The Cake...yummy! 
The Kids Waiting to Eat the Cake
Morgan & Grampy
Morgan & Uncle Jeremy(her Godfather)
Morgan & Gavin
We had a barbecue at our house today to celebrate Morgan's 1st Communion and also as a going away party since she leaves tomorrow to spend the summer in North Carolina tomorrow. It was a great afternoon, although very hot, and we were glad to have our family join in the day. The cake you see in the picture is from the "Cake Lady." She makes the cakes out of her house and they are so delicious. The funny thing is that everyone who has ever used her just calls her the "Cake Lady" and MANY people know who she is. She's very popular among the kiddie birthday party circuit and she can make just about any cake you'd want. On this particular cake, everyone kept wondering what the IHS meant. Now, most of us went to Catholic School almost all of our lives but the only thing we could remember was that it was Latin for something. Well, I looked online and this is the definition I found: A modern depiction of the first three letters (iota ι, eta η·, sigma σ‚) of the Greek spelling of Jesus (Ίησονς). So it's not even Latin...we were all wrong!
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Goodbye Morgan! Have fun in the Carolinas...we will miss you every day! Love, Mom and Dad
Thanks for clearing up the IHS mystery. Great party! Bye Morgan - I know you'll have a great time - send us a post card!
JHS/JHC/IHSIHC - mystery
Greek, Latin, and English
GREEK = IHS or IHC derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus,(iota-eta-sigma)
LATIN = Now the Greek eta and Latin"H" shared a common origin. Now the S or C. The greek letter Sigma was translated in Latin as C due to visual and S from sound. Now in the Latin alph. letters I and J were not distinguished until the 17th century so JHS or JHC = IHS or IHC.
IHS is also interpreted "Jesus Savior of men" in LATIN is Iesus Homnum Salvator.
In the English language "IHS" has 2 common meanings "I Have Suffered" and "In His Service"
i told mom it was greek for jesus and she told me i was wrong and that it would be latin. ha! i'm smarter than all of u!
Mallory, you should have known the answer seeing that you JUST graduated from a catholic college! J/K. Glad this mystery was all cleared up!
aren't llama's greek??
No, Mom, llamas aren't Greek.
What do you mean you weren't invited?? Of course you were invited! Although we didn't have any roast beef or french fries, but we did have cake!!!
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