The Party

On Saturday we had a birthday party for Brody. There were almost 30 people from our family that joined us in celebrating Brody (and Daddy Steve's) birthday. Mike was the cook for the day and his hamburgers were out of this world! I have no idea what he did to them...but I've never had a better burger! I was in charge of the birthday cake. Here's a picture of the cake that Grammy and I made for Brody. Lauren and Katelyn told Brody to lick the icing off the toy screws that were on the cake...then Angela told Brody to keep sticking them in his piece of cake! What a mess!!!
Brody, Lauren, Katelyn, & Collin enjoyed swimming (even though it was overcast and cool) and then it was time for presents! Brody was very excited to open presents this year. Here he is sporting a cell phone (from Lauren) and his new REI backpack.
The most dangerous present was waiting for Brody outside. I'm not sure whether the real golf clubs (from us) or the golf cart (from Daddy Steve & Namaw) will cause the biggest injury. The golf cart has some get-up-and-go! I think that adults were almost run over more than once by kid drivers!
Another exciting thing about the party was that all of GG's grandkids were there! The six of us went outside with Daddy Steve to have a picture taken. It felt very strange for the 6 of us to be there alone (without any spouses). It's been over 15 years since it was just the 6 of us. Here's the picture of Jon, Josh, Tyler, Caleb, Julie, & Staci.

It's so fun to live near family again!