Colonial Ball

We were invited to a colonial ball last Saturday. We brought out our colonial dresses from the back of our closets, dusted them off, made some hasty adjustments, and prepared ourselves for a night of dancing. 

                                As you can see, we had a great time dancing with our friends.

Family Picture! 

                         Forward! Back! Forward! Back! Out! In! Out! Across! In! Out! Under!

      We learned dances like the Virginia Reel, Spanish Waltz (now that was hard), polkas,- it was awesome.

For any of you Starnes out there, do you recognize Mama's dress? 

                                  
                                We had the best time ever. When it was over, we didn't want to go.

Happy Birthday!!!!!!

A few weeks ago, we officially celebrated our Dad's 39th birthday. Mom took him out to go see a movie while Grandma watched us kids. She had made a pound cake and I got to decorate it. We chose a Kung Fu Panda theme. I stuck little Kung Fu Panda action figures on top and wrote 'Happy Birthday' in Chinese characters. Around the side I wrote 'Today is a gift' from the 'Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, but today is a gift' line from the movie.                                     

The little ones traced his work tools on paper, and then cut it out and gave
 them to him for a present. 

Elizabeth pointed out that the hole in the middle kind made it kind of look like an old
Chinese coin. 

                                                   Happy Birthday. We love you, Daddy!!