Happy Birthday, Ben!

Ok, for the sake of being done (I love to have the feeling of having finished a project), I am going to go ahead and do the post about Ben's birthday now. :)

Ben turned 4 years old on March 1. I can't believe our "baby" is getting so big! We started the celebration off with a bang by bringing his cake (race cars on chocolate, per his request) to a meeting we went to and all singing to him. He loved it.

There were lots of friends there, but our friends Carly and Caleb Allen and Ben's cousins Gabby and Eli made up the other kids present.From the meeting, we went with Allens and my sister to Jollibee (local version of McDonalds) for ice cream and french fries. Here are the kids posing with "Jollibee".

YUM!

The Allens brought some gifts for Ben - some new Buzz Lightyear swimtrunks and some sand toys! Perfect for our days off at the wakeboarding place. We did...um...discover - you don't want to know how - that we need to add a drawstring to his new shorts. Let's just say that we are going to go through too much sunscreen if we don't - but Ben would be in style in the wakeboarding culture!

The next day was Ben's actual birthday, and we went to the waterfall (see pics in the next post) then had macaroni and cheese, hotdogs, and ice cream for supper per his request - yeah, he's a pretty typical 4 year old! Then we opened his presents.
This Marble Race from Papa and Grandma Jackson was a real hit, and he has played with it every day since he got it!
We all love you more than you know, Ben. You have a smile that can chase the darkness away, and you bring incredible joy to our lives. We thank God for you.

Happy Birthday!