Micah's birthday is so close to Independence Day that we decided to combine the two events. We had an absolutely brilliant time barbecuing and swimming in our back yard with our friends the Knudsens and the Daams. Ezra and Micah are madly in love with the Knudsens oldest daughter Jori, who has been volunteering for Ezra's son-rise program. She has the most amazing blue eyes. And the three "younger" sons Chris, Malachi, and DJ have acquired hero status in Micah's and Ezra's eyes. Of course any party must include Melissa and Mark with their daughters Kailea and Ella. Our gathering was very merry, and I admit publicly that Sheldon Knudsen was in fact not as biased as I thought, and that Oscar Meyer hot dogs (supplied from the Airforce base, thank you very kindly) really are worlds better than Lidl hot dogs from Europe.
It was fun to see Micah being the center of attention. He was so shy about it, but thrilled too. Usually everything is about Ezra. People come over to play with Ezra in a special room. In reality Micah gets a lot of attention, but it's still different. Micah's favorite present was probably having Jori all to himself. She showered him with attention and he ate it up. Another great gift was that his Opa finally came to visit. He spent time playing with the kids, and treated us to Chinese dinner, and to the awesome fair here in Best. It's one of the biggest in the Netherlands, and more than 250,000 people visit during the course of five days.
Enjoy some the pictures.
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