Great Birthday
We arrived at son Jim's house about 2 pm and after awhile Renee, Tom and their family arrived. We hugged and chatted and then Jim says, "Now for the big surprise!" He plays some fanfare music and grandson Jim makes a grand leaping entrance from the hallway! What a surprise! I could not stop laughing at his entrance and the fact that he drove 4.5 hours to get to the party and then would be driving back for class on Monday. Now that is a devoted grandson. Thanks so much for being there Jim.
Here's the birthday girls being sung to by the family chorus (and we sounded pretty good)!
You'll notice Evan in the background looking a bit crabby. He didn't get a nap so he had a few bad moments. But he did enjoy "playing" the piano with Uncle Zack. He was really into the emotion of playing...copying what Zack was doing.
Son Jim set out wonderful party food including huge platters of sushi which turned out to be the entree. The "fiesta" cake was yummy lemon with fruity whipped cream filling. Tom brought homemade ice cream to complete the celebration.
We did have the Super Bowl going in the background and enjoyed the surprise ending. Usually the games are yawners in my opinion :)
I enjoyed talking with the college kids about what they are studying. Some of them are on fairly certain paths. Others are exploring. Currently the kids are into photography, computer science, teaching, firefighting, and anthropology as major interests. Here's the three college boys discussing ???? who knows what. But they look pretty serious :) L to R thats Ryan, Bryan and Jim.
The party broke up about 9 pm and I went home with flowers, gifts and lots of family love. Thanks to all for making it such a special day.