Jake's First Birthday

Our nephew Jake celebrated his first birthday on June 4th - it was a beautiful day and Wyatt had a blast seeing what a first birthday is like :) Jake slept half of his party, but was ready to rock and roll once up. He opened gifts, enjoyed bubbles, ate the frosting off of his cupcake and played hard with his cousins/brother.

Wyatt liked helping with the presents and sitting next to the birthday boy. He also went swimming for the first time and LOVED it! It was so fun to see his expression and delight once in the water. He is for sure a water boy and we are looking forward to swim lessons.

Although the weekend was full of fun, we also got some unfortunate news on Sunday morning. One of our great family friends (on my side) who is like family passed away from leukemia. Jim, who was like an uncle to my sister and myself, found out he had it right before Mother's Day and had been at Kaiser Sunnyside for the past month getting treatment and fighting this disease. We are so blessed to have known this man and to have been a part of his family. He will always live in our minds and hearts and the memories will live on. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

Love,

The Bales