Happy Birthday Joshua!

Well, Josh was hoping to have a new house for his birthday, but his prayer/wish wasn't quite granted. However I'm pretty sure he had a really enjoyable day anyways as he was treated by John with a trip to Cabelas, spent a couple hours at Elizabeth Park fishing, went out to eat with dad and had a fun filled evening as we celebrated his 17th birthday!


Family tradition is Birthday breakfast in bed. This year Josh was eating like a king as his menu consisted of almond drink (a smoothy made with blanched almonds, and frozen bananas and strawberries) three crispy pieces of bacon, warm apple crisp with a pile of whipped cream on top and a full glass of fresh orange juice.

This year Josh's cake was a beautifully and artisticly created Small mouth Bass by Mom and Christianna, the latter doing the entire decorating work! Boy did it look impressive! Oh ya, the flavor was Banana Chocolate chip and the next picture will also show the finishing touches with a couple of hooked gummy worms ready to be gulped down by the fish!



Josh enjoying the fish food!

One of his gifts was a DVD by the pianist Calvin Jones called Through High Places. Josh has really admired this man's playing techniques and style for a while and has even taught himself one of Calvin's pieces! The close to half hour long video creates a very relaxing atmosphere as the music is choreographed with beautiful and breathtaking images of God's glorious creation among the Rockie mountains!

Another one of Joshua's gifts was the P.I.G. book : The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History.