Mike and Kathryn Kessel: May 2011

Caleb Michael Kessel turned 7 years old this last month. I think he had a good birthday. He invited 7 boys (I think) and two girls from his class at school. And every one of them showed up. He has such a great group of friends and I feel so blessed to live where we do. And he wanted another Star Wars party. People keep asking me, "Oh, is he still in the Star Wars phase?" Let's clear up the confusion. Caleb has never nor ever will be in a Star Wars phase. This boy wants to one day attend the Jedi Temple to study to become a Jedi. In fact, I think when he leaves for college he will probably bring along his Build-a-Bear that is dressed as Obi-Wan Kenobi. He is after all, Michael Timothy Kessel's progeny.

One of the things he really wanted was a pinata. And Daddy did such a great job at pulling the pinata up and down when the kids tried to take a swing at it. My sides started hurting from laughing. They also played "Clone Trooper Says" and "Limbo." We ended the party with a Star Wars ice cream cake of course.

Here are the TWO pictures I have of his party. I had taken at least 20, but I tried to adjust some of the camera settings and somehow I deleted ALL the other pictures.

Diane and Tim were able to make a visit, too, to help us celebrate and to meet Emily for the first time. Tim and Mike spent two straight days putting together the swing set Diane, Tim and Mommy and Daddy bought for Caleb's birthday. The kids spend as much time as they can on it. They love it. Thanks, Grandpa and Daddy for your hard work! Michaela sure enjoyed being around her Grandma. She even fell asleep as Grandma was reading to her.