As the Oldest and Wisest....

I am the oldest of my siblings and apparently turning 40 is a big deal! My sister-in-law, Jenn, put together a great birthday bash for me! She rented a park for goodness sakes. My other sister-in-law made this massive beautiful sign!

She also made this not so cool sign!

As well as this one. They decorated the tables with black balloons and table cloths and black napkins that leave a black stain on your blue shirt if you try to wipe off food that spilled on you which is apparently what happens a lot when you get OLD!
Haley isn't funny. She is a very beautiful, talented and mean girl and I no longer like her.

Here she is feeding Ben. I do like him. Jenn put together a fantastic meal for us all. I do like her and all the good food.
Here she is putting the last touches on one of the games we played. Water Kickball! It was great fun.

Here is how it works. You kick the ball. Run to the "bases" which are swimming pools that you have to jump in and hope that you don't slip and fall in. Then when you get to home plate you slide into home on the slip and slide. Some people don't slide very well apparently and have to crawl on the slip and slide. Not very graceful but still effective if the goal is to get very wet. Very refreshing on a hot summers day. Which this was. My team won this game!

Next we played a cool game where we had to fill up a pole with water. One cupful at a time. Not very difficult sounding. The catch is the pole has holes. So the rest of the team has to plug the holes or the water just spills out. Most used their fingers to plug the holes. Some had more interesting methods. My team lost this game. I blame Mitch. Next we did a water balloon toss where we lined up with a partner and tossed a balloon back and forth until it broke. Mitch and Haley won this one. This game, of course, digressed into a massive water balloon fight... which in turn lead to the uncles just turning the hoses on the kids. The natural result of this turned in to a foot race with uncles because some of the kids are getting pretty hard to catch and squirt with a hose and some uncles had to make sure they were still fastest man in the family. He was. Barely.

It was a delightful party and fun was had by us all. I had my cupcake and turned in early with my Depends! Thanks Jenn for a great day!