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January 27, 2007

My Dad's 60th Birthday!

Holy Moly! Big Bri (yes, that makes me "Lil' Bri") hit the big six-oh! I headed out to New Jersey on Saturday afternoon to celebrate!

Saturday, January 27th

dad
A few weeks prior to my dad's birthday, I called him and asked him what he wanted for his birthday. When I'd been home for the holiday in December, I'd brought my Wii along and my loved the golf game...so he told me he wanted a Wii for his birthday! (This was back when Wiis were pretty much impossible to find, but I put a couple of extra to dollars to work on eBay and managed to get one for the birthday boy!). We set it up immediately and got our Wii golf on! Here's the birthday boy getting ready to tee off!
golf ˆ videogames ˆ wii ˆ dad
uncle bruce
My dad's brother Bruce (aka "Uncle Moose!") was there to tee off with him (Just like in real life!).
golf ˆ videogames ˆ wii ˆ uncle bruce
After we'd finished playing a few rounds of Wii golf, it was time to head to The Barn (the restaurant in my hometown that's the site of impromptu class reunions every year at Thanksgiving!) for a birthday dinner!
family
dad, elyse, mom, uncle bruce
Here's the birthday boy, my mom, Uncle Moose, and his girlfriend Elyse.
dad ˆ elyse ˆ mom ˆ uncle bruce
grandma, grandpa
G-ma and G-pa!
best ˆ grandma ˆ grandpa
aunt sue, uncle wayne
Aunt Sue and Uncle Wayne.
aunt sue ˆ uncle wayne
dave l, pat little
Dave and Pat Little.
dave l ˆ pat little
aunt elaine, me
And last but not least, yours truly with Aunt Elaine. (My little brother was away from work and couldn't make it. Bad son! Bad son!)
aunt elaine ˆ me
dad, mom
After we finished eating, it was time for cake and presents!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ dad ˆ mom
dad
Make a wish, Pappi!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ dad
dad
After the cake had been doled out, it was time for presents. Check out my dad subtly flipping the bird because of all the "You're Old!" cards he got. Hahahah.
birthday ˆ card ˆ the bird ˆ dad
dad
Notable gift of the night included Uncle Wayne's sick "Superdude" jersey...
birthday ˆ gift ˆ dad
dad, mom
...and the necktie he received from Aunt Sue. Which upon closer examination...
gift ˆ laugh ˆ tie ˆ dad ˆ mom
...turned out to be patterned with hundreds of little blue Viagra pills! Hahaha.
tie ˆ viagra
elyse, mom
After dinner, we headed back to my parents place and played Wii until the wee hours of the night! Here's my mom and Elyse squaring off in tennis. Happy 60th, Dad! I love you!
tennis ˆ videogames ˆ wii ˆ elyse ˆ mom