This is a busy time of year for birthdays in our house. Kayla, Kevin, and Ashley all have birthdays that are exact weeks apart, so they all end up having their birthdays on the same day of the week. This year it’s Saturdays. Kayla’s birthday was last week, Kevin’s is today, and Ashley’s is in 3 weeks.

Kevin is planning on his favorite meal – steak on the grill, baked potatoes, sauteed mushrooms, and green beans,  followed by his favorite birthday dessert – yellow cake and chocolate frosting (must be store bought mix and canned frosting). He will follow that up tomorrow with a gaming day with the guys. They will set up their computers together and play a group interactive game just about all day. They start at about 10AM, and game for 2-3 hours, then break for food and such, then game for 2-3 hours, and so on until 10-11PM. It is a good time for all! The girls and I will hang out here and rest because….

We were supposed to leave for Pittsburgh tomorrow, but nature intervened. Ashley has been running a fever for the last two days, some kind of cold type virus that she just needs to burn off. She was miserable enough this morning to suggest that she wishes I could leave her home and take Kayla so our vacation wasn’t spoiled! The other force of nature is a freaky little snow storm. It is going to miss us here, but wipe right across the entire route from here to Pitt. Shannon is supposed to get a few inches of snow Sunday evening into Monday all day. Leaving tomorrow morning would mean driving with and in the storm all of the way into Pittsburgh. Not my kind of driving. So, we are postponing until Tuesday. Roads should be clear, Ashley will feel better, and we will all have a better time!

Yesterday was report card day. Both girls had great reports, and Kayla has another Honor Roll certificate. They both continue to make progress with their music, and we now have a tuned piano for Ashley! Hopefully, the next post will have some Pittsburgh fun!