Birthday Weekend

Well our birthday month is drawing to a close soon. We had a wonderful weekend in Morton celebrating Amanda's 30th birthday and Jack's 2nd birthday. Janet's birthday was also on Saturday but she and Gregg are on a cruise right now so we'll have to celebrate next weekend.
I knew it would be a busy weekend and indeed it was. We got Jack's picture taken which was challenging but fun. I'm not sure why I always think he'll cooperate for such things and smile every time we ask him to. I think Lindsay got some really cute shots though and I can't wait to see them. In the afternoon while Nicole and I went to a bridal shower Paul, Jack, Kevin and Kyle went to an Easter egg hunt at a local church. Apparently the boys had a good time "searching" for eggs but Jack became quite distraught when the time came back to return the eggs so they could be reused next year. So note to self, next weekend when we let the boys hunt Easter eggs don't make Jack give his eggs back! They let him keep one egg to help calm the tears which he carried around for much of the afternoon. Saturday evening was family dinner to celebrate Amanda's birthday. It's really quite nice to be with my whole family. After eating entirely too much food and dessert and getting all the kids to bed we had some free time to hang out and play games. Such fun! And then after most of the adults went to bed it was time for me to decorate Jack's birthday cookie cake. It was time consuming, but it turned out so cute and I think it's fun to do. I went to bed at midnight after starting my day at 7 and getting no nap.....not good for me these days!
Jack's birthday was a lot of fun. We had many of his favorite foods for lunch. Had an interesting time trying to get him to open presents. He did a really good job on the first few then he suddenly got bored or something and ran off to the other room to play the piano. Getting him to come back was not an easy task! But eventually he opened everything and of course wanted to play with everything right away before opening the next gift. Our family is so generous to him. By the end of gifts the kids were showing signs of needing their naps so we took a break from partying and had a little siesta. After that we did some more playing, a few tractor rides and cake and ice cream. A very full and very fun day for Jack. It's hard to believe the kid is 2 already. He's growing up so fast.