Summer 2008 Day Ten: Surprise Party!

My mother had plan for my father's 50th birthday (tomorrow). Send my father and sister to a Yankees game today, order up a lotta family, and surprise dad when he got back to my uncle's house. It actually worked. I won't bore you with familial details, nor the insanity that is my grandmother after a little heat, a little fun, and a whiff of alcohol. I love her, she's just hilarious.
But I WILL share pictures :)

PARTY!!


Awaiting birthday-boy's arrival


Happiness


My aunt Carol


My dad's cousin, Donna's, little daughter Casey (who looks just like my dad) and my cousin Jess


Proof of fun


Gramma Ronnie...with stars on her head...


The cake that Carol outdid herself on. Essentially, I may have contracted diabetes from eating it. It's like a giant Funny Bone (you know, the food? yeah)...chocolate, peanut butter, amazingness. UGh. Death. Couldn't even finish my little piece.


Stacey must have been peeved about something, but mostly it just makes an amusing picture. My aunt Stacey with my cousin Gabriella.


This picture is my favorite. There are 4 branches of my family in it, side by side. To the left (on the floor), my cousin Harry (the son of my mother's brother's fiancé); on the couch in blue, my cousin, Jessica (the daughter of my dad's brother); in red on the couch, Gabriella (the daughter of my mother's sister); standing, my sister Rory. Insanity.