Monday, February 18, 2013

Julia & Bruce Birthday Dinner

Mom hosted a birthday dinner for Julia and Bruce last night. We all gathered and savored the smell of Mom's roast while the food was set out on the island. Mom asked me to offer the blessing on the food and we paused for a moment to express our gratitude and supplication to our Father-in-Heaven.


Julia, Annette, Me and Mom were there as well as all of Bruce and Lisa's family. Thanks Mom, for always opening your home for family gatherings and feeding the masses. Sorry I didn't get a picture of the food spread, but we had Marlene's lettuce and fruit salad, Mom's pot roast, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans with bacon, buttered squash and squash bread. Gotta use up that bumper crop of squash from last year's garden.

Happy Birthday!

 Bruce and Lisa

 Birthday girl, back from the Caribbean.

 Mom and Dan

 The newly weds, Katie and Will.

 Julia and Mom.

 Will and Bruce lit the candles. Hey, where are the rest of the candles?



 Lisa brought a Raspberry ice cream dessert that was a big hit and Mom made a delicious chocolate cake.

 Birthday song was sung... time to get serious and dig into the birthday desserts. We need something to sweeten up those sour notes in the birthday song.
 
 Annette

 Nate and Camille

  Nick

 Dan and Morgan

Latest news: 
- Allyson and Zack are expecting a baby boy.
- Chelsea is enduring a challenging bout of morning sickness. Congratulations and hope you feel better soon!
- Julia's dog, Ginger, left mortality last week and is now in heaven having a wonderful time with the other family dogs.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for sharing. Now I feel more like a part of the family! Sounds like you needed me there to keep the birthday song from going flat. I didn't know Chelsea was pregnant. The clan just keeps growing.

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