Happy Birthday Rebecca

Rebecca has been having a long, drawn out birthday celebration. It started Friday night with potluck/game night at church. Samantha baked and decorated her a birthday cake to take. So then of course everyone had to sing Happy Birthday, then all the sudden some of her admirers were giving her little money gifts. So that was Friday. Saturday we went to Omi's house to visit with Ralph's family. (His brother is in town from Alaska, so it was a family gathering.) So of course she got stuff from her Aunts and Uncles and from her Omi. Then today we did our family celebration. But Danny had to work, and we wanted to include him, so after church like I had planned wouldn't work. So, we improvised and had a birthday breakfast. So her birthday cake ended up being a breakfast/coffee cake. She didn't care, as long as she got to blow out the candle and open presents. Her brothers and sisters blessed her with some nice things, we got her a doll, she had some cards that came in the mail to open, and big brother Danny has promised her a trip for ice cream, just her and him hanging out together, which she is very excited about. Here she is:

Then at church this morning she was given a gift of some pretty flowers to plant from the Hoffmans, and another present from her good friend, Mrs. Candee, at church tonight. Spoiled!! And, to top it off, she still gets to celebrate with my family who we will be seeing next Sunday for a big Easter get-together!

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Tonight at church was our Easter music. It was beautiful, they really did a good job. Oh, and Cara and I did our Easter song, and I guess it went well, either that or a whole lot of people were just being nice afterwards, cause we got alot of compliments on the song.

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So, tomorrow Ralph has taken the day off work and we go back down to Citrus Heights for one last visit with Ralph's brother, and Tuesday--well, hopefully Tuesday we can be lazy and do whatever we please, cause we are taking the week off for Easter break. The kids and I, that is; Ralph has to go back to work on Tuesday. Somebody has to go to work so I can sit at home all day drinking pepsi and eating bonbons.....

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(Actually I rarely drink pepsi, and don't know exactly what a bonbon is; it's just a silly joke between Ralph and I.)