April Birthdays - Christy #37, Noah #16/late celebration, Essie #11 and Afton's play too!

 April is a little bit low on birthdays compared to other months.  Christie and Essie are really the only ones.  Noah's birthday is in December 2, but he's decided he'd rather save it until April 2nd for his own reasons, so that's when we celebrate it too!  Christie turned 37 this year.  She was such a little kid when Moss married it seemed like, but she has turned into a beautiful, confident, accomplished woman.  I can't believe how many things she's involved in and doing an amazing job of.  Great way to grow up Christie!  Happy #37!  We love you and are proud of you!

Noah's to that great age where things really get fun.  He did get his license when he really turned 16.  Didn't want to wait for that.  He's a great snowboarder and scooter rider.  He's been in some really good plays at school and is sure that girls are "not interesting or interested" he says.  Hopefully that will improve with some more time and experience.  He's working hard to grow up and has worked through some rough patches and is a great guy.  Love you Noah!  Happy #16! One thing about Noah is that the next time you see him he will probably have a new haircut or at least a new color!  

Along with all of the birthdays, we got to go up and see Afton perform in Much Ado About Nothing - her school's 80's rendition of it.  She played a couple of parts and did a great job.  It was a fun evening!  It's so good to see her being confident and having such a good time.

We got to celebrate with Essie for her #11 in person! It worked out that we happened to be up there for Paul to get his knee replacement surgery done.  We went up a little bit early so we could hang out with Jay, Brynn and girls.  The first part of the trip was fun...the last part was good to get over with and get back home.  

Madi and Tahlia both participated in the ice bucket challenge for Mental Awareness while we were there!