Emily turned 11 on March 31 in Georgia. Well, technically, she was born at 11:30 p.m. in the Pacific Time Zone, so she wasn’t a full eleven years in the Eastern Time Zone until 2:30 …
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Another Travel Bags Birthday

Christy turned 39 in Nevada, 40 in Arizona, and 41 in Florida. At such a ripe old age, she can’t possibly be expected to open all her frugally wrapped birthday gifts unassisted. Any volunteers? Me! …
Continue readingA New Year for Hannah…and Everyone Else

“I spy a birthday girl!” Hannah (not Elisabeth above) turned 17 on January 1. Yes, she was a New Year’s baby. No, she wasn’t the first baby of the new year. Yes, she gets a …
Continue readingEliana Charis Turns Two

Eliana had her second birthday party at her great grandparents house in Wisconsin. It was a lovely evening, but, of course, we only have this handful of inadequate phone pictures to commemorate the event. Yes, …
Continue readingHappy Random Wednesday in October

Steve doesn’t like a fuss being made over his birthday, so this year we didn’t celebrate his birthday at all. Instead, we celebrated a Random Wednesday in October. Elisabeth and Elijah baked Big Soft Ginger …
Continue readingElisabeth the Teenager

Today, October 1, 2013, Elisabeth Grace “Bean” turns 13. What better way to turn 13 than to snuggle up to your Daddy a bit! I know you people who know Bean are in shock right …
Continue readingFifteen Already?

Marissa turned fifteen at Cape Disappointment and Waikiki Beach on the Pacific Coast of Washington. This child has had birthdays in interesting places! Not being a cake person, she celebrated by—first things first—breaking our chip …
Continue readingRebecca Turns Five…AGAIN!

We headed up toward Green Bay to pick up some CDs from Christy’s brother. They arranged a special princess party for Rebecca. And of course, we took advantage of the laundry room while we were …
Continue readingHappy Birthday Little Becca Boo!

Is there any better way to break in a new trailer than with a party? Rebecca turned five on July 16 in Wisconsin. Traditionally, the birthday Bag chooses all the meals and opens one gift …
Continue readingEmily Turns Ten in Texas!

Emily hit the double digits on Easter. Little Travel Bags Trivia: Emily is the only Travel Bag to have a spring birthday. Aaaaandddd…launch the birthday celebration! Birthday call from Grandma. Presents. Another birthday phone call. …
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