What a full weekend!

This weekend was a birthday extravaganza weekend. The Ryan Family Clan came over on Friday night for a birthday party. Wayne’s mom, a.k.a. “Grammy Jo” turned 60 this past week. What a treat to get together with family to honor her! It was a night of family bonding (and sucking helium from balloons).

Parker went to his friend Joe’s for a birthday over-nighter on Saturday and judging by the amount of sleep in his eyes and dirt on his clothes when we picked him up on Sunday, he had a really fun time.

Yesterday we got to go to Matt and Shannon’s to celebrate Sophia’s FIRST birthday! Where has this year gone? Sophia, of course, was cute as ever. I couldn’t help but think how confusing it all must have been for her when we all stood around smiling and snapping pictures as we sang to her, set her food on fire, and watched her get messy eating until she was begging to get out of the high-chair. Good thing we only put her through that once a year. It was pretty funny watching her try to eat her cupcake without getting her hands icky...at least at first. She caught on and there were plenty of sticky-first-birthday-cake-faced-candids. I do wonder how long it took to get all of the chocolate frosting out of her little nose.

Uncle Wayne insisted Sophia get a guitar for her birthday. We can’t wait to see her ROCK OUT…or more likely play some sweet, soulful folk music…Jim Croce perhaps?

It was a weekend of family and fun!