Birthday Mania!

In March we held an open house a week or so after we closed, which gave us huge motivation to get unpacked. We allowed guests to come and go throughout any of the rooms except they couldn't look in closets or the garage. (When can get one car in the garage; now the goal is to fit both).

The open house, though, was also to celebrate Ava's 2nd birthday. We had decided to alternate years with our kids... one year they celebrate with family, the next year they celebrate with friends. This one counted as a friends year, although we were pleased to have lots of family come. Ava loved having a houseful of people sing to her and she got to blow our her candles all by herself! She wore the tiara most of the day.

Todd turned 30 this year along with a friend, Tommy, from church. Lindsey and Kami (Tommy's wife) pulled together a joint celebration with a 70's theme. There was a costume contest and games such as everyone had something from 1977 taped to their back and they had to ask others questions to figure out what it was. For parting gifts, everyone received legitimate copies of Billboard's top 15 songs from 1977.

I didn't start feeling old until the other day when I had the oldies station on the radio in the car when they were playing the Top Five at Five... they were playing the top five songs from 1982!

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