Hooray For Broken Things Being Fixed!

We finally got our desktop computer fixed. The screen kept flickering and got so bad that we'd have to shut down the computer for a while if we wanted to play a game and even that didn't work. Eventually the computer wouldn't even turn on. Well, we figured out that it was the motherboard and since the computer was still under warranty, Dell sent someone to replace the part. He came, the part was replaced, and now we have our computer back! Thankfully, during this whole thing, we still had the laptop, but it's nice to have our other computer back.

Mandy, Andrew, and little Austin came into town last week along with Aunt Marcia. We haven't seen them in a long time so we got together with the whole family for dinner. Since we were all together, we celebrated Ashton and Gail's birthdays. We had a great time and I'm so glad that I had brought my camera.

We're excited to celebrate Ashton's birthday tomorrow! Ok, so I'm probably more excited than he is. I think he's just excited about the cake. He'll use any excuse for cake.

"Music time" with toy dishes. Some people decided to wear the dishes rather than play them.

We got out the Boccie ball to play and Sadie decided that she wanted one of the balls.

Carrying the ball

Us with Austin. We were so happy to finally meet him.

How many people does it take to light candles on a cake?

Gail and Ashton blowing out candles.

The frosting made good lipstick. Looking good Mandy!

Andrew decided to try out the new look, too.