Ma and Pa's Blog

Caleb’s fifth birthday party at Grandma and Paca’s in Eastlake was fun, noisy, farm-y and unrecorded by Grandma and Grandpa Choochoo.  No pictures of the green and yellow decor.  No pictures of the birthday boy romping with his Kyerlieber cousins (Jen’s mom’s great niece and nephews).  No video of Owen skipping.   Nada.  We forgot the damned camera.  Which ordinarily isn’t too bad, since Stephanie, the Family Photographer Extraordinaire, could always be counted on to take adorable pictures of EVERYTHING and post them on her blog.  Selfishly, she didn’t drop everything at her new house in VA and make the 6 hour drive to Ohio for the event.  Where’s the love, Steph?   We can only hope to snag some of the pics that Aunt Jean, Nate and Dan took and post them, or check for Jen’s  pictures on their blog.    And we promise to somehow make room in our befuddled old brains to remember the camera at future celebrations

THIS JUST IN:   Nate came to the rescue with THESE GREAT PICS from the birthday party.  Enjoy.

These are courtesy of Stephanie . . .

She was sad that they’re a week early for Owen’s birthday party.

Today was a big day in Eastlake.   First, Owen was baptised.   Jenn’s Grandpa was able to attend the ceremony, and he seemed very happy to be there.  Ben & Steph are God-parents.   Afterward, we went to Bob and Barb’s for a Baptism/Birthday party — belated birthday celebration for Caleb.   It was a great to see everyone and amazing to see how the families are growing.  Here are a few pictures — click on the collage to see more.

Today was the last day of Mike, Jenn, Caleb & Owen’s visit, and part 2 of Christmas dinner (this time with Ben & Stephanie), and Jean’s birthday (she discovered that she’s two years younger than she thought she was — whatever # that is).  Here are several pics from the dinner — mostly bowling on the Wii console. Also included is one picture of Owen taking an after lunch nap. He went to sleep so quickly and so soundly that his arms didn’t even relax.

Today was the party celebrating Poppy’s 83rd birthday.  It was quite an affair, as you can see in these photos and videos.  A very happy gathering!