The Big 3-0!

Family Birthday Dinner

Make a wish!

Luke had to help JonJon with his gifts

Real Gatlinburg moonshine...

The evidence is on his face - yummy icing!

We celebrated Jon's milestone birthday tonight!  Paula cooked supper at Jon's request - ribs, mac & cheese, green beans, salad and cornbread.  Kristen made a yummy cake.  The supper was great and we had fun watching Jon open his gifts.  Someone asked him if he was 10 instead of 30 by the type of gifts he received - basketball and board games.  Then he opened some moonshine - guess he is 30!

We had a great time.  Luke has been ok with Katherine this weekend.  He still will not leave her alone. He had been bothering her quite a bit tonight and we kept telling him to stop.  I finally had enough when he pushed her down and drug him in to the bedroom. Paul was close behind.  He got a spanking and a stern talking to from Paul and was in time out for awhile.  I hate when he acts like that but he has got to learn to leave her alone.  Paul later told me when he was talking to Luke that he asked him why he is so rough with Katherine.  He said he just wants to play with her and does not want to hurt her.  That made me tear up -- bless his heart.  He just wants her to be big so she can play with him.

Since it was vacation we let the kids stay up later than normal.  We all stayed up to listen to Lauren and Faith sing us a song.  Lauren has recently taken up the guitar so it was neat to hear her play, too.