Steve and Casey Cretsinger Experiencing Tribal Missions in Guinea, W. Africa 
We wanted to celebrate the boys birthday with a pool party before we leave for Africa. Even Ephraim who doesn’t have a birthday until November got in on the fun.
Micah’s birthday will be just a week after we get to Guinea and I think that we’ll just be in survival mode at that point and won’t be thinking about anything else. So, we decided to just go ahead and have one big party for all three of them together. They each invited a couple of friends from school and some from church. Everyone met at the house and we all drove over to the pool together. I’ll admit that it was a little stressful for me trying to make sure that I kept track everyone and no one was going to far into the deep end. I was glad for the other parents who came along to give us a hand – it was definitely a necessity! Steve, Gramma and I would have had a really hard time on our own.
Everyone seemed to really have a good time swimming and having fun together. We had the party room there at the pool and we had pizza and cake with everyone. It was a little chilly and I was so afraid that it was going to start raining before we ready to leave, but the kids didn’t seem to notice – even though there were a few with quivering lips!
One of Malachi’s friends wasn’t able to come to the pool, so we had him come over later when my mom and I took the boys to see the movie Kung Fu Panda. They loved it and have been acting it out ever since. Just what they needed – more kung fu moves to do in the living room!
We even had a little party with my brothers and my mom on Malachi’s actual birthday. We are all getting a little sick of birthday cake!
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