Sunset

Ben and I took the convertible out to see another sunset tonight.

Beers from England

Cheryl went to visit Gina in England, and Gina sent some beers home with her for me!! I'm the luckiest girl in the world!

Waggle Dance. Doesn't that look like a bottle of pure honey? It was delicious!



The Black Sheep Ale was super too! Thanks, Gina!!

Convertible

Ben borrowed his Mom's little convertible for a few days, and we've been doing a lot of cruising.





We chased the sunset.





The East Side.

Giant Scallops

Ben and I walked over to Mom and Dad's for dinner tonight. Look at the beautiful spring trees!



Dad got some giant scallops at the store, and grilled them up for us.





Red bud!



Gotta put some butter on!



Look at that!



Mmmmm. There is one chicken skewer hiding out on that platter, too.



One of the best dinners of my life!

Easter

Cheryl had us over for a springtime Easter dinner!



Meatloaf with mushroom gravy, baked potato, asparagus, wild rice and salad. MMM!

Cheeseburger

We had Summer and J over for the first cheeseburgers of the season! Summer brought a baked apple salad. Everything was fantastic.

Happy Birthday, Ben!

Ben turns 30 this Tuesday, March 30th. It's his Golden Birthday year! We thought that an event of this magnitude deserved a weekend birthday party.

Dad was in charge of balloons, and he really outdid himself this year! His title has been upgraded from Balloon Man to Balloon KING!

Moss was the bartender for the night.

Dennis made his famous chipotle dip.

Mmm, daquiris!

Dads telling stories.

Champagne toast!

Cheers!

Me and the birthday boy!

I made a huge salad with fresh blueberries and homemade blueberry dressing.

Cheryl made three kinds of lasagna!! Meaty, veggie...

...and shrimp with asparagus!

Time to dish up!

Mr. Studlyhunk rolled in just in time for dinner, naturally.

Cheers!

Brad and Carl showed up after dinner, to get in on the cocktail action.

Moss and Brad catching up.

Time for presents!

Everyone gathered to watch.

What could it BE!?!

New bike tires!

Vana gave Ben 80's Scene It, so we played that!

Party blower war!

Mmmmmmm!!!!!!!! Mom made banana cream pies!!!!!!!

Make a wish!

Brad and Carl ended up staying super late, and the party got pretty wild. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BEN!