Dad & My Birthday

~Dad & I~

share a birthdate so close that

we always celebrate together.

Don't I have a handsome

~Father~

This year for his

~milestone birthday~

we were going to have a big party...

He wanted only

~family~

Isnt' that the best anyway?

So the Hubs & I

 came up from the desert

and

my youngest brother

 flew up from Lake Havasu, AZ

to the  wet, windy, very cold

Northwest

To celebrate

my Dad's 75th

and my 50 something

~Birthday~

My Brother and his family

hosted the get together

and it was so much fun.

I left that evening

wishing we could see more of each other

~ I~

really 

miss my family

My DIL

Melanie

she has a great blog...

 made this Chocolate cake

with strawberry meringe filling...

Seriously the best cake I have ever had!

This is the same font that Dad uses for his 

Ernie's Truck Stop

signs 

Everyone was really impressed with Melanie's abilitly to do that too

SIL Lisa making scallops

and mushrooms for the fillet

~really good~

they say, I have a shellfish allergy

and could only look

She always sets such a nice table

What do you get the guy who can buy anything he wants?

This is what I came up with....

Oops, now you know I have not always

been blond!!

 I

~ LOVE~

 family laughter...

Then I got to open my presents....

My SIL Lisa has such good taste...lucky me

Look at what my SIL Monica made for me...

She hand blows these herself.. 

please go to her site and see all her pretties

http://www.pokabeads.com/

 Mostly boys in this family

Matthew Man

played with his phone most of the night

Then my brother and my son got together

and surprised us with,

watch for it...

This was

 HUGE & LOUD

They were quite proud of themselves...

Dad, you are a good

~Family Man~

and a good

~Grandpa~

But an especially great

~Dad~

I love you

and not just because

you got me an

DeLonghi

Espresso Machine

OMG!!!!

Luckily the kids stayed for the weekend so we they could figure it out...

 I'm in Heaven!!!!

Love you

~DAD~
And since I'm in the party mode
I am
Linking up to
Wow us Wednesdays
&
Whatssup Wednesday

Fun parties with lots of cool stuff!