Halle and Josh's Birthday

Today was a very good day. Halle turned 9 and Josh (Missy's brother) turned 32, and we had a little family party for both of them. It was a very full house, be we all had a great time. Halle cleaned up pretty nicely, she got her ears double-pierced, a new Guitar Hero guitar for the Wii so we can play doubles, a digital camera and journal for the PC, and the game of Life, along with a Claire's gift certificate from Josh. She is officially richer than Missy and me now. Josh didn't do too bad either, despite having to open a box with multiple (WAY too many) layers of wrapping paper while having his hands in oven mits (compliments of Missy), he did manage to score a couple new shirts.

We thought this might be a real tough day for Halle, since her dad was just killed 2 1/2 weeks ago in a horrible snowmobile accident. They had had big plans for today, including a trip to Appleton, Wisconsin to visit the American Doll store, something she had been looking forward to for a real long time. Fortunately, she still had a wonderful day, one that she does not want to end. I am very happy for her, and happy she was able to accept that life is sometimes tragic, sometimes magic, and there is always time for fun and celebration. Today was a day for celebration, Mike would have wanted it that way.

Here are some more pictures of today's fun!