Friday, July 26, 2013

Lots of birthday cheer

Summer time means... birthdays for everyone!!
At least in our little family of 4. :)


Marek started us off by turning 1 on May 15th!  Seeing as Grandma & Grandpa Esau were set to visit at the beginning of June, we put off having a party until they got here.  By then, it was time to celebrate Jon's 31st birthday (June 10th) so we turned it into one big celebration.  Grandpa E also had his birthday on the 6th so it became a 3 generation Esau men's birthday party! :)

Marek turning 1 was definitely the biggest "deal," so the cake was more for him than anyone.  He LOVES the movie "Despicable Me" so it only seemed right to have our extremely talented teammate, Jason (cake maker extraordinaire), make a minion cake.  
It looked AMAZING!!


And tasted great too!  
Marek double-fisted that cake down in less than a minute flat!  
(I have video footage to prove it :) )

Lots of awesome presents...


Even Jon got spoiled by our teammates!


Next up was Callie turning 4 on June 30th!
We were able to have a little party for her at her school the Friday before her birthday.  
I took cupcakes, icing and sprinkles and the kids had a blast decorating their own little cupcake.
Callie was pretty excited about celebrating her birthday with her friends. :)

Callie with some of her preschool friends... hard at work.
Patty, the little girl to her left is one of her "best friends."

Class picture with her amazing teachers, Jessica & Pam.

Our dear friends, the Nikkels, came to visit us from Singapore on the weekend of Callie's birthday so we held another big party with them and our teammates.  Callie got absolutely spoiled!  
Thanks again everyone for lavishing her with your love and lots of fun gifts!!

And once again, Jason amazed us with his cake-making talents!

Callie and her long-dreamed-about Cinderella castle cake...

And last weekend, I had my 29th birthday (July 21st).  We weren't able to celebrate as it was the annual Thai MB Church Family Camp but I DID get baby-powdered and everyone sang 'Happy Birthday' to me on the beach (which was very sweet)! :)
And that's it for another year of birthdays!  
Thanks to everyone who sent each of us emails, cards & messages of happy wishes.  
We truly appreciate your thoughts and prayers!

4 comments:

The A Team said...

LOVE the cakes!!!! Your friend is amazing!!!

Vivienne said...

The cakes look fantastic! Sorry your birthday didn't get celebrated to the extreme that the kids birthdays did, just keep reminding yourself that next year, you'll have a fabulous one! I promise!

Jen Glen said...

That's right! Next year, all those celebrations will be in Canada! Can't wait!

Trev and Rebekah said...

Love the cake! So cute that callie has a "best friend" there at school.