Happy Birthday, Daddy!!!

Today is my daddy's 66th birthday. We planned a family lunch for him at our house. Mother, Daddy, Chris, Stacy, Joseph, Evelyn, Rhonda, Melinda, Wayne, Katy, Daniel, and I were the partiers, but Stacy and Mother were both sick. Chris stayed with Mother to take her to the doctor. Doug was able to come with Rhonda, so we had nine partiers after all. We had Honeybaked Ham, scallopped potatoes, peas, green beans, deviled eggs, marshmallow salad, grape salad, and rolls. Daddy's favorite dessert is German chocolate cake, so we had that and cherry delight. My granny always had cake and cherry delight at Christmas. Mother also made "Granny cookies." We talked about some memories we had of Granny - that was nice to do. We also played Dirty Santa. I'm so glad that we were able to have this special time for my daddy, Roger Choat. He's an awesome dad!!!

My Little House on the Prairie Bird House

When Katy and I went to visit Mother and Daddy this week, my daddy had a surprise for me. He had seen a birdhouse that looked like the house the Ingalls lived in on Little House on the Prairie, and he had made me one!!! Doesn't it look great? Daddy can make so many things with wood. I love Little House on the Prairie, but I love this birdhouse because he made it for me. Mother bought me a bird to sit on the porch. While Daddy was making birdhouses, he made one for Mother and Stacy, too. I'm so lucky I have such a good daddy!!