They Say It's Your Birthday.

The past couple weekends, Mike & I have helped celebrate some birthdays... we first helped my mother celebrate her 50th...well officially not 50 for a couple more days...but the celebration has already taken place. Yeah mom, I outted your age in my blog. Sorry =) A band helped us ring in the new age down at the country club in Holstein. And being the Sober Sally that I was, I had some prime time entertainment with the dancing, singing & being merry! Mom's friends even got her up on stage to sing 'Mustang Sally'...one of mom's favorite pasttimes when a band is around =) It was a lot of fun...Happy Birthday Mom & Grandma!

This last weekend we were up in Sioux Falls & helped Mike's brother-in-law, Jolin, celebrate his 30th. Liz had some planning up her sleeve & pulled off a surprise party for her man...complete with munchies, spirits, balloons, cake, great company & yard games. And when I say yard games, I mean giant inflatable bouncy thingy for the kids to play in. Oh wait...it wasn't only for the kids =) Big kids had their fun too...& they continued their fun well into the night...& although I obviously continued my role as Sober Sally, I had a lot of fun...mostly laughing hysterically at those drinking (or keg standing) the spirits! There definitely was no lack of dancing & story telling with this crew! Kudos Liz on a great party & Happy Birthday Jolin!

PS...Michael...good job on the cake!!! I know you told me not to tell anyone...but you did a great job making the cake & frosting by scratch. Betty Crocker better watch herself...oh & you're going to be in charge of Baby's Birthday cakes now you've proven success around the Kitchen Aid Mixer. Plus I burn most things I put in the oven. =) And speaking of birthdays...we continue to just keep trucking along in the pregnancy. The excitement level is growing of course, along with my belly & the movement within. It's helping the antcipation along for sure...that & the new babies that are popping out all over the place. Congrats to those friends that have welcomed their new babies! Pretty soon...it's going to be my turn...ahhhhh! Baby & I go in this week for another regular checkup. After that...we start heading back every 2 weeks!