12 posts tagged “birthday cake”

Yesterday was my mom's birthday.  The whole crew got together for supper down at the 40.  This is my brother and his new girlfriend.

Today at work, we did her birthday lunch with the office crew.  We go to the Cattle-Ac and have lunch, champagne, and cake!  My mom was wearing the new coat from my dad and necklace from Ray & Amy.  We got her a scarf but it didn't go with that particular ensemble.

I sure hope I look that beautiful at 65!

 

My hubby's birthday is today and my brother's birthday is Thursday so they opened some of their presents yesterday.

My parents got Ray coordinating exterior lights for our house!

My brother and I made use of his new present and headed to the golf course.  He hadn't golfed since middle school so wanted to do 18 holes. 

I've only once ever golfed 18 holes and it was only my 2nd time golfing this summer so my arms weren't quite in shape.  By hole 10, I could hardly hit the ball.  A couple behind us gave me a great pointer that I'd never heard before and it helped so much! 

 

My mom made an angel food cake for dessert.  My arms are still killing me today.

 

The kids got done with school at noon on Friday.  It was a hard day.  We left right away for the lake.  You may remember that the lake had gotten very low the past several years but was starting to come up.  Well, it was up 25 ft. from this time last year and is supposed to come up another 8 ft!  I think that will make it higher than when we first started going there.  It's awesome!

For a Memorial weekend, we were treated to fairly nice weather Saturday and Sunday.  Saturday was Cody's 12th birthday.

 

 

In addition to the rollerblades, Cody got some money from his siblings and uncle and a rebound soccer net from my parents.  After opening gifts, Ray, my dad, my brother, and the boys went out fishing.  The girls stayed back and played squeak and went shopping in town.

The guys had some good fishing success and brought in 9 walleye and saugers so we had enough for supper. 

 

 

Sunday, the guys went out fishing again.  Not long after they'd left, we got a call that my dad's truck had broken down.  I went and picked them up and we hauled the truck to town and then the boat back to the cabin.  Then, the guys used my Yukon to go fishing and they came back with 19 walleyes!! 

Lily helped grandma cook and they even made a german chocolate cake to celebrate our anniversary which is today - 14 years!

We have some new neighbors from Sidney at the lake.  It happens to be one of my old babysitters and her family.  She has 2 teenagers and a son who's Jace's age!!  I am totally psyched that we haven't even moved and he's already got a friend there.  They really hit it off.

 

My BFF from h.s. was also there with her boyfriend.  He's got a 4 yr old daughter so Lily and her played a lot and then Cody played with her son whose a year behind him in school.  Uncle Ray played his first game of Blongo Ball.

And we saw our very first fox den with at least 4 little foxes!

My dad called me bright and early this morning after my alarm had gone off but before I'd crawled out of bed.  He serenaded me with "Happy Birthday" and informed me I was now halfway to 70.  Umm, ok.  That doesn't make me feel old at all!  Here I'd just been thinking I was on the downslope of my 30's. 

We went to church and Luther Choir sang which the boys are both in.  After they'd finished their songs, I was motioning for them to go back to their seats and they just kept standing up front.  Then, they led the congregation in singing "Happy Birthday" to me.  That was quite a treat and brought a tear to my eye.

For lunch, we got Subway and then I was treated with a yummy Dairy Queen ice cream cake.  I had 8 candles:  3 and 5 LOL.  I already got most of my birthday presents that were related to my laptop but the kids got me

which I've been wanting for awhile.  I really needed to work more on the house but think I'm still fighting off this cold and couldn't bring myself to do anything but take a nap.  Now, we're getting ready to go out for supper with Bluebird and husband to one of my favorite restaurants, City Lights.

Because we're going out of town this weekend, we had Jace's party early.  Would you believe we actually had it on Super Bowl Sunday?  It was our only option since he wanted a sledding party so we just did it early in the afternoon.  The snow was perfect.

Lily watches the boys sled.

 

 

I'm pretty sure this was good luck for the rest of the day.

 

 

 

Jace's godparents gave him water polo which he'll get great use out of at grandpa & grandma's pool when we move.

After cake, cocoa, & presents, the kids headed back outside for some more sledding.  The sledding hill is on the golf course and there was a wind funnel at the bottom of 2 hills.  We saw 3 kids in different groups lose sleds to the wind.  The sleds would blow over the top of a hill and just keep going.  Each kid returned from their chase without a sled.  So, I kept reminding our kids to hang on tight to their sleds.  Ray & I were watching from inside the warming house when Jace lost the grip on a sled and it started blowing.  He lucked out and it stopped long enough for him to jump on it.  Then, he had to carry it up the opposite hill which had a stronger wind.  If only we'd have remembered the video camera we could've won "Funniest Home Videos".  Instead of carrying the sled to the side so it would slice the wind, he had the sled facing into the wind.  He was leaning way over trying to get up the hill and then the wind would blow him back down over and over.  We were laughing so hard!!  After about 5 minutes, he made it to the top.  Later, he came inside and we saw Lily trying to do the same thing.  I told Jace to go and help her because there was no way she'd get up the hill with the sled after the trouble he had.  Turns out girls are smarter and she carried the sled so it sliced the wind and had no trouble at all ;)

Of course, the finale of the day was watching the Steelers win a very exciting Super Bowl.

Opening presents the morning of her birthday

New birthday outfit from mom & dad

Talking on the phone to Grandma Judy

Party at the local gymnastics club.

 

 

 

In the pit.  It reminds me of "Where's Waldo"?

 

 

Cody was trying to see how much he could still do from his state gymnastics championship 5 years ago.

Ice cream cake

 

 

Lily had one friend spend the night and her parents got them matching nightgowns.

"What is your favorite memory of your grandfather?

My paternal grandfather died before I was born.  My maternal grandfather lived 2 hours away from me growing up.  So, I mostly saw him on holidays but he is still living so that's a treat.  The grandfather I'm going to write about is technically, my step-grandpa.  He was married to my Little Grandma.  When I was preschool age, I have very fond memories of them taking me on drives and picking wildflowers.  My grandpa was retired at the time so he often took me to the park.  All of his biological grandchildren lived 2 states away so I guess you could say I was his pride & joy.  Some of my other favorite memories of him:

• Coming over to visit and him telling me to look in the bathtub.  There I discovered a giant snapping turtle floating around the tub.
• Sticking out his false teeth at the dinner table (just for my reaction).
• Always calling my Fruit Loops.........Poop Loops
• Calling snakes...........tnakes (I don't recall how that came about).
• Telling me my "boyfriends" ate color crayons
• Turning 5 was a big deal to him.  Every birthday after that was 5+1, 5+2, etc.
• His little, yellow Toyota pickup that always had his Engelbert Humperdinck 8-track playing.  Hearing "Release Me" puts me right back in that pickup.
• His stash of "vitamins" (pink wintergreen candies) that he kept in the pickup glove box.  You didn't dare go through a day without your vitamin!  Whenever possible, I keep my own stash of those little candies in my glove box now.  (Of course, I don't refer to them as vitamins as that could be dangerous).
• Trying his chewing tobacco.  Once was enough to cure that curiosity for me!!
• Rubbing his rough whiskers against my cheek.  I bet he never imagined that 5 o'clock shadow would someday be the style.

Around my 6th birthday, grandpa was diagnosed with emphyzema.  He was basically house-ridden from that point on.  He lived on the couch in their living room and had nebulizer treatments several times an hour.  That didn't keep him from playing with me, though.  He and I took numerous "trips" to Minnesota on that couch.  I'm not sure why we were always going to Minnesota but that was the destination.  He was also awesome at playing house with my dolls.  National Geographic was his favorite magazine and tv show.

When all of my step cousins from Washington came to visit, grandpa would have a stack of $1 bills beside him on the couch.  To earn one, you simply had to give him a kiss on the cheek. 

When I was 12, my grandpa's brother came to visit.  He told my grandpa that he was having one of his legs amputated.  It was a terrible shock to my grandpa and he collapsed.  I visited him in the hospital and he seemed to be coming back around.  Several days later, I was walking home from school when my little grandma pulled up beside me.  She didn't need to say a word.  I just burst into tears.  Thankfully, he passed with his loved ones surrounding him.  My best friend and I sang "The Lord is My Shepherd" at his funeral.  For the past 12 years, I have celebrated the day he died as it's also the day Ray & I were married.

Grandpa, my brother, and I.

 

 

 

Gift certificate to a spa.  Think I'm getting my first facial!

Back massager! If only they'd brought the Wii!  We got me the kids this for V-Day. And I got this for my birthday.

I guess now we'll find out if I'm really any good or not! 

After prime rib & hashbrowns at my parent's restaurant, we came home for cake.  I was bummed when I heard it wasn't german chocolate cake but I'd forgotten my other favorite.......ice cream cake!  Mmm!