Stewart’s day out with Dad

August 20, 2017 | Stacy

After church, John and Stewart scooted out for their day out to celebrate Stewart’s birthday. They headed down to Letchworth State Park. None of us have been there before and Stewart has grown to enjoy exploring a bit, so it seemed like a nice outing for the two of them.

They saw tremendous gorges and waterfalls in the Grand Canyon of the East.

But what photos to I have to share?

Lunch!

They dined at Glen Iris.

And Stewart marveled at his (safe!) lunch, calling it the best meal of his life.

He has since amended this statement to proclaiming it the best sandwich of his life.

So glad they had a great time together.

Seventeenth birthday

August 20, 2017 | Stacy

Stewart has been the first kid to do a lot of things around here. Once again, he can claim to be the first one to wake up on a campsite on his birthday.

We arrived home, unpacked, and proceeded to invest in his celebration. The guys had stopped at Walmart and Tab helped me make a lemon cake (and filling. and frosting.).

Nan and Nene joined us for a most excellent dinner not prepared in the great outdoors or on my knees in front of a campfire.

He was blessed with some gifts.
(And blessed us with this smile.)