7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0

For about seven weeks a year these two families of children line up in perfect age stair-steps.  John and Alisa's three, right meshed in with our five. Ages 7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0

Today their Layla turns two, and in the next few months of birthdays we'll go from 7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0 to having two 7 year olds, two 5 year olds, and two 2 year olds (with a few others tossed in the middle).

Left to Right: Luke (0), Layla (1), John Paul (2), Isaac (3) , Zeb (4) , Lydia (5), Kayleigh (6), Julianna (7)

It's a gorgeous sunny day (oh so good for the soul to see sun and shadows and blue blue sky) and in just a few hours we're headed to a birthday party.

Good times.  And plenty of birthdays on the horizon (their family's and ours).