Sunday, October 26, 2008

Dad V's 70th celebration and a Fall Festival with friends

This was a fun weekend! Brian's family flew in for my father-in-law's 70th birthday and to celebrate Samuel's birthday 2 weeks early. Dad V's best friend, Bud, also spent the weekend with us. He drove down from MD and the old friends had a lot of fun catching up and sharing stories from their 54 years of friendship. Samuel hit the jackpot with lots of adorable outfits (even a Penn State outfit) and some cute toys. I hope the birthday boys felt very special and loved. It was a great weekend! I'll share the weekend through the following picture captions.

Here is Samuel before we went out to dinner Thursday night wearing the Boston Red Sox hat his Aunt Lynnie gave him. I love the baseball on top of the hat--too cute! Here we all are at the Angus Barn. This is one of our favorites, so we officially celebrated Dad V's big birthday here. We even went around sharing things we loved about the birthday boy--his affirmation love tank was overflowing.
That's some candle!!
Here are the birthday boys with their cake...Samuel is wearing his Penn State gear for the big game later that night (they won).
We loved having our good friends and neighbors over to celebrate with us. Henry and Samuel had a blast taking turns in the wagon. Henry loved pushing Samuel around as fast as he could. Here is Samuel with his first little cake...he was hesitant at first, but it didn't take too long...


I think someone warmed up! He had cake and frosting from head to toe, but it was well worth it!

Once we said goodbye to the V's, we got ready for an outing with our good friends, Tom, Merritt and Winnie. We dressed the kids up and headed to our church Fall Festival. Below is my cute little chocolate milk cow before we headed out. Be on the lookout for many more cow pics as we are dressing up for Kindermusic on Tuesday and Halloween on Friday.

Winnie is the precious little bumble bee. These buddies were true sports with the costumes...no complaining!The pony rides were a hit! The kids loved them...look at that little happy face. He cried to get back on the ponies once his ride was over.

I had to laugh at this picture. It looks like Winnie's saying, "Come on, Samuel, look at the camera!" and Samuel is looking at her hand on his arm like, "Watch it, sister."




6 comments:

The Jones' said...

Happy early Birthday Dad V!!! What a festive weekend celebrating birthdays, BIG Penn State win and Halloween! You were great at capturing all the special moments throughout the weekend! We had a blast tonight...still think you should've done some karaoke for the crowd, hahaha!

Dolly said...

Great recap of your busy weekend Amy! And you've already got it up on your blog. I'm impressed.

Happy Birthday Mr. V!!!! You wear 70 very well! I know it was special celebrating with those you love most.

Amy, Samuel is getting SO BIG!!! He's starting to look like a little toddler now. I LOVE his little cow costume too. What a sweetheart! You can tell he loved wearing it too because every pictures is all smiles. Winnie is adorable too.

Again, you and Merritt really could go for sisters. Another great picture of you two.

popv said...

Tks Merritt & Dolly, where have these 70 years gone? It was a wonderful w/e with family and one of my best friends of 54 years. As I tell everyone, he is the only one who can tolerate me for these many years. A good friend indeed. Amy and Brian you two are just great entertainers and great parents, tks you guys for making 70very special & Amy you are The Master Blogger, #1. You capture every moment.

the mathisons said...

Love that cow costume... and the boy in it!!

Ashleigh said...

What a lovely, fun weekend! That's so special that y'all could celebrate all together. Samuel is just the cutest cow!

Donna said...

I love the Angus Barn! Yummy food!

"Dad V" looks great for 70! Way to keep up the temple:)

I love Samuel's costume! So cute. And he looks like he loved that chocolate cake, too:)

I can't wait to see the birthday party post!