celebrate good times

august 14th also marked the one year anniversary of our son's birth. this past weekend we had an opportunity to celebrate him and the community that has supported our family so splendidly during his first year of life. i literally don't know how we would have made it through the last 12 months without the love and support of so many of our family and friends. you have been such a tangible expression of God's provision in our lives, our cup overflows. thank you, thank you, thank you. here's to the rest of the road.

here's a real shocker, isaac putting something in his mouth. this time it is the string on a camera, others it is the dog dish or plug from an electrical cord. please do note the extraordinarily cute pirate outfit. he almost sweat to death, but man did he look good. the high price of fashion i suppose.

family pics are isaac's favorite. he always cooperates.

another family pic, representing four generations on my side. the hole in my shirt is part of the pirate outfit, not the result of a ravenous wolf attack.

the mattingly's (left) are due a couple months after us. the laforges (right) gave birth to their adorable daughter clara (decked in pirate attire) about 5 months ago. cheers to babies all around!

isaac with his friends zach and andrew exploring the wonders of the bubble machine.

annie and isaac with adrienne, zach and jayden

booty-licious fun. inflatable pirate ship complete with ring toss.

isaac and michael beading it up

cousins abound: avery, rhiannon, michael, and isaac. looks like a great gene pool to me.

part of the knudsen, herold, curry, erickson, montgomery clan that came to celebrate with us

annie, paige and adrienne

more family and neighbors. who is the good looking guy at the bbq?

isaac still hates candles. he cried shortly after this picture was taken. the only thing that kept him from melting down was the fact that everybody cheered after annie blew it out for him. he likes cheering.

"um, dad, i think we have had a conversation about that hat before. you. are. embarassing. me."

he made very short work of the cupcake. i love this look b/c it seems like he is not quite sure if he has been caught doing something he shouldn't be. i guess he is right, he probably shouldn't be shoving a whole cupcake in his mouth, but hey, it was his party.

"grammy, i demand more cupcake!"

aunt barbara, grauntie, and isaac looking thoroughly confused

so glad to have auntie allie back in town. what's hanging?

happy as a clam to be the center of attention all afternoon.

we have titled this one: uncle derek and naked isaac with finger in mouth, part 1