Thursday, January 22, 2009

Birthday Celebrations

It was my 20th birthday on Monday!

My oldest brother Chris had his birthday last Wednesday, so we celebrated his on the weekend. Yay for birthdays!

Chris wearing the special birthday hat that Rachel made for him. =)

Chris's birthday pie. It is sooo good, but very filling and rich!
The pretty birthday flowers my mom got for me. It was such a nice surprise. =)



Rachel, the reader in our family, is patiently waiting for my birthday dinner- New England clam chowder soup.


Rachel thinks it was worth the wait and that Mommy did an excellent job. =)


This belonged to my mom when she was a young girl.



My sister Melissa has a birthday coming up next week- she'll be 14! As you can see, January is a VERY busy birthday month for us.

My birthday cake!

My mom made a delicous strawberry cheesecake.
One of my favorite birthday presents-I LOVE taking tons of pictures, and I've been looking for a big photo frame to hang in my room. My mom surprised me and found a beautiful (and very large!) photo frame.
And I know it's a bit bold, but I love the color red, so I was very excited to get this purse.


It was such a special day and weekend to spend time with my family. I am so thankful for the twenty years God has given me with them.

It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.~Lamentations 3:22-23

I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.~Psalm 139:14

13 comments:

Jenna said...

Happy Birthday Sara!
May the Lord be with you and bless you this year~

In Him,
Jenna

Jade said...

Happy birthday Sara!! All those cakes and pies look so good! I'm a big fan of cheesecake=) I'm getting hungry now lol

Cathy said...

Happy Birthday, Sara! I loved the pretty picture of you with the cake. And all the pictures of your family are great. Your flowers are SO lovely.

RejoicingComet said...

Happy Birthday, Sara! :D
The pictures are beautiful. Sounds like your special day was awesome!
May the Lord bless you richly with His grace and joy as you walk with Him! :D

Bethany said...

Happy Birthday, Sara! Thanks for sharing pictures from your day. They were so fun to look at. My niece Elianna was on my lap while I was looking at this post. When we passed the pictures of Rachel she said, "Oh! That's so cute!" And the second time she gave a little "Aww!". And now she's singing along to the song! Thanks again!
Beth

Maxine said...

These were such a pleasure to see. It was nice to see the six of you all together! Why did you show us all that good food--to make us salivate!

* said...

HaPpY bIrThDaY! You are such a blessing to my life!

Ella said...

Happy Birthday, Sara! I hope you felt richly blessed. \

Now, why don't you post recipes?

And I am glad to know someone else's cheesecakes crack! Cheesecake is a must for me on my birthday as well.

Beka said...

How lovely! It looks like you had a wonderful day-- I'm so glad. I was thinking about you!

All of the pictures are great!

See you Sunday, Lord willing.

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday, Sara! Lovely flowers!

priscilla joy said...

Happy Happy Birthday (belated) Sara!!! It sure looks like you had a nice b-day with your family, I can't believe how much you all look so much "alike"!
Blessings,
Priscilla

HOPE said...

HAPPT BIRTHDAY to my sweet friend!
I am so busy right now..but just had to pop in to see how your B'day went..

I had a wonderful B'day and STILL celebrating with my daughter and g'kids visiting. I'll have to tell you all about the wonderful blessings of the LORD on this B'day. I pray your's was truly blessed too!

God bless...a B'day HUG..
HOPE

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday, Sara!! Welcome to the world of the twenties. ;) You look beautiful! I really like your picture frame and purse, what great gifts. :)

Hehe, my brother has sweater (that I got him) almost exactly like the one your brother is wearing in those first pictures. =P How many years are there between you?