Happy Birthday Joy!

The night was dark...the air was thick and sticky....but that didn't stop us from celebrating Nanny's birthday Saturday night! We all gathered together at Alice's house for dinner, cake, conversation, and.....wine! haha As we usually do when we all get together, we had a great time. Levi brought his guitar and gave Ian a lesson in how to play Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water". Amazingly, Ian was picking it up so quickly that I knew what he was playing with only a few notes issued! I think we have a natural on our hands folks! Nicholas was content to roam Aunt Alice's huge deck with his walker (boy does he LOVE to be mobile) and we all just settled ourselves into the patio furniture and did what we do best.....visit! It was so hot and muggy, you could see the moisture in the air and we were all sweaty messes. Uncle Brian was nice enough to haul out the big fan to help move some air around the deck since there wasn't a breeze to be found anywhere. We were doing pretty good with the fan until Levi's fly-fishing rod found it's way to the back of the fan and the line got sucked in and around the motor. Crud! After a bit of working on it (it only took 3 people to fix! haha) we finally had relief from the stuffiness again. After having cake, we all retreated to our respective homes and basked in the wonderful invention called air conditioning! lol Happy Birthday again to a wonderful Nanny, a great Mom, and a very good friend! We love you!!!
The basket of yarn cake that I made for Joy.....it turned out pretty cool I think.
Nicholas hanging out with Poppy just waiting for some cake!
Nanny gets some help from the rugrats.....
Trevor was so proud of himself for helping blow out the candles
Levi gives Ian the rundown on Deep Purple
Can you hear it?? Smoke on the Water was the flavor of the evening...Levi thought it was so cool he was trying to record it on his phone while Ian was playing!
Gotta love all that furniture sitting around on Alice's deck...we all get to kick back and be comfy like this!
The boys were having a good time playing in the yard despite the heat and humidity
Ian was trying out Levi's new flyfishing rod
Levi and Jess
Took 3 people to fix the fan....Jess is hiding on the other side!
Nanny and Bailey patiently waiting for air circulation...
I made this cake for Alice to take to the golf course Monday night for Joy and Linda's birthdays....I kind of like the purple bag!

**Two cakes in one weekend...I'm on a roll!! Anyone need cake?? :-P