Birthday’s Church, and Ribfest
Today was also quite a busy day for all of us! Zachary turned 5 today and he is now a “big boy” like his dad. 🙂 We opened his birthday presents this morning and he loved all of them. He got a slip and slide, a digital camera, a stuffed animal, some cash, and more. He was VERY excited! I (Kirk) had to skip out on some of my early morning meetings to come back home to open presents with him.
He knew that Carmen would be going to Ribfest in Naperville this afternoon and he 
did NOT want her to miss him opening his presents! He would not hear of doing this without her! 🙂 He looks at Carmen now as one of his big sisters, and she has only been with us for less than a week!
We went to church at 11:00 and Carmen was excited to come with us. Luis and Maria were also there with the Oscarson’s. It was funny to watch them throughout the meeting. Everything was going so fast that it was overwhelming to them. By the end of the services, they were so tired from trying to follow what was being said that they were ready to sleep! I remember that feeling the first few months when I lived in Germany. I didn’t understand much of what was being said. Everyone there was very nice and introduced themselves to her. Hopefully she didn’t feel too bored!
After Church, Carmen left to go to Ribfest and we sang happy birthday to Zachary and ate his cake. He made sure that we saved a piece for Carmen. 🙂 Kirstyn decorated the cake to look like a baseball diamond with a pitcher’s mound and everything.
We dropped off Carmen at 4pm at Ribfest and picked her up again at 10pm. She
said that they had a GREAT time there and the food was good. She had pizza and a BIG milkshake. Unfortunately, the milkshake made her very sick to her stomach and she sat for about an hour until she felt better. When we picked her up, however, she was all smiles and laughter. “Huey Lewis and the News” were playing in concert but they didn’t hear much of it. We don’t think it was very popular with the kids. 🙂 The adults like us, you bet, but not the kids. The music came out before they wre even born! 🙂
