Stretch

Byron thinks it is ridiculous that even though my birthday was

a few weeks ago, we are still celebrating.

Since Ron and Elly Moomey were out of town, they had us over for dinner tonight.

Elly made my favorite-- Mexican food and an incredibly

delicious carrot cake.

Trust me, this girl can cook!

 We all got the giggles tonight.  Elly is turning the big five-oh-no

in a little over a month and we were plotting her birthday celebration

and looking at the few pictures from her childhood (she was

the 6th of 7th children-- enough said).

This was our favorite-- just after she got over the chicken pox.

 Dear Elly grew up to be a classic beauty.

That makes us all love this picture even more.