Lily's first birthday cake.
Today the entire family went down to Collinsville to have our family picture taken and to celebrate the 6 August birthdays in our family (John, Katherine, Sara, Brad, Lily and Jay). We try to take a family picture every other year, and this was the year. Haury, the photographer, does a great job getting all 14 of us to look good in the pictures. The kids did great during the session, but when they tried to get shots of the 3 kids, Lily was too tired. Jay will take some of them on another day.
After the photo shoot, we all headed to Bart’s for lunch and birthday cake. Grandma Nell and Laurie had a great lunch ready for us, and of course we had birthday cake. The birthday people opened their presents, and Grandma Nell and Laurie even had gifts for Elijah and Josiah. Thanks Laurie and Grandma for thinking of them. After Lily’s nap, we ate cake, and she had her very own since she is turning 1. She enjoyed the icing very much, as you can see by the picture! Thanks Bart and Laurie for hosting us all.
Jimmy, Glenda, Jessie, Kelsey and Aunt Betty came over, and it was great to get to see the Vickers. They are only here once a year, so it was fantastic that we got to see them. Lily really enjoyed JImmy. He had her laughing so hard that she got the hiccups!
It was a great day, and we had a good time. It is always fun to get together with Bart and Laurie, and even better when both Brad and Donny are there too! Elijah and Josiah love to hang out with Donny. He plays video games with them, so he is definitely at the top of their list!