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rainy sunday = departure of the fam for the great march birthday adventure.

this weekend we held a birthday bash for mom, beth, lori, and mike.  friday night will and dad grilled out and we feasted on cheeseburgers and hot dogs.  we laughed our butts off when we watched granny try wii hula hoops and james work on wii skiing.  saturday morning we had a huge spread with home-made waffles, pancakes, eggs, fruit, and coffee.  after breakfast we let all of the party crowd open their packages.  then the girls split up into a craft search crew, and the fellas went out in search of guitars and techie gadgets.  after picking up some crocheting materials, and getting ideas on fabrics to recover mom’s living room furniture we headed to the wake forest coffee shop for some of the best coffee you’ve ever tasted!  we later met up with the fellas for some birthday dining at the texas roadhouse.  our waiter really put on a show by demonstrating how to do the watermelon crawl.

have fun you all.  do the watermelon crawl.

how much can one have with some clearance party hats?  just look below and you will see.

Who could believe that Amelia – big sis – just turned 10 years old this past weekend? 

It seems like just yesterday that we were at the SPCA in Harrisonburg attempting to find a puppy.  We went to the pound in search of a little pup.  We arrived and toured the entire facility and found a dog that was about four months old that we thought was pretty cute.  We took him outside and played with him for a bit, but I just did not feel right about him, so we went back in and took another look around.  It just so happened that a tiny little beagle pup had just been separated from her mom.  We saw this little sad beagle pup and fell in love – immediately!  We took her outside and played in the yard and knew she was the one for us!  We went back in to fill out the paper work and take her home.  However, to our young college naive selves, we were alarmed when they wanted to contact the apartment complex we were living in to make sure we could indeed, have a dog.  They said that until they reached someone to verify with, we would be unable to adopt a pet.  Another family swooped in and wanted to take our newly found pup away.  However, I sat and held her outside for 2 hours until the maintenance man at the complex could be reached to verify that we could have the dog.  Finally – it paid off and we got our pup!  TULIP! 

I know, you are like – wait….  I thought this was a story about Amelia.  Funny thing here is that Amelia is the doggie formerly known as Tulip!  As soon as we left the parking lot her name was forever changed! 

This sweet little girl still plays like a pup.  She loves the porch, its her favorite room “in the house”, and she loves the sunshine. 

We held her 10th birthday party this weekend.  She and her guest, Iliana, feasted on plates set up like sushi trays with doggie cookies, doggie meat snacks, and dollops of peanut butter.  (And no, neither one of them wanted anything to do with a party hat.)  After the tasty party food Amelia opened her present.  She got a giant green lobster – with a squeaker inside!  She promptly took it, shook it, ran with it, chewed it, and would not let it out of her sight.  She told us before she went to bed on Saturday night that it was her best birthday ever.

God bless that little Mealboze.