~Happy Birthday, to our dear Elijah!~

~Our Dear Elijah turned 7!  Elijah wanted to hold a number 7, so Noah helped us by making a "7" out of blocks.~

~Elijah had a guitar lesson early on his birthday, so while he was gone, I quickly made him a Happy Birthday table and got a cake and brunch ready for when he, Noah, and Daddy got back from the boys guitar lessons.~

~A simple choc. cake with chocolate Mousse.~

~A "7" and an "E" out of Lego type blocks helped make his table more special.~

~Elijah's gifts all ready for him to open.  (The toy store where Phillip bought the gifts wraps them for free, so that was a big help to this Mommy.) ~

~When Elijah got home from his lesson he was HAPPY with his birthday table and gifts.~

~U. Charlie and A. Yoli got Elijah some new shoes for his birthday! :-) ~

~Our Elijah "lives on the edge."
When I looked up the definition of "Living on the Edge" ...these are some of the things I read...
"Taking chances, experimenting, doing things that other people think are impossible!
...Living on the edge means living a dangerous and/or unusual everyday life. 
People who live on the edge are very frequently exposed to physical danger. :-)

The other day I took this picture of WHERE Elijah left his FORK after he had scrambled to eat and had run out the door to his guitar lessons. :-) ~

~And this is how he and Noah threw away their plates after his birthday brunch. :-) ~

~Then, We took Elijah to the ZOO to celebrate his birthday!
We had a quick stop at a nearby Chinese grocery store for some drinks and a volcano birthday candle to take with us!
This lady that works at the store was DELIGHTED that Abigail let her hold her.~

~Dear Aunt Yoli and Caro helped us get our zoo tickets for buy-one-get-one-50% off, and since Noah, Elijah, Mary, and Abigail were free, we ended up only paying for TWO of the EIGHT of us to get into the zoo! :-) ~

~The kids doing a silly picture.~

~Mr. Bear standing up.~

~Our 6 treasures.~

~The brown bear.  He looked all snuggly and fuzzy, but I don't think I'd want to snuggle with him. :-)~

~Baby Abigail~

~The white Tiger!~

~Phillip and I with the elephant behind us.  We like the buildings they have in this zoo.~

~Eating a snack.~

~Enjoying some chocolates that our friends Leo and Caro gave us.~

~Elijah with a monkey behind him.  He LOVES Curious George...and I think he might be "kin to him!"  :-) ~

~Abigail had a cold and wasn't feeling the best, so Kimberly carried her a lot this day.  Since she knew that Kimberly didn't want her to suck on her scarf, she kept trying to sneak and suck on it. :-) ~

~Abigail wearing Sarah's sunglasses.~

~Five of our children...Abigail was sleeping in the stroller.~

~My sweetheart and I.~

~Elijah, the birthday boy!~

~Elijah has such a tender heart and on his own has started praying that Hollywood would fall apart and that the bars and abortion clinics would close down.~

~Noah...acting like he is the statue of Abraham Lincoln.~

~The pretty Gazebo.~

~Our family and the pretty gazebo.~

~Sweet little Abigail....Going...~

~Going....

~GONE! :-) ~

~Elijah loved this little yellow monkey and said he wished he had one! :-) ~

~Then for supper we went to a restaurant owned by some of our Chinese friends.
Mr. Han, the chef, and Elijah.~

~Our friends Leo and Caro, and their children met us there and gave Elijah a Nice gift.~

~Elijah opening his birthday gift from them.~

~His gift was something sort of like Legos.  Elijah Loves it!~

~Mr. Leo holding Abigail.~

~U. Charlie and A. Yoli joined us for supper too!~

~A. Yoli feeding Abigail with chopsticks.~

~Since we were going to be at the zoo, I knew that I couldn't make a cake and carry it all around the zoo, and then on the bus, so I had asked A. Yoli if she could pick a cake up and we would pay her.  Uncle Charlie ordered this pretty and yummy cake for Elijah. ~ 

~Our family and Elijah's cake.~

~Elijah watching his volcano candle.~

~Elijah acting like he was going to cut his cake.  He actually helps me in the kitchen A LOT chopping my vegetables, so is pretty good with a knife. :-)  He said he might be a chef like his Grandpa D. some day. :-) ~

~Waiting for his piece of cake.~

~Enjoying his piece of cake.~

~U. Charlie and Abigail.~

~The boys playing with Elijah's new gift in the corner of the restaurant.~

~Us ladies.~

Our friend that owns the restaurant (Along with her husband, the Chef) was answering a phone call for a food order WHILE holding baby Abigail!!!
Uncle Charlie was answering the other phone with another food order.
Our friends have GOOD food and keep pretty busy!~

~This is one of Elijah's gifts from us.  You put a balloon in the middle of this red thing and then everyone takes turns pushing in one of these gray poles until the balloon pops.  :-) ~

We Thank Jesus for sending us Elijah.  He is a BORN LEADER...and we are doing our Best to PRAY for Him and teach Him to love and serve Jesus and be a LEADER for Jesus all his life!
~Heather~