nathan's birthday

today's nathan's birthday! he's 15, can you believe it! today was a low-key birthday, but it's just one of several days that he's celebrating on.

this last weekend he celebrated with his dad at mona's house (mona is parish's cousin). they had a cookout and cake and lots of family around. he brought some cake and some chips and home-made salsa home, both were really good! yesterday he and parish met us at the park and showed off his new remote controlled airplane... for about two minutes. that two minutes included the take off, a few circles around the basketball court, and the crash. he was frustrated, but i have to tell you that it was pretty funny to watch.

today he didn't have to do any chores and has been playing unreal tournament 3 with stephon all day. i cooked dinner for him from a recipe of his choice. it was a roast beef sandwich with goat cheese spread. it was okay. now, the cheesecake... that was good! parish brought him a gift from his girlfriend, stephanie. she sent him a cool pair of shoes and a marvel comics t-shirt that we're all jealous of. that was really nice of her.

later this week my mom will be here to celebrate with him, and then on august 10 my dad will be here to celebrate with him at the mopar nationals. it's like i said, today was just one of several days to celebrate :)

the day started out with shelby getting into nathan's birthday cake. stephon and i were talking in the other room and noticed that shelby was really quiet. have you heard the saying that 30 seconds of quiet is bliss and 31 is shear terror? if you have kids, you know exactly what that means! she ate some of his icing and had it all over her face and hands. it was pretty funny :)

shelby had a doctor's appointment today. dr. harper said that she is perfect and so smart and absolutely beautiful :) she takes all of that after me. she also had one immunization shot today. she didn't even cry. she's a tough little girl, which she also takes from me. next time she gets into trouble, i will let you know what she takes from stephon.