happy birthday, nick! {and more!}

Well, now.

Nick turned 18 yesterday!!

Which means that we have successfully raised TWO decent human beings to adulthood.

Whew!

Only four more to go, then K-Man and I will be moving to an undisclosed island in the Pacific.

Just kidding!

(Maybe it will be on the Atlantic side, who knows.)

So here's Nick at his big birthday bash last night.

And by big, I mean that his girlfriend and my in-laws came over.

Nick is not one for fanfare.

Or rolling skating, which is what Brenden did on his 18th.

This here is one fine young man, I tell ya.

And my friend Cathy made him a mustache cake!

Isn't it GREAT?!!

And the littlest mister in the house enjoyed it all, too.

(He is SUCH a flirt with Nick's girlfriend!)

And because I love a good photo-bomb:

 Note to self:  break out the eyeliner and mascara more often, would ya?

And completely and totally unrelated to all that,

I just had to post a few more pics of

our little winter wonderland!

It was sooooooooo beautiful!!!

Such a blessed life.

Thank you, Jesus!!!!