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July 02, 2016

WANGSTOCK: Cynthias 40th Birthday

Headed upstate to celebrate Cynthia's 40th birthday!

Saturday, July 2nd

me
Dropped Maddy off with Edie at Randy & Leigh's!
edie ˆ me
Miss this ol gal!
dogs ˆ edie
Down into the deep subway!
escalator ˆ subway
Took the MetroNorth upstate a bit...
train station
...then caught a ride...
bridge ˆ driving
...out to the amazing house Cynthia had rented for her birthday!
house
astra, bruno, cynthia
I arrived just in time for the...
cooking ˆ astra ˆ bruno ˆ cynthia
cynthia, ross a
...make your own pizza party!
pizza ˆ cynthia ˆ ross a
bruno, cynthia, kayla, soli
Nice to sit down to dinner with everyone...
bruno ˆ cynthia ˆ kayla ˆ soli
...and toast the birthday gal for brining us all together!
cheers ˆ dinner
After dinner we went into the backyard...
fire
...and got a nice fire going in the fire pit!
fire
bruno
After we'd gotten settled in....
fire ˆ bruno
...we were treated to a fireworks show!
fireworks
jennifer
Rocket's red glare!
fireworks ˆ jennifer
catrinel
Catrinel setting up for the big finale!
fireworks ˆ catrinel
catrinel
Fire in the hole!
fireworks ˆ catrinel
Wooooo!
birthday ˆ fireworks
cynthia, jennifer
Happy birthday, Cynthia!
birthday ˆ cynthia ˆ jennifer
We posed for a few birthday shots....
astra, graham
...and then headed inside to use the giant spoon that was hanging on the wall...
shots ˆ spoon ˆ astra ˆ graham
astra, graham
...for some more BIRTHDAY SHOTS!
spoon ˆ astra ˆ graham
astra, graham
Shots from the Big Spoon!
shots ˆ spoon ˆ astra ˆ graham
graham
Graham is such a placid shots administrator.
shots ˆ spoon ˆ graham

Sunday, July 3rd

graham, jennifer, soli
Sunday morning we headed out to play a seriously competitive game of...
croquet ˆ graham ˆ jennifer ˆ soli
cynthia
...croquet!
croquet ˆ cynthia
heather d, soli
Heather served the players mobile breakfast!
heather d ˆ soli
astra, carol
Astra and Carol supervised.
astra ˆ carol
bruno, catrinel
Cat and Bruno called to their native ancestors in the hippy swing.
swings ˆ bruno ˆ catrinel
cynthia, heather d
Post-game inflatable couch hangs.
couch ˆ cynthia ˆ heather d
cynthia
Party favor Wang hats were handed out!
birthday ˆ hat ˆ cynthia
cynthia
Happy 40th, Cynthia!
birthday ˆ hat ˆ cynthia
Later that afternoon, the whole group headed to a nearby state park.
hiking
Hiking in on the planked trail.
hiking
Found ourselves a nice grass field.
Party crew preparing to make a....
cynthia
...birthday pyramid for Cynthia! Managed to get three rows and thirteen people before...
best ˆ birthday ˆ pyramid ˆ cynthia
...it all came crashing down!
birthday ˆ pyramid
heather d, me
Inflatable couch pile-on...moments before Astra bounced us all out with a flying belly flop!
heather d ˆ me
We headed over to the river to do a little swimming!
swim
jennifer
Cool little waterfall!
waterfall ˆ jennifer
astra
A little after 4pm...
hiking ˆ astra
astra
...we hiked back out!
hiking ˆ astra
carol, cynthia
Back at home, we relaxed a bit. Everyone was...
tv ˆ carol ˆ cynthia
zoe
....tired!
dogs ˆ tired ˆ zoe
Place had a really cool Airstream trailer in the backyard.
rv
The sky was gorgeous....
sunset
carol, craig, cynthia, graham, heather d, jennifer
...so we all headed out to hang on the porch and watch the sky...
carol ˆ craig ˆ cynthia ˆ graham ˆ heather d ˆ jennifer
...turn crazy colors!
sunset
Pretty pinks & purples!
sunset
catrinel
For dinner, Catrinel was working to clean...
fish ˆ oscar ˆ catrinel
...a bunch of the fish she and Bruno had caught in the afternoon!
fish
After dinner we headed outside for a fire...
fire
bruno, catrinel
...and some sparkler-laden Rice Crispies Treats!
birthday ˆ sparkler ˆ treats ˆ bruno ˆ catrinel
astra
Astra treated us to some...
dance ˆ fan ˆ mask ˆ astra
astra
...feathery fan-dancing!
dance ˆ fan ˆ mask ˆ astra
And then we had ANOTHER....
fireworks
craig, soli
....fireworks show!
fireworks ˆ craig ˆ soli
astra, bruno, carol, catrinel, cynthia
Happy birthday, Cynthia! We love you! <3
fire ˆ oscar ˆ astra ˆ bruno ˆ carol ˆ catrinel ˆ cynthia

2 comments

  • notachancedecember 12, 2019

    oh no, did Edie pass away? That's so sad. I can't believe so much time has gone by.

  • notachancedecember 12, 2019

    wait, please tell me piper is still around?!