when the carnival guy came by to pick up all the stuff we rented a little ealier...I voided it and really had to concentrate to write "07" since I've been writing 7-29-96 for the last eleven years now.
So, I just got off the phone now with Mac to say happy birthday...it's Bryce's weekend and I decided not to mess with it so I won't see Mr. Mac today, but he's off to the circus with their whole family to celebrate...right after they go to Mass which Mac told me he "wasn't thrilled about"...I told him that I thought it was cool to go to Mass and maybe he could take the time to thank God for all his blessings...he said, "Oh, true". :)
So the carnival party was pretty darn awesome if I do say so myself...I had so much help with all the games and activities between my friends and family...I looked around at one point and thought, "it takes a village" as I saw my mom and sister, my mom's best friend and her daughter, my sister's mother-in-law, Bryce and his family, our neighbors...all helping out so much whether it was running a game, serving up popcorn, or being the sucker to climb in the dunk tank.
My dad was actually able to come for a couple of hours since he had a long layover flying out from Oklahoma on his way to the Philippines...we tried hard to convince him to get in the dunk tank, but he wouldn't...and Peg thought to have me take some pictures of mom and dad since we don't have too many of them together over the years...I really like the ones of them laughing...we were teasing dad that we were going to e-mail the photos to his wife and mom was cracking jokes about how it would have been their 36th wedding anniversary this Tuesday...I've always felt lucky that my mom made sure that she and dad still really got along...
and as the grand finale and a little extra fun for Mac I got in the dunk tank at the end of the party...
This is the relieved smile of a mom who just finished throwing a birthday party :)
