Jack & Patrick’s 9th birthday party
There is an album on the left side with all the pictures in it, so check it out. Too many to post in the middle (right, Sharon!?) cause if I do, it’ll take an hour to load the page.
On Monday, we had the boys birthday party, and it was a big success! We managed to just squeak by with the weather. It was crazy all day- sunny and lightning all at the same time. We were back and forth all day long as to whether or not we were proceeding. Finally at 4pm, it had been sunny (with no thunder) for a few hours, so we just went ahead. Glad we did. The whole thing was a lot of coordinating between the band, the house, the lifeguard, the guests, the stuff. Can’t imagine having to do it all over again!
Brian and Pat of The Turn volunteered a few months back to play the boys birthday party. The boys were beyond thrilled with that, as you can imagine. Especially pretty much ALL we listen to in the car every day is The Turn. And Uncle Joe and Aunt Gail graciously allowed us to use their house and pool for the party. So it was a rockin pool party. I hired a lifeguard from our pool (hard to watch all the kids, take pictures, listen to the band, and make sure everyone has what they need) so that was a nice saftey net. Elizabeth (our neice) watched Timmy the whole time (mostly so he wouldn’t drown!). She’s like the pied piper of kids, so he was thrilled to have her all to himself. So we had all our bases covered and the party went great.
John telling his nephew that he "invented" something or other. 
Rockin out with "my other boys". 
It dosen’t seem like Patrick will be standing for long, as Jack makes his entrance from the left!
Pat and his new "pretty" guitar.
Uncle Joe got shoved in by the boys in the above pictures. He was a good sport!
The kids were in the pool pretty much the whole time. The "goose" (which is really a swan) was a huge hit and they spent most of their time jumping on to it and knocking eachother off of it. The pool and air were pretty cold, so there were a lot of purple lips and shivering bodies. But they didn’t seem to care much and were having a ball. Pizza and cake (of course) for everyone. With Turn CD’s in the goody bags. I think the kids really dug the whole band thing. And in the words of Jack & Patrick "the party was a blast!"
Still can’t believe they are NINE!
