Happy Birthday, Kevin!

In between Church meetings, home teaching visits, and a Stake meeting last Sunday, we were able to squeeze in a little time for celebrating Kevin's birthday. The smoke from the candles on his favorite homemade applesauce cake this year nearly set off the fire alarm! He did blow out all the candles in one breath, but he realized after that he had forgotten to make a wish.

Here is the handsome birthday boy with his favorite children and some presents:

In our quest to be more environmentally conscious, we made him some cloth napkins (thanks to a sewing link from Amanda's site). We used fabric scraps from April's former projects which accounts for the variety of prints. Now we just need about 3 times as many...maybe for his Christmas present? For some reason, we go through a lot of paper napkins (part of it is due to Erin's quirk that she can only wipe her face once with a clean napkin and then she needs a new one).

Megan drew him this amazing Asian pit viper picture, and Ian gave him a coupon book with 4 copies of each coupon. He's already redeemed one for "Tidy Living Room."

Due to our snowstorm, we've had some hungry birds in the neighborhood. We love to watch them from our living room and kitchen windows. We have observed sparrows, finches, chickadees, juncos, and an adorable nuthatch feeding. If anyone out there still needs an idea for a great Christmas present, get a birdfeeder and seed, a pair of binoculars, and a bird guide--guaranteed entertainment for many hours!

Here is our festive Rudolph. Check out her color coordination! Erin chose the color of paper for the headband part all by herself. She's been very cute wearing her antlers for several days now.