leaving on his mission for a few more months. He is such a help around the house right now, I don't know what I'll do when he's gone. I might have to hire a maid! :-)