Jane was turning 18, so as we had done in years past
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
we celebrated. I took a picture of 18 year old Jane
and then a picture of Jane and Suzanne
and Ben
before going to Small World where we saw Steve Forrest
and after a Jane and Ben picture
I took a picture of Ben with Mr. Sweeney, his science teacher.
Then we were all off for the day and returned home to see decorations getting started
as the children relaxed
until Jane and I decided to go for a walk and ran into Rhonda Wagner
en route tot eh battlefield
where the sky was blue
and we enjoyed the scenery
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from the monumenet
and as we tired of scenery pictures,
Jane took these pictures of our legs
and then these self portraits
before my legs
inspired her to take these Blair Witch pictures of herself
and pensive pictures of me
followed by some arty pictures of the landscape
the sky
the arch
the Mercer House
the cars driving by
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and the ground
before we got home and noticed that Ben and Joel were playing basketball
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until it was time to open the sushi
and the odd looking cheese
that Suzanne had purchased.
Alan came to pick up Joel
which caused Ben to lie down
and then Sarah arrived wearing her vibrant shoes
as opposed to Suzanne's more sedate shoes
and I tried on the T shirt Sarah got that captures my personality
along with this sticker
which set the context for many pictures of the celebration as the table was set
and the fruit was served
and salads were there for all to enjoy
along with the birthday numbers
and cup cakes
as Jane opened her first presents
which made her smile
as Sarah
and Ed watched
and more presents
and a card made by Penny appeared
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and Ben's umbrella hat had to double for the missing birthday hat
as Suzanne
and Ben
got the birthday girl ready
to open more presents
including a pocketbook
a belt
and much clothing
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and the birthday greeting was assembled
as even more clothes appeared
and then Claire arrived
for another arrangement of the birthday greeting
before Liz
and Lauren E. and Caitlin
arrived and John Yi posed with Jane
as Jane made her way
through the assembled
to pose with Kevin
and then the apple juice (sparkling) was brought out
and as everyone watched
and wondered about the food in the kitchen
the matches were used
to light the candles
and bring the cake forward
as the assembled sang
before the cake was served
amidst excitement from the crowd
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even as the microwave ruled the kitchen
and Casey and friend
decided to forego cake
as Justin
scouted out the cake
and the others kept chatting
as Tommy
and Angus and Mike
lined up for cake
and as I decided to leave the crowd
with my piece of cake
Carl arrived
to wish Jane a happy 18th birthday.
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