you really can find everything on ebay, pt 2

i know i mentioned this before, but when my sister and i were growing up we had our picture taken each year by a countdown birthday candle. at the time, i am sure i thought it was silly. and i made fun of my mom and her silly traditions - but the fact is, now that i am older i appreciate the traditions. i was really surprised when jon found the same exact countdown on ebay for fin over 4 years ago. so of course i wanted one for max and keegan as well. and therein was the problem. for months, i searched on ebay to no avail. then, about 1 week before christmas, i asked jon if he ever had any luck finding the candle. he said i will go look right now, and lo and behold, there was an auction that closed in two hours. this week the new candle arrived in the mail (i really would have paid any price for it, but we won it at $12.01).

here are the latest installments of the birthday candle collage in the making...

















max was not quite as enthralled

















here they are together...