Happy Birthday to me from my family! This will go great with brownies and winter white chocolate ice cream from Baskin Robbins tonight :o)
The Birthday Day Trip
Matthew’s Birthday Morning Breakfast!
Finishing up decorating the cake before leaving for our day trip
Today’s day trip destination…Winchester House
Gingerbread Winchester House
Cool old things on display
The whole reason why Matthew wanted to come here for his birthday! Firearms Museum!
Old advertisement
I know they were wishing they could get through the glass and hold all those guns!
We did go on the house tour, but they strictly forbid any photography inside the home. So I had to make do with just a couple of pictures outside the home. Many windows in the home were purchased from the Tiffany Class Company.
After our day trip, we headed home to prepare for a BBQ with our church college group and some friends to continue Matthew’s birthday celebration.
“Happy Birthday to you!”
It ended up being a great night to celebrate Matthew’s 18th birthday!
Week of birthday blessings!
December is a busy birthday month for our family. Kelsey had her birthday this week and here is where she wanted to go:
There is a farm near our home that does a huge light display at Christmas time. You can drive through or go on a hay ride. This is the second year Kelsey has wanted to do this on her birthday. It was a beautiful clear and cold night with so many colorful lights to see.
My birthday was this week too, and here is where I wanted to go:
Today was a gorgeous day at Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite. We were the only ones wondering around the meadow. Tuolumne Meadows is a wonderful destination in Yosemite that gets you away from the crowds in Yosemite Valley. If you have only visited Yosemite Valley, make some time to visit Tuolumne Meadows. You won’t regret it!
This week we also found special cream colored envelopes in our mail box! For those of you who sponsor children with Compassion International, you know how special these envelopes are!
First Kelsey received a letter from one of her correspondent kids:
His name is Rocky and he lives in Bangladesh. Rocky is 5 and loves vegetables and the color blue. He requested prayers that he stays healthy because it is getting cold. Will you join us in praying for him?
Another cream colored envelope arrived today!
This letter is from Abner. He is one of my correspondent kids from Colombia. I love his drawing! In his letter, he told me that his family has a parrot named Rebeca. I am going to ask him to draw a picture of Rebeca for me. He is looking forward to his birthday this month on December 26th when he will be nine.
If you would like to be a blessing to a child in poverty, Compassion International helps to release these children from poverty in Jesus’ name with your help. A monthly sponsorship is $38 a month. Just over a dollar a day. By becoming a sponsor, you too can get excited when the mail comes each day.
Our Little Corner of the World 