. . . this month is such a special one . . .

. . . february is a big month

for birthdays in our family . . .

. . . seven of them to be exact . . .

. . . today we celebrated

my mom's . . .

. . . look how cute she is! . . .

. . . mom and her girls . . .

. . . and the granddaughter

with whom

she shares this birthday . . .

{remember?}

{nathel - age 76 and amelia nathel - age 26}

. . . it kind of looks like

only the girls in the family

were invited to this party . . .

. . . but i promise

we invited the boys too . . .

{you can bet your boots that either my brother, jeff,

or my brother-in-law, sean,

just said something inappropriate!}

. . . look! . . .

. . . even my husband was there

for a little while . . .

. . . representing for mitt! . . .

. . . cameron and colby

enjoyed a little tummy time . . .

. . . and there was

plenty of cousin fun . . .

{i love jack pushing elliott}

. . . pretty girls on swings . . .

. . . halleigh . . .

. . . addi . . .

. . . and angela . . .

{remember when she got baptized last saturday?}

. . . we sang the entire

three song birthday medley . . .

{hello beautiful/delicious molly's chocolate cake}

. . . and then mom

fanned the candles out . . .

. . . that's right . . .

. . . fanned . . .

. . . not blew . . .

. . . no germs on the cake, please . . .

. . . writing wishes

from one birthday girl

to the other . . .

. . . which we affixed to balloons . . .

. . . please notice tagg . . .

. . . playing with

nasty charcoal ashes . . .

. . . ewwwwww . . .

. . . here's me being bossy . . .

. . . handing out balloons . . .

. . . we sang again . . .

. . . love this shot

with cute courtlyn

in the background. . .

. . . and mom hiding

behind a blue ribbon . . .

. . . then the launch . . .

. . . bye bye balloons . . .

. . . bye bye wishes . . .

. . . my biggest wish is

for another happy year,

my wonderful mother . . .

. . . love you! . . .

{special thanks to my photographer daughter, amanda.

sorry you aren't in even one picture. :( }