We don't have very many birthdays to celebrate in this month, especially with Weed taking leave of earthly birthdays. But this year Kennis and Anna Lou both have milestone birthdays. Kennis turned 18 and Anna Lou turned 90! Those are both pretty BIG birthdays!
Kennis is looking a little nose beaten in this birthday picture as a result of a wrestling match injury. But even with that, she still a cutie! She's an amazing young woman and we love her so much! Gaige and Indy (the dog) photo bombed this picture!
Today would be Weed's 42nd birthday if she was here to celebrate it with us. Derek has invited whoever wants to come to get together at Pizza Factory. She worked there and loved their pizza. I don't really know what to say except that I wish she were here to celebrate with us. It would be a much better party then. We've had 6 birthdays without her now. Her kids are growing up into wonderful people. Kaebri is on a mission, Tasia has taken over as the head cook, Zade it looking like a young man and Trigg is not that lost little 4 year old looking for a mom. He's a handsome boy and growing up like all the others. We've had a hard time staying as connected as we should be with all of the Covid restrictions making hash of family dinners and Derek is very busy as a single, but engaged dad. Life keeps us all going our busy, separate ways. A few weeks ago we had the kids over for homemade chocolate chip cookies and ice cream and games. It was a really fun evening. We need to do it more often. I guess that's the commitment I need to make...to stay connected. I'm going to try harder on that. Love you Weed. Miss you Weed. You made some awesome babies before you had to go.
Those who could gathered at the Pizza Factory for a little family time in remembrance of Weed's #42!
It was very nice. She would have enjoyed it with us. For now, we'll just leave her in Jesus' hands.
We celebrated Anna Lou's 90th the day before (since it was on Sunday) by getting her together with all of her kids. Everyone came! We visited, ate lunch, had pie, opened presents, and then visited and ate dinner and visited some more at our house. It was a nice day for her. She had talked about wanting a BIG party, but it is so impossible for her to be around a big crowd that we came up with this plan which seemed to please her.
And that's all for February!
Actually, there was another important birthday that happened in February this year. Julius Neils Poulsen was born on February 19th in Puyallup, Washington to my brother Dennis' son Christian Neils Poulsen and his girlfriend Maddie. He weighed 5.15 and was 18.2 inches long. I will probably never meet him, but Dennis is so happy to have a grandchild that he may actually get to know. His others were basically lost to him through his divorce from Sharon. Christian is his adopted son with his second wife, Sandee. They also adopted Christian's twin brother William and their half sister, Ariel. I think I have met the boys a couple of times over the years. They live in Washington and we just don't see them very often. I hope Denny's health holds up long enough for him to enjoy this little one for a while.
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