Saturday, May 17, 2008

Happy Birthday Derek & Cooper!

Our first full day back in California we headed down the hill to visit my brother Derek & his family! Shannon had prepared an awesome dinner to celebrate Derek's 30th birthday & Cooper's 1st. Of course she had a cute beach theme party. All the different food was served in buckets and pails. She had cute little toothpick beach umbrella fruit skewers and Hawaiian-like flowers hanging from the ceiling. Her cakes were adorable & delicious too! Very beachy & a fun party!


Derek is such a cute brother to have! He is a giant with a giant heart. It was a treat to be able to catch up with him a bit on this trip. I loved hearing him tell some police stories about him & his partner Renzo the K9. I love watching him be a dad. I love that he can still make me laugh. Happy Birthday Derek! If 40 is the new 30, does that make you 20?

2 comments:

Erin said...

happy birthday indeed. It was a darling party huh? Well we know Avrie sure enjoyed it...the ice cream. IT was pretty dang cute to see all the girls wearing those glow in the dark party favors to bed.

Shannon said...

It was so much more fun having you there to celebrate with us. You and your girls made it feel like a party. It was so nice to get to see you so often during this visit. We were spoiled and now we miss you even more.