Parties, Star Wars and a meeting with the general

PARTIES: Chloe's b-day party at our house, Tessa (below) turns one and Cousin Trent (next picture) turns 6! That's alot of parties for one weekend. Have to say I was pooped by the end!

STAR WARS: Watching the empire strikes back. Joel has to use his party favor from Trent's b-day (a gun) to shoot the bad guys. Funny thing is, he really thought he was the one who got them :)

MEETING WITH THE GENERAL: It is quite something to be in the military and meet a 4-star general, and even thought we're currently not active duty, we happen to live down the road from 4-star general, James Mattis' mother. Sunday evening we were invited to a lovely lawn party with him and a few neighbors and friends. He is a very nice and respectable man, and we felt quite honored to attend! Believe it or not, he used to play football in our yard as a kid!

There's the weekend recap. Add in a few trips here and there, church were John did the K-5 lesson, and all the other usual happenings, and you have one full weekend!