Happy 17th to Ian!

WOW! It's really hard to believe Ian is 17 years old. But April 24th, 1993 he joined our family, and we've survived a whole 17 years together! Wahoo! This year was a bit unusual for his birthday...the band trip to Disney was during his birthday, so we celebrated a week early.

Cole made Ian a card. He really worried that Mr. Teen-Attitude would just blow it off & not like it. Well, a picture is worth a thousand words...














Cole's reaction is priceless!






Here's a few more pictures of the birthday fun which included bowling with the family & his friend, Van.









Does this picture say 'I'm 17 & own the world' or what!!?!?!





And some pictures really just defy description...

Flamingo Fun

Our U-TURN student ministries just started a new fund raiser....they are 'Flamingo Flocking' yards. You can buy a flock and send them to a friend's yard...done in secret, during the night. What a surprise to wake up to! OR you can buy 'Flamingo Insurance' - in hopes of preventing your yard from being flocked. Either way - it's lots of fun. (All the funds raised go towards summer youth camp at the beach.)

Cole had lots of fun playing with the flamingos...until they attacked!!!!!!

And I had a little Photoshop fun, too! =)