Abigail Celebrates 14th Birthday!

Abigail wanted a Red Velvet Cake with Peppermint icing.
We got an urgent "come to the party now" before the cake falls apart!
It may have been trying to fall apart...but what matters is that it tasted great!

Shhhhhh!  Don't tell anyone...but Abigail won't
really be 14 till tomorrow...we just jumped the gun
since Grammy and Goosey will be away for part of
the day tomorrow!

Hope Abigail gets her wish!

Maroon is Abigail's favorite color.  She is opening Elijah's
present to her...skeins of maroon yarn.  Abigail will be crocheting
something pretty with the yarn, I'm sure! 

Sweets for the sweet!  They found Belly Flops in Tullahoma.
First time they saw Belly Flops was at a Jelly Belly Factory.  Belly Flops
are Jelly Bellies that don't quite make the grade to be called Jelly Bellies!
Like a cake...the shape doesn't matter...it is the taste!  And, Belly Flops
taste just like Jelly Bellies...just at a lower price! Maybe that makes them taste better?

Joseph, again, was "Present Passer Outer!"

Oh, boy, a phone battery? Oh...for her new phone! That makes
a battery more exciting!

Joy's comment that this package was money to go shopping with...
Joy was right!  They started planning when they could go spend their
birthday bucks!

We have had quite the day and the pictures only show about an hour of our day!  Woody didn't head out early this morning as it was rather chilly.  He walked after Abigail's birthday party and delivered the baby present that I finished last night.  Mid morning Woody went to the Life Care and visited with friends and had Bible study with Jeff. This evening he went to Monday night prayer meeting at church. We got back to a more normal school routine this morning.  Today Isaac and Joseph had their school times as they had the last week and a half and we added in the older children's reading times.  The only thing that we didn't add back in was Abigail's long time/sewing time.  I won't have a full week with the children as Woody and I will be heading to Nashville in the morning so I guess we will try to pick up their long times again next week.  Woody has a follow-up (keep-him-in-the-system) appointment with the Dr. Holt at Vanderbilt.  She opperated on his leg last year.  Hopefully this will be a fairly quick appointment.  It usually is with her...Woody will have his leg x-rayed and then she will come in and talk to him for a few minutes.  I imagine the longest part of this appointment day will be the 1 1/2 hours there and 1 1/2 hours back.  It can never be a really short appointment when it comes to Vanderbilt since we always have to factor in the travel time.