Happy Birthday, Megan!!!

Yesterday was Megan's 9th birthday and there was certainly no lack of celebrating in the house. It started with chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. Since it was Friday, the kids still had school work to do, but the delay didn't seem to dampen their spirits. They finished by around 1:00 and started decorating for the evening party (Thanks for the party decorations, Pam). By 2:00, Leo joined them and the hours of frenzied playtime commenced. It seemed like every 20 minutes or so Megan asked, "Dad, how much longer until the party starts?" At one point in the afternoon, Christy and I left to do a little shopping for the evening meal and a couple more presents for Megan.

At 7:00, Sergey, Rina and Valya arrived and we sat down to eat dinner. On the menu were chicken fajitas, something new for all our guests. They were delicious, of course. Thanks, Christy. Dinner was followed up by opening presents and then eating a beautiful pink (strawberry) cake with vanilla icing covered with colorful sprinkles. It tasted as good as it looked. Afterwards, we retired to the living room where the adults watched part of an episode of National Geographic's Most Amazing Moments we recently downloaded on iTunes. The kids fled to Ethan and Megan's room to build a Lego set Megan received. The celebration ended by around 10:00 when I took our guests home.

I wish more of you could have joined us. We are truly grateful that Megan is a part of our family. We thank God for her life every day.

Patrick

Picture - From left to right are Sergey, Christy, Megan, Ethan, Valya, Rina & Leo enjoying a chicken fajitas dinner.