Happy Birthday Joseph

 He started his morning very early and headed out for breakfast with daddy.

 Daddy dropped him at school well before 8AM. 

He got home to mom baking his requested birthday cake...pineapple upside down cake.  I never made it before and learned a few lessons....had a little trouble with the up-side-down part....but it tasted just fine and if you covered it with whipped cream the cracks weren't so noticeable. I had warned him ahead of time that decorations do not work with that type of cake...

Zeke had something goofed up with the camera settings....

I was busy trying to light candles with so much help! Hope blew some because the match flame was getting too close to my finger and she just couldn't stand it....then Shekinah got in on it because she figured ..."if Hope can blow them, so can I"

 I lit some of the candles for the third time!

Then on to the real reason for birthday's....gifts!

He didn't believe the "new socks and underwear" threat....he got a new rip stick and since it was a well known brand, it passed muster.

Happy 13th Joseph,

 may you continue growing into the fine young man that we see more and more these days.