An August birthday

This was a busy month, made more so by Faith's second birthday party. We blew the doors off the place for her first birthday party, and kept the celebration much smaller this time. Here. Aunt Lila takes a picture as cousin Cassie and cousin Zach help Faith open presents. On the left, that's Dad's guitar guru Jimmy Crimmins. Jimmy and his wife Cathy got Faith a doll that she immediately flipped over ...


Here Faith lays into the cupcake that came with her birthday cake. We got cupcakes for the kids because they are more self-contained and easier to handle. On the sideboard there is Faith's new doll, that had to be pried from her fingers ...

The kid loves bubbles, so we had a lot of them on hand for the party. Here cousin Cassie blasts Faith and Zach with an battery-operated bubble machine ...