Sunday, April 20, 2008

Happy Birthday Jeff!!

Saturday we celebrated Jeff's 28th birthday. To jumpstart the festivities, Jeff and two of his good friends, Mike and Todd, enjoyed a round of golf at a local course. Back at the house, several of the wives dropped by early for some quality girl bonding time. Suzanna, Caroline and I took advantage of the beautiful afternoon and walked to a local nail shop for a pedicure (my 2nd one ever - the first was the day before our wedding) and then met Julie, Madeline and Gina back at the house. Madeline stayed busy making a card for Mr. Jeff and showing Ms. Suzanna how to take care of baby Caroline.





The rest of the guests started arriving at 6 pm, but since I miscalculated how long the golf game would last the birthday boy was nearly an hour late for his party. But that didn't stop anyone from enjoying the meal and good company!



Suzanna and Julie



Danielle, Rob and Kim



Gina and Christy

Christy, Alyssa, Gary and Steven



Courtney and Preston



Lots of people



More people


Rob, Danielle, Jeff and Karen



Alison and Sydney


Jenny, Jason and Preston



Reagan



Minolis and Madeline - Young love? I think she looks happier about it than he. Madeline's mom Julie made Jeff a BEAUTIFUL and DELICIOUS chocolate rum cake. Note the cute decorations she did herself - perfect for my handy husband.


The cake



Jeff cutting his cake - KIDDING!


Unfortunately Jeff was so busy talking all night he didn't get a piece of his own cake. Here he is with a few crumbs from the bottom of the plate. Sorry birthday boy! After a beautiful evening of good food, good friends and lots of fun, the party ended.


But not before baby Caroline and I had a little chat about how much fun she had at the party!

We thank God everyday for all of our wonderful friends. We hope everyone has a great week!

PS: Sorry we didn't get a picture of you Mike - I guess that's what you get for eating the last piece of cake:) Just kidding - I really thought with all the group pictures I got one of everyone.

5 comments:

Brooke said...

Happy Birthday Jeff! Looks like you guys had a heck of a party!

Whitlamy said...

Happy Bday Jeff...hate we missed it. We were suppose to camp friday and saturday, but since it was a 70% chance of rain early saturday, we opted out as I'm not up for camping in the rain. So then, at the last minute, we headed to b-ham. We need to get another date on the calendar to see you guys. May is a crazy month. When are ya'll heading Mississippi?

Danielle said...

Rob and I had a really nice time at Jeff's party. Courtney, your a great hostess. Kudo's to Julie, the cake was delicious!

Lisa said...

Love the cake. and, um, only 2 pedicures ever!? we've got to start hanging out more often. Nothing like a big ole Starbucks cup, a girl massaging your feet, and people yaking away in some other language and me not caring one little bit because that 45 minutes is pretty darn close to wonderful. Oh, happy bday to Jeff, too.

JABraley said...

You have to email me the pics of Madeline - you're such a great photographer! I'm glad everyone liked the cake, we'll have to make another one though so Jeff can have a real piece :) As always, you threw a GREAT party! Can't wait to hear how your weekend went this weekend in Mississippi!